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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

4 years

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

My textbook "Ultrafast Lasers" is out and I am holding my first copy in my hands. It's real!

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

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“You only got this job because you are a woman.” I have heard this – directly and indirectly, since my start at ETH. This message “only because you are a woman …. “, continues to be repeated even today - when we win a proposal, receive an award, or take a leadership position.

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Ursula Keller

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Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding We just published this paper in Nature Rev. Mater. (2023) today. An open access link is given under this link

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Ursula Keller

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Women hear this even when they win the Nobel prize. This can systemically undermine the self-confidence of even the strongest person.

Do women scientists receive the Nobel prize only for being women?

On 15 October 2020, the German news website Der Spiegel published an interview with Prof. Reinhard Genzel. Prof. Genzel, astrophysicist and co-director of the Max Plank Institute for Extraterrestrial...

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

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This year I am happy to share that I have been ranked 4 in Switzerland among female scientists, and 3 in the physics department, ETH Zurich (all gender)

Top Female Scientists for 2023

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Prof. Keller loses her office at ETH Zurich to allow her current PhD students to finish their research work.

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6 months

Toxic workplaces drive women away from STEM fields

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Ursula Keller

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The Attoclock is dead. According to new rules within the physics department, Prof. Keller had to sacrifice the Attoclock lab by year-end, to ensure that current PhD students can finish their research efforts at ETH Zurich.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

What makes me tick? Thoughts on why current academic culture and lack of governance may be a root cause of gender issues in STEM.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

I gave a plenary talk at CLEO US 2023 on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion I explain why I am increasingly concerned about “hostility” towards excellent women in leadership positions in STEMM fields, which I see as a key challenge for further progress in gender diversity.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

How to keep a pregnant postdoc successfully engaged: a fellowship for postdoc mothers that enable them to pay for a Ph.D. student to support their research

Research promotion

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

6 months

Examples of toxic workplaces in one figure, published here. @JanetGHering @NicoleLBoivin #gender #diversity #abuseofpower #empowerwomen

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

3 years

My textbook "Ultrafast Lasers - A Comprehensive Introduction to Fundamental Principles with Practical Applications" is in production, scheduled to be published in December 2021.

Ultrafast Lasers

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Great spin-off company from my group at Photonics West today

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

I am happy for every woman who does not need to experience gender harassment and discrimination. However, watch out! A common persuasion tactic used by change-resistant leadership is to find and promote a few naysayers.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

6 months

In our correspondence piece in #Nature , we want to highlight the fact that we all can benefit from more women helping to address our future challenges, and that we need the best from all of us to solve these problems.

Nobel win: spotlight on the attrition of women in science

Nature - Letter to the Editor

www.nature.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

2011 I asked “If I, as a female senior science professor, cannot speak up strongly for change … who can? 2019 I received an official reprimand from ETH, the first step before being fired.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

See No Bias, Hear No Bias, Speak for No Change Progressive, white, male physicists can be “clueless” about their role in inequality, according to a new study.

See No Bias, Hear No Bias, Speak for No Change

A study of the attitudes of progressive, white, male physicists suggests that their inaction in confronting biases contributes significantly to the problem of inequality in physics research.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

My goal is to continue to open the door for more women to have successful careers in STEMM. We are making progress, although I wish it was faster and better. We seem to be mostly slowed by institutional resistance to change work culture.

Open the door to something better

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

More excellent women break through the traditional glass ceiling, then they may hit the gorilla glass ceiling and are very often not prepared for it. Then they are taken out. One by one.

Open letter signed by 145 women scientists expressing their concerns

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

I did not feel welcome during my first year at ETH as an undergraduate student, and I was afraid that I will fail my exams. After 8 years in the US, I was hired into a woman professor position when I was 32. Look what I have done with it after 30 years.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

It was nice to visit our former PhD advisor Prof. Dave Bloom from Stanford University. Everything I needed to know about measurement techniques I learned from him and his group.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Academic harassers are protected with public resources. Our paper has just been published:

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

6 months

We urge academics of all genders to actively advocate for transformative changes at every level. This endeavor is not just about upholding scientific excellence; it's about embodying the true spirit and responsibility of scholarship

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

What are signs, what are the “tells”, of institutional resistance against diversity? Women will lower the scientific standard Women are not really excellent or brilliant, only work hard Women care more about their family than their career What others?

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

6 months

Thank you ellexx for publishing my article today that explains why it is about unequal access to power, resources and privileges for women in leadership which is also wasting our tax money and is bad for science.

