WiCS-E is the European chapter of @WomenInCogSci. We organize events for cognitive scientists in Europe to provide professional and networking opportunities.
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Follow this thread to learn more about #GenderInequalities in R&I, topic of our next Seminar "Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Academia"
📆Monday, 10th March 2025
🕐1pm GMT / 2pm CET
📍Online
🔗Free Registration: shorturl.at/PLeZt
Hosts: WiCS-E & @RHULPsychology
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We’re honored our #FathersWhoCare campaign was featured in @Nature, amplifying our mission and raising awareness of the critical, yet often invisible, role that fathers play in caregiving. Read & share to keep the conversation going: nature.com/articles/d41586-0… #ParentsinScience
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Call for Papers for a new Special Issue of Cortex on Concept Knowledge
The editors, Penny Pexman, Richard Binney, Veronica Diveica, and Emiko Muraki welcome original empirical research articles, as well as reviews and perspectives.
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📣 ESCoP Family Care Grants
We are announcing the opening of applications for the Family Care Grants for the upcoming conference. The grants aim to support attendees facing additional family care expenses arising from participation in the conference.
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📢ESCoP Travel Funding Grants
ESCoP invites applications for grants for active participation in the ESCoP 2025 conference in Sheffield. Up to 15 grants, each with a base value of €500, are available to cover conference fees and other related expenses.
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🙋♀️Two weeks ago, we hosted a discussion on gender-based violence in academia. Many thanks to everyone who attended the event and to Prof. Anne Laure Humbert for such a thought provoking talk.
🧵If you missed the event here is a thread with the key points of the conversation
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🚨The limitations, challenges or difficulties of implementing new policies should not be an excuse Zero tolerance policies begin with informal interactions that prevent situations from escalating into other forms of violence
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🚨Spread the word about formal actions like
@gendersafe @UniSAFE to ensure they are visible and part of institutional conversations We support this action and claim for institutions to sign the Pledge for Zero Tolerance to gender-based violence
📝 gendersafe.eu/the-gendersa