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Success of Gender Equality Plans: Insights from the European Commission’s report


The recent European Commission report highlights the transformative impact of GEPs in advancing gender equity in research and innovation, aligning with the goals of the CALIPER project to drive progress in STEM fields.

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Breaking sterotypes and encouraging passion in STEM: An interview with Ivona Černičková


As part of the CALIPER project, we are conducting a series of interviews with inspirational women who work in STEM research and innovation. We explore what motivated them to choose their career, their experiences and the barriers that they faced.

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Overcoming barriers in male-dominated world: an interview with Ann-Christine Davis MAE


Professor Ann-Christine Davis MAE talks about making history as the first female Mathematics professor at Cambridge, the challenges she’s faced, and the positive effect of support from male colleagues.

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Building Bridges 2023 Spotlight Series: an interview with Johanna Ivaska MAE


Professor Johanna Ivaska MAE shares her passion for cancer research and the challenges faced by female scientists.

About Professor Johanna Ivaska MAE

Johanna Ivaska MAE is a Finnish Cancer Institute K. Albin Johansson Research Professor. She is also Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at Turku Bioscience Center at the University of Turku in Finland. She was nominated EMBO member 2015 and EMBO Council member 2023. Professor Ivaska is a speaker at Academia Europaea’s Class C (Life Sciences) meeting on 9th October 2023 in Munich.

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Gender Equality Interview Series


As part of the CALIPER project, we conducted a series of interviews with inspirational role models who work in STEM research and innovation. We explore what motivated them to choose their career, their experiences and the barriers that they faced.

After the CALIPER project concluded, we continued this inspiring interview series, featuring Members of Academia Europaea who are actively working to promote gender equality in STEM.

About the CALIPER project

The CALIPER project’s goal is to make research organisations more gender equal by increasing the number of female researchers in STEM, improving their careers prospects and integrating a gender dimension in research. The project supports nine research organisations, predominantly in Southern and Eastern Europe, to establish Gender Equality Plans. Here are some key facts about the CALIPER project. Find out more about the project’s progress.


AE Cardiff’s role in CALIPER

The Cardiff Hub is leading on communications across Europe and encouraging wider engagement with the project, producing digital content and organising events. 


This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 873134.

Why we need more women in science: An interview with Dame Athene Donald MAE


Dame Athene Donald MAE talks about her book “Not just for the boys” which examines the modern way of working in scientific research and how gender bias operates within it, drawing on the experiences of leading women in science.

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“Science is not male or female – it is a choice, and it is your choice.” A spotlight on ULB’s Women in STEM


As part of the CALIPER project, we are conducting a series of interviews with inspirational women who work in STEM research and innovation. We explore what motivated them to choose their career, their experiences and the barriers that they faced.

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Cultivating collective innovation: The power of co-design for structural change


In this blog by Marzia Cescon and Maria Sangiuliano, discover how CALIPER’s participatory approach is driving transformative change, fostering collective creativity, and forging a path to gender equality in STEM.


The AE Cardiff Hub joined the Horizon 2020-funded CALIPER project in 2021, as part of a consortium of organisations that aim to address gender equality within research and innovation in Europe. The CALIPER project’s goal is to make research organisations more gender equal by increasing the number of female researchers in STEM, improving their careers prospects and integrating a gender dimension in research.

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Interview Spotlight Series

Explore our collection of interviews, featuring Members of Academia Europaea and colleagues connected with the Academy, as they offer insights into critical research topics.

A collaboration between Academia Europaea and Cardiff University