Sexism in Science

How sexism in sciences slows down progress and wastes taxpayers' money

www.ellexx.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Great future new spin-off company from my group at Photonics West today: K2Photonics

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Recommended reading: How bullying becomes a career tool.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Still do not know what the gorilla glass ceiling is? Read or jump to the last paragraph of my longer story here

What makes me tick? Why do I still want change for more women in STEM?

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

@NicolaSpaldin It is great to follow other outstanding women in science. Nicola won this Prize in 2019. I hope we will see many more excellent women highlighted like this in the near future.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

Thanks Gerd for sharing - yes I remember. And you were kind enough to nominate me for the first scientific award. I also remember that! Thanks for having been a great sponsor.

Optica

@OpticaWorldwide

1 year

We're celebrating International Women & Girls in Science Day by highlighting members of our community! #OpticaFellow Ursula Keller is a leader in the development of real-world ultrashort pulsed lasers, the study of fundamental modelocking physics & more! #February11 #WomenInSTEM

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Professor Keller’s request for a one-year extension beyond normal retirement age resulted in a tie vote in her institute. This vote should acknowledge excellence of a professor.

Professor Keller’s request for a one-year extension beyond normal retirement age resulted in a tie...

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

"Sexism and sexual harassment are a reality in the Swiss university landscape." What an important milestone! I now hope to see more senior successful women scientists integrated into leadership - to drive quality, inclusive excellence, and generate measurable results.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Unconscious bias makes it more likely that identical leadership behaviour by male and female leaders might be seen as abuse of power rather than simply the use of power. See:

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

Watch this short documentary movie of "The Uprising" at MIT, the story behind the 1999 MIT report. These women have been my role models ever since.

Documentary short, “The Uprising,” showcases women in science who pressed for equal rights at MIT...

The MIT Press announced the digital release of "The Uprising," a documentary short, featuring biologist Nancy Hopkins, about the unprecedented behind-the-scenes effort that amassed irrefutable...

news.mit.edu

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

See latest interview published in the NZZ (a large national newspaper in Switzerland) on 13. Sep. 2022, with an English translation with regards to me winning the "Swiss Nobel Prize" "I am certainly the only award winner with a warning from ETH"

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

If it works for a few people – great. But that doesn’t mean the issue isn’t real. Or solved. Please help us all to achieve more than “window-dressing” and “white washing”.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

I was informed by Springer Verlag that the publication of my new textbook will be delayed to at around mid-February.

Ultrafast Lasers: A Comprehensive Introduction to Fundamental Principles with Practical Applicati...

Ultrafast Lasers: A Comprehensive Introduction to Fundamental Principles with Practical Applications (Graduate Texts in Physics)

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

I have never seen a perfect manager. We all make mistakes and hopefully learn from it. But women and minorities get punished much more harshly for their mistakes.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

6 months

We call on governments to address sexism in higher education and research as a matter of urgency. Please join us in pressing for the proposed changes in this paper. An open access link

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

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Passive resistance and gendered privileging are prevalent in our universities, leading to increased spending of tax money on 'fixing the women.' This approach may, in turn, further silence or marginalize women. The ellexx and Nature articles provide cost-effective solutions.

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Ursula Keller

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1 year

Something amazing happened for the MIT women in the 1990s, which shows that leadership matters. Good leadership is what I have been hoping for when we created the women professors forum. During the last 13 years I learned a lot about institutional resistance ...

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

Plenary talk at CLEO US 2023

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

I rather write another physics textbook than a survival guide how to navigate through a toxic working culture.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

Mentorship is important. But can struggle to scale. I advise, mentor, and try to help when possible. Due to the limited number of senior women scientists, and the number of STEMM women we should be mentoring, this is only part of the solution.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Too many excellent and highly qualified women are opting out of their careers because they are rejecting the workplace.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Quote from Ryan “Good intentions are not enough to bring about change; nor are simple tallies, training programmes or unwarranted rosy views. Change requires sustained investment, appropriate incentives and evidence-backed interventions.” See more why .

To advance equality for women, use the evidence

Nature - These are three mistakes universities make when they attempt to improve gender equity.

www.nature.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

This discourages the next generation to step up into leadership positions. My goal is to change this with better governance.

Open letter signed by 145 women scientists expressing their concerns

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

European declaration backed by member states blames ‘outdated gender norms’ and ‘unfair hierarchies and power structures’. Many women are not prepared or reject such a hostile culture (another major leak in the pipeline)

Ljubljana declaration on gender equality aims to redress imbalance in research and innovation

Member states are to make a fresh commitment to improve gender balance in research in the Ljubljana Declaration on gender equality in research and innovation, to be published on Friday, 26 November....

