Building Bridges 2023 Spotlight Series: an interview with Johanna Ivaska MAE
As part of our work with the CALIPER project we interview people passionate about gender equality. In our latest interview, 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.
Gender Equality Interview Series
As part of the CALIPER project, we are conducting 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.
Read about: JEREMY SANDERS, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK 
Read about: ATHENE DONALD, PROFESSOR,, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK 
Read about: MAGDOLNA HARGITTAI, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS, HUNGARY 
Read about: SUSAN WRAY, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, UK 
Read about: LINN LEPPERT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, NETHERLANDS 
Read about: KATALIN SOLYMOSI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, EOTVOS LORAND UNIVERSITY, HUNGARY 
Read about: ÖZGEN ÖZER, RESEARCH, EGE UNIVERSITY, TURKEY 
Read about: ÁNGELA NIETO, PROFESSOR, INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS DE ALICANTE, SPAIN 
Read about: VIRGINIA PETRE, LECTURER, UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA 
Read about: ADRIANA ALBINI, PROFESSOR, MILANO BICOCCA UNIVERSITY, ITALY 
Read about: ASIMINA KIOURTI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, USA 
Read about: IVONA CERNICKOVA,ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
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
“Science is not male or female – it is a choice, and it is your choice.” A spotlight on ULB’s Women in STEM
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.
