President's Research Awards 2012/13
President's Research Awards 2012/13
The President's Research Awards for 2012/13 have been awarded to Dr Dorothy Kenny, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies and Professor Greg Hughes, School of Physical Sciences. The Awards are presented annually to DCU researchers who have excelled in their field.
2012-2013 Keynote Speaker 2012-2013
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Elizabeth Pollitzer’s science background is in Biology/Physics, which she studied at the Biophysics Department at King’s College London, established by Maurice Wilkins, who introduced her to the study of social responsibility of science.
Her PhD is in Information Science, which was followed by a 25-year academic career at Imperial College London. There, in 1997, together with a group of women scientists, she helped create Portia, a not-for-profit organisation whose mission today is to advance gender equality in science through research evidence, dialogue and consensus between the scientists, gender experts and policy makers. She is expert adviser on gender issues to the European Commission; has edited special issue of the International Science Reviews journal on Gender in Science; and was co-author of the EC report on gender and structural change. Her current preoccupation is the joint organisation with the US National Science Foundation of the 3rd Gender Summit, and finding good ways to promote the gender dimension as an opportunity to create new markets for science knowledge. |
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| Elizabeth Pollitzer's February 6th 2013 Presentation |