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

6 months

Our article “How your money is helping subsidise sexism in academia – and what you can do about it” has been published on The Conversation:

How your money is helping subsidise sexism in academia – and what you can do about it

Studies reveal women’s research receives tougher assessment, less funding, fewer prizes and less citation than men’s.

theconversation.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

I strongly recommend to watch to "A Conversation with Trevor Noah and Melinda French Gates", an economy that appreciates inclusive empowerment gains a wider range of ideas, expertise, experience, and everyone can both contribute and benefit.

A Conversation with Trevor Noah and Melinda French Gates

It’s not a secret that women make less money than men—in the U.S. in 2022, women earned only 82% as much as their male counterparts. When it comes to Latina ...

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

What are signs, what are the “tells”, of institutional resistance? Insisting on “autonomy” (of management, not only of the science) We are “excellent” (so leave us alone) We have a fair majority democratic process (so don’t need to explain our decisions) What others?

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

5 months

Das ist ein Aufruf an alle PolitikerInnen und EntscheidungsträgerInnen in unserer Regierung. Es ist dringend handlungsbedarf und wir zeigen wie. Nun auf Deutsch bei ellexx zu lesen.

Sexismus in der Wissenschaft

Wie Sexismus den Fortschritt bremst. Ein Gastbeitrag von Physikerin und ETH-Professorin Ursula Keller.

www.ellexx.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

I highly recommend this free PDF e-book - it resonates with many of my personal experiences and observations in the physics community over 40+ years, as student through a senior professor and managing director of a multi-disciplinary research project.

Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering,...

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print or as an eBook.

nap.nationalacademies.org

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Stuck in a Swiss Catch-22 for Equal Rights? Please read more here

Stuck in a Swiss Catch-22 for Equal Rights?

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Some informal power groups can fight pretty dirty for some of their unearned privileges. Do not take this personally and let’s help each other to change work culture. There are more women and minorities in position of power and in politics – they also need our broad support.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

11 months

Read also this powerful commentary on the experience of excellent women as they progress to senior positions in their fields

Don’t get mad, get equal: putting an end to misogyny in science

Nature - Subtle forms of misogyny attack female leadership and coerce women to conform to conventional gender norms. It’s time to call out these behaviours, say Alison Bentley and Rachael Garrett.

www.nature.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

At the same time ETH was running a respect campaign – I for sure did not feel treated with respect.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

What do we mean by institutional resistance? When the system works good enough for those in power, and “the rules” are set up to maintain the status quo, often by making change slow, painful, difficult, inefficient, ineffective … What ways have you seen?

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

6 months

In this ellexx article I also quote Pat O. Connor: Addressing male privilege is crucial. Men's disproportionate presence in senior roles is not justifiable by age or research output. 'Gendered privileging' in male-dominated organizations adversely impacts women.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Maybe this is legal in Switzerland? But is this what our academic leadership should be doing? Write a one-sided story from an informal meeting, call it a protocol, which is then used for an official reprimand, the first step for being fired? Swiss court decision (BVG) 29. 6. 22

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

6 months

Our article “How your money is helping subsidise sexism in academia – and what you can do about it” has been published on The Conversation:

How your money is helping subsidise sexism in academia – and what you can do about it

Studies reveal women’s research receives tougher assessment, less funding, fewer prizes and less citation than men’s.

theconversation.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

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Waste of public money in one figure, published here. @JanetGHering @NicoleLBoivin #gender #diversity #abuseofpower #empowerwomen

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Ursula Keller

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1 year

Nancy Hopkins, "The Changing Status of Women in Science at MIT: 1999-2011" via @YouTube Another one I can strongly recommend to listen to.

Nancy Hopkins, "The Changing Status of Women in Science at MIT:...

The Women in Science Project Presents the Inaugural Colloquium on How to Advance Women in Science and Engineering with Nancy Hopkins' lecture "The Changing S...

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

Stop Hugging Your Postdocs—and Learn to Start Conversations That Prevent Harassment

The long fight against sexual harassment in academia is shifting from compliance to culture. Karen Stubaus on creating a supportive climate.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

She has my support!

Nicole Merkle 🏳️‍🌈

@nicolemerkle

1 year

#AmINext ? Support Susan Täuber and all who speak up and fight against power abuse, bullying, discrimination, harassment, rassism, sexism in Science.

