Equal Opportunities and Scientific Careers

Optional Course "Equal Opportunities and Scientific Careers" The course mainly addresses students of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences but is open also to students of the other UMIL's Faculties. It aims to provide participants with multidisciplinary insights, conceptual tools and examples of good practices in the field of equal opportunities and gender studies, with a particular focus on gender relations, "gendered" contents and career paths in Science. The 24 hours course grants the recognition of 3 credits. The recognition of an additional credit can be granted by agreement with the Responsible of the Course. Program of the course: 1) Women and Science: an Introduction 2) Gender, University and Research: Inequalities and Asymmetries in Career Paths 3) From the Women's Movement to Equal Opportunities for All 4) Women and men in the labour market 5) Welfare models and Policies of Work-life Balance in Europe 6) Gendered Organisations and Vertical Segregation in Scientific Careers 7) Career Paths: Hiring and Evaluation in the Scientific Field 8) Anti-discrimination Legal Frameworks and Provisions 9) "Too Pretty to Get to Get the Nobel Prize ?": Rosalind Franklin and Marie Curie 10) The Saint Matthew and Matilda Effects in Science 11) "STEM: Future Careers" 12) Students' Presentations and Final Discussion. The course starts on the th of March and ends on the 6 th of June 2018. Lessons take place on Wednesdays from 16.30 to 18.30 p.m at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (Room C5 Via Mangiagalli 25). For further information please contact: [email protected].