260055 SE Women in Physics at an International Level (2020W)

The focus of this seminar is to mentor and foster the path of women who pursue a successful international career in Physics. We will discuss different perspectives of successful women working in physics influenced by geographical, economic and cultural conditions. We will survey examples of highly internationally reputed women in theoretical and experimental Physics and we will aim at understanding that the unbalanced presence of men and women in this field is not only a matter of numbers. We will emphasize on acquiring competence levels that allow women to be successful in selection processes solely on the basis of excellence.

In this seminar we discuss topics like the glass ceiling, the impostor syndrome, unconscious bias, and other relevant matters that do not only have an effect on the career of female physicist. Therefore, from the experience in previous years the input from all students is extremely valuable and we expect to develop awareness tailored to the environment where we are. Women are unrepresented in Physics as well as other minorities. However, each working place has its own behavioral pattern, and this is why we analyze the in-house and countrywide situation rather than merely looking at the numbers worldwide.