This one-day conference to be held in Newcastle Upon Tyne to bring together ESRC Science in Society researchers and actors from outside the Programme to discuss, understand and identify the benefits, barriers and solutions related to greater participation of women and ethnic minorities in SET, both in the public and private sectors, as well as discussing wider and emerging themes.
The proposed conference will built upon the guidelines in point 4(e) of the Science in Society Programme Third Call for Proposals specification document – Science and gender, ethnicity and the lifecycle. It will also take into account other projects from the same programme, such as the ‘Impact of Enlargement of Scientific Labour Markets’ and ‘Work Roles and Careers of Academic Scientists in University-Industry Collaboration’, as well as the following projects, initiatives and organisations;
· ESRC Science in Society Programme as a whole and in particular science and gender, ethnicity, and the lifecycle‘s theme
· Science City Initiative
· Higher Education European Social Fund (HE ESF National) Theme 4 ‘Research into Gender Discrimination‘
· North East of England Spirit of Innovation Awards (Pooran Wynarczyk is a member of the Judging Panel and the Awards include a new category, designed for SERU’s SET related projects entitled ‘Female Inventors’)
· Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) special seminar series (Pooran Wynarczyk is a Board Director)
Conference Themes Include:
· IPR, innovation invention, R&D and Spin out activities of women and members of the ethnic minority groups and impact on impact on regional technology, economy, society and personal progression
· SET education and career
· SET related initiatives, policies, programmes, tools and bursaries
· Gender and ethnicity in senior and managerial position within the SET community
· Diversity and equality issues
· SET trends with regards to gender and ethnicity
· Case studies, profiles