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Ursula Keller

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6 months

Passive resistance works. In this ellexx article I also refer to a comprehensive article which shows that 'system-supporting inaction' and the resulting intergroup dynamics are key strategies used by dominant groups to impede change and maintain their power.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

I know of many men who want to help to change current culture. Here are some examples what they can do starting today.

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Ursula Keller

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6 months

@JanetGHering Congratulations to all the nominees. I am particularly happy to see my colleague Prof. Janet Hering being nominated. She really deserves this. Thanks Janet for having been such a great support for your women professor colleagues at ETH Zurich and EPFL.

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My recommendation for getting better informed about sexual harassment, I can recommend the publications by the American Physical Society (APS) and the National Academy of Sciences in the USA

Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering,...

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print or as an eBook.

nap.nationalacademies.org

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Inclusive excellence means also equal access to privileges based on some well defined performance criteria. ETH Professors over 65, paid beyond official retirement age – who and why?

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To End Sexual Harassment, Make It Everyone’s Problem

Sexual harassment in STEM isolates survivors. Collective bargaining could engage the whole academic community in ending sexual harassment.

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Ursula Keller

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2 years

@ParmelinG @KNVokinger Thank you for a wonderful ceremony. Something I will remember.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

11 months

Please support Prof. Heike Egner. She is another case where excellent senior women professors are experiencing an unfair and hostile environment with limited governance at universities.

Unterstütze Heike Egner für Grundrechte von Profs, organized by Heike Egner

DAS VIDEO IST OFFLINE, AUF DRUCK DER UNIVERSITÄT, DIE MICH ENTLASSEN HAT… Heike Egner needs your support for Unterstütze Heike Egner für Grundrechte von Profs

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@sciencegoddess @AtheneDonald @AGyllenhaal @cowbirdlab @HajeskiJ @BenStanger01 @AMartinezArias @Tom_J_Ireland @matthewcobb @amywebb @JohnVaillant @jeffgoodell @BenRawlence @GhoshAmitav @madelinevo @jaimealyse @ericajberry @xkcd @ZahraHankir @catbohannon @deenaemera @TJDHalliday @Laelaps @Dave_Hone @ilanayurkiewicz @AnupamBJena @hazard_leah @AldenWicker @loubgray @cyu888 @KateClancy @DoctorChrisVT @TheresaMacphail @ben_a_goldfarb @blythelikehappy @GloriaDickie @danpatrickegan @BeeBrookshire @ProfDBrinkley @hautepop @lorengrush @ZachWeiner @FuSchmu @BadAstronomer @ltrethew @engineerguytwit @mustafasuleyman @scottjshapiro @kkariko @MelissaSevigny Also recommend these books read most of them 👍

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All these women with an outstanding scientific track record should be fired or dismissed because they are bad leaders? Do you really want to believe this official story?

Open letter signed by 145 women scientists expressing their concerns

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Our 12-year progress for equal opportunity in Switzerland with NCCR MUST. What we have done and what we recommend next.

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

3 years

Taking part in a live panel at 2 PM today:

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@EPOorg

3 years

"My goal is to reduce roadblocks to accelerate success of women in STEM with a more welcoming culture & more opportunities including leadership roles," Ursula Keller at @ETH & 2018 European #InventorAward winner. Watch here LIVE on 8 Mar here: #IWD2021

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This is a historical moment for me. MIT, the number one technical university in the world, did this more than 20 years ago (the 1999 MIT Report). Some may argue they are still number one because they could recognise this issue and start dealing with it!

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@IrynkaGC Understanding what bias does to minorities should help you not to take it personally.

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I also recommend the book by Kate Zernike, "The Exceptions", about the fight for women in science at MIT. This book just got published and would be helpful to read for our awareness day on 23. March 2023.

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Qualifizierten Nachwuchs gibt es genug. Aber allen Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen zum Trotz machen Frauen immer noch seltener Karriere in der Wissenschaft als Männer. Woran liegt das? Antworten finden sich in Daten, Statistiken und Erfahrungsberichten.

Frauenkarrieren in der Wissenschaft

Trotz aller Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen machen Frauen immer noch seltener Karriere in der Wissenschaft als Männer. Woran liegt das?

