Launch Event: "Implicit bias in academia"

On 18 January 2018, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) will present its new advice paper, entitled "Implicit bias in academia: a challenge to the meritocratic principle and to women’s careers– and what to do about it”.

In this paper LERU examines the impact of implicit bias on the careers of women researchers, in particular on women’s working conditions, on recruitment and career advancement processes and on research funding. The paper reviews relevant research on implicit bias, examines current practices at LERU universities and sets out possible actions to counter implicit bias.

Programme

08.30 – 09.00h: Registration with coffee and pastries

09.00 – 09.05h: Welcome by Prof. Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary-General LERU

09.05 – 09.30h: Presentation of the paper by its main author, Prof. Jadranka Gvozdanović, Universität Heidelberg

09.30 – 10.30h: Panel responses, moderated by Dr Katrien Maes, Deputy Secretary-General LERU

• Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council
• Dr Marcela Linková, Chair of the ERAC Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation
• Ms Viviane Willis-Mazzichi, Head of Sector for Gender, DG RTD, Dir.B-7, European Commission

10.30 – 11.00h: Discussion with the audience and closing