Advanced Courses in Life Sciences

Online Course – 1st Edition

Gender and Science: a comprehensive approach

November 29th-December 3rd, 2021

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

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This course will be delivered live online

If you are a PhD student or Postdoc you can apply for scholarships (free attendance). Deadline for applications: October 31st. EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15TH!

Online (synchronous) live sessions from Monday to Friday, from 15:00 to 19:00 (Madrid time zone).

Course Overview

The aim of this course is to provide people attending this course a basic toolkit to face the inequality that is still rampant in workplaces, research groups and projects.

This course has been thought to offer a critical understanding of how scientific knowledge and praxis are informed by gender and other axes of social difference.

The course is divided into three main sections that go through: i) theory; ii) empirical data and knowledge; and iii) policies, actions and strategies.

REQUIREMENTS

Participants must have a personal computer. The use of Webcam and headphones are strongly recommended, as well as a good internet connection.

Contact

courses@transmittingscience.com

Dates

November 29th-December 3rd, 2021

Schedule and Course length

Online live sessions from Monday to Friday, from 15:00 to 19:00 (Madrid time zone).

Length of the course: 20 hours.

Language

English

Places

Places are limited to 16 participants and will be occupied by strict registration order.

Participants who have completed the course will receive a certificate at the end of it.

Instructors

Paula-Medina-instructor-at-Transmitting-Science

Dr. Paula Medina

Transmitting Science / UCM
Spain

Julian Lasprilla instructor for Transmitting Science

Dr. Julián Lasprilla

Consultant
Colombia

INVITED TALK

Nicolas Baird

Museum für Naturkunde / The Institute of Queer Ecology (IQECO)

Germany

INVITED TALK

Anna K. Behrensmeyer instructor for Transmitting Science

Dr. Anna K. Behrensmeyer

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
USA

INVITED TALK

Archie Crowley

University of South Carolina
USA

INVITED TALK

Carmen Romero Bachiller

Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Spain

INVITED TALK

Coordinators

Ana Rosa Gomez-Cano coordinator at Transmitting Science

Dr. Ana Rosa Gómez Cano
Transmitting Science
Spain

Haris Saslis coordinator for Transmitting Science

Dr. Haris Saslis
Transmitting Science
Greece

Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno Transmitting Science coordinator

Dr. Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno

Transmitting Science
Spain

Program

Click here to see the full Program

SECTION 1. THEORETICAL COORDINATES

Interrogating the gender trouble
- Introduction to women studies, gender studies and feminist studies
- Nature vs. culture: the ongoing debate revolving around difference
- The social construction of sex/gender binaries: signified bodies, subjects and identities
- Intersectionality: entanglements and intertwined axes of social difference
- Unpacking etno-hetero-patriarchy: material and symbolic effects

SECTION 2. FACING PROBLEMS IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION: DATA AND EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE

Data and lived experience: pressing issues requiring action
- Epistemological, methodological and ethical questions: objects and subjects of study, methods and techniques, ethic considerations
- Invisibility, gender gap and hierarchical organization in Academic spaces
- Paradoxical realities: exposure and deafening silences

SECTION 3. Policies, actions and strategies

Horizons of action: gender mainstreaming toolkits
- Presence and visibility, participation and representation: descriptive or/and substantive?
- Who cares? Work-life balance and parental leaves
- Gender-inclusive/gender-neutral language
- Codes of conduct and action against harassment, discrimination and retaliation (at all levels and stages): the need of safe day-to-day spaces
- Thinking through: inclusive projects, research groups and workplaces

Fees

Course Fee
Early bird (until Otober 31st, 2021):
390 €
(312 € for Ambassador Institutions)
Regular (after October 31st, 2021):
420 €
(336 € for Ambassador Institutions)
The price is VAT included.
After registration you will receive confirmation of your acceptance in the course. Payment is not required during registration.
Registration

You can check the list of Ambassador Institutions. If you want your institution to become a Transmitting Science Ambassador please contact us at communication@transmittingscience.com

Funding

Discounts are not cumulative and apply only on the Course Fee. We offer the possibility of paying in two instalments (contact courses@transmittingscience.com).

5 % Discount

Former participants will have a 5 % discount on the Course Fee.

20 % Discount

20 % discount on the Course Fee is offered for members of some organizations (Ambassador Institutions). If you want to apply to this discount please indicate it in the Registration form (proof will be asked later).

40 % Discount

Unemployed scientists living in the country were the course will be held, as well as PhD students based in that country without any grant or scholarship to develop their PhD, could benefit from a 40 % discount on the Course Fee. If you want to ask for this discount, please contact the course coordinator. That would apply for a maximum of 2 places and they will be covered by strict inscription order.

Advanced Courses in Life Sciences

Gender and Science: a comprehensive approach