The experiences of female scientists in the field of exact sciences will be the subject of research by the scientists of the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań (AMU) titled “When science is a woman”. Prof. Grażyna Gajewska obtained a grant from the Université Paris Dauphine, which will allow her to conduct research on the careers of women working in the departments of mathematics, computer science and physics.

– The competition in which I took part is about examining the reasons for the low representation of women in science and a slower pace of professional advancement compared to men – says Prof. Gajewska.

The research is the next part of the project “When science is a woman”, implemented since 2018, in which the Poznan university’s partner is the Chernivtsi National University in Ukraine. Scientists cooperate on many levels analyzing the situation of women at Poznan university, researching the history (or rather the herstory) of the first female scientists and initiating popular science events.