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@AGyllenhaal @cowbirdlab @HajeskiJ @BenStanger01 @AMartinezArias @Tom_J_Ireland @matthewcobb @amywebb @JohnVaillant @jeffgoodell @BenRawlence @GhoshAmitav @madelinevo @jaimealyse @ericajberry @xkcd @ZahraHankir @catbohannon @deenaemera @TJDHalliday @Laelaps @Dave_Hone @ilanayurkiewicz @AnupamBJena @hazard_leah @AldenWicker @loubgray @cyu888 @KateClancy @DoctorChrisVT @TheresaMacphail @ben_a_goldfarb @blythelikehappy @GloriaDickie @danpatrickegan @BeeBrookshire @ProfDBrinkley @hautepop @lorengrush @ZachWeiner @FuSchmu @BadAstronomer @ltrethew @engineerguytwit @mustafasuleyman @scottjshapiro 6 on Women in Science Breaking Through by @kkariko Walking Out on the Boys (1998) by Frances Conley, MD Their Day in the Sun (1999) by Ruth Howes & Caroline Herzenberg Not Just for the Boys by @AtheneDonald Brave the Wild River by @MelissaSevigny The Exceptions by @kzernike

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What does it mean when the first professor recommended for dismissal in 164 years is female? Three issues are highlighted that disproportionately affect female faculty: dual career situations, unconscious bias, and poor governance.

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Unfortunately early career researchers are sometimes “used” to hurt a senior woman by an informal power structure. A call for an alliance between female academic leaders and early career researchers to improve the academic STEM system.

A call for an alliance between female academic leaders and early career researchers to improve the...

This opinion piece draws attention to the disadvantage of the academic STEM system, especially for female academics.

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A double standard is still applied to women in the spotlight US Senator Elizabeth Warren notably said: “You don’t get what you don’t fight for.” It is well past time for us all — whether in media and journalism, politics, arts and entertainment or academia, to demand better.

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For mentorship to succeed, we also must improve management and governance. And we do not need to reinvent the wheel here! Look at Project Juno: .

Project Juno | Institute of Physics

Project Juno recognises and rewards departments and schools of physics, institutes and organisations taking action to address gender inequality in physics.

www.iop.org

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The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science via @YouTube Strongly recommend listening to this. The first tenured physics professors at ETH was hired more than 20 years later in 1993. I also used a tape measure late a night …

The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty for years, forcing institutions across the country...

www.youtube.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

2 years

Retirement age of professors at ETH Zurich potentially extended by 5 years - rules not so clear yet

New rules at D-PHYS affecting Prof. Keller’s activities at ETH Zurich

ulp.ethz.ch

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@UrsiKeller

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@JanetGHering @SISeneviratne @NinaBuchmann1 @ETH_en Pretty interesting track record for the physics department at ETH Zurich, number 1 was fired in 2019, number 4 was reprimanded, that is nearly fired in 2019.

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We outline solutions that institutions, governments and funding bodies can take to put a stop to sexism now. The link to the SI is: @JanetGHering @NicoleLBoivin #gender #diversity #abuseofpower #empowerwomen

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Ursula Keller

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2 years

How to improve the learning environment for incoming (female) students in STEM fields. A NCCR MUST initiative under the leadership of our former outreach officer Dr. Anna Garry.

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@UrsiKeller

2 years

@JanetGHering Thank you for coming and sharing this special event with me.

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@UrsiKeller

6 months

Sexism in Science

How sexism in sciences slows down progress and wastes taxpayers' money

www.ellexx.com

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Ursula Keller

@UrsiKeller

1 year

See the documentary movie and read the new book about the amazing story that help women scientists all over the world, also me (links in my last tweets)

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@UrsiKeller

1 year

@BRAINCURES @AcademicParity @MoriMahmoudi @SayaAmeli @lkeashly @PooyaSareh @ProfTimNoakes @nafisajadavji @AGianakosDO @ChemistryWorld @NIH @an_chem @AriannaColosio @eClinicalMed @Tom_Holme @libertyruth @NatureHumBehav @BullyingAlberta @muka_taulant @unibern @ETH_en @StevenZanganeh @UMassD @JanetGHering @EPFL_en @ajackiehunter @RuthMcKernan @RankinProf @InesBarroso4 @profgeraintrees @teichlab @PatriciaBerkly @FEBS_Letters @fsgnnm Unfortunately the fear of retaliation is real. I see a lot of institutional resistance to change work culture. This requires political action and will not hurt our universities or excellence - in the contrary.

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2 years

Why do we need a culture change in science, engineering and medicine? This story gives another example.

What a human rights complaint by Alberta's only female cardiovascular surgeon says about sexism in...

As Dr. Teresa Kieser's career nears its end, she wants to shine a light on the gender-based discrimination she says she faced during her 34-year career as the only female cardiovascular surgeon in...

www.cbc.ca

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I also highly recommend the movie “Picture a Scientist”. At least watch the trailer (about 2 minutes long).

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