Gender Challenges in Academia: Round Table Discussion & Peer Support Workshop

Title: Gender Challenges in Academia: Round Table Discussion “Women in Research, Science and Academia: Challenges and Prospects” & Peer Support Workshop "Global paths, unequal steps"

When: Wednesday 2 July 2025, 13:00-18:00 EET (Athens GR time) 

Where: ONLINE (with registration) 

Registration link:  (for the round table discussion) https://aegean-gr.zoom.us/meeting/register/7ma3SWSURxKxdHRc6gVXCA

Organiser: EURAXESS CP of the University of the Aegean, member of the Research Careers in Academia EURAXESS Hub 

Email: euraxess@aegean.gr

13:00-15:30 EET / 12:00-14:30 CET

Round table discussion “Women in Research, Science and Academia: Challenges and Prospects”https://aegean-gr.zoom.us/meeting/register/7ma3SWSURxKxdHRc6gVXCA 

Moderator:

Dionysios Gouvias, Professor of Education Policy & Sociology of Education, Chair of the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee of the University of the Aegean, GR

Speakers:

Daniela Hansen, Project Manager of the Diversity Office, ETH Zurich, CH

Colette Guillopé, Professor Emerita of mathematics, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Vice President of the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS), FR 

Chryssi Vitsilaki, Professor Emerita of Pre-School Education, Former Rector of UAegean, GR

Christina Dalla, Professor at the Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, member of the Governing Council of the Greek Association of Academic Women (ELEGYP), GR 

Sevasti Chatzifotiou, Professor of Social Work, Gender and Domestic Violence, Chair of the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee of the Democritus University of Thrace, GR 

Yvon Kosma, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Chair of the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee of the University of Crete, GR 

Leda Papastefanaki, Professor of Economic and Social History, Chair of the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee of the University of Ioannina, GR 

Vagia Vlachou, Professor of Mathematics, member of the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee of the University of Patras, GR 

16:00-18:00 EET / 15:00-17:00 CET

Peer-support Workshop "Global paths, unequal steps" (registration closed - limited number of participants)

In collaboration with the Liège Université EURAXESS office

"This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme within the framework of the ERA TALENT Project funded under grant agreement No 101103476."

The workshop is addressed to researchers from the global EURAXESS network. It consists of peer discussions on gender challenges regarding career progression, different cultural environments, taking credit for achievements, work-life balance and gender perception in the STEM and Social Sciences disciplines, aiming at the exchange of cultural and gender perceptions and experiences.