On Friday, 6 November 2015, the ERC President Prof Jean-Pierre Bourguignon takes part in the panel "Assessment of scientific excellence: practices, processes, outcomes" (11.30 - 13.15). There he will discuss the stimulation of ambitious bottom-up proposals by scientists.
Later on Friday, the panel "Parallel 2: ERC funded gender research" takes place from 16.00 to 17.30.
The session will be chaired by Prof Isabelle Vernos, Member of the ERC Scientific Council and Chair of the ERC Working Group on Gender Balance. The panel will include presentations from ERC grantees and ERC panel members discussing gender funded research and will also provide insights into the work of the ERC Scientific Council Working Group on Gender Balance.
Chair: Prof Isabelle Vernos, Member of the ERC Scientific Council
Speakers:
- Dr Anne McMunn, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Social Science and Population Health, University College London (UCL), UK
- Prof Mieke Verloo, Professor of Comparative Politics and Inequality Issues, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Prof Conny Aerts, Director of the Institute of Astronomy; Vice-Dean Communication & Outreach; Faculty of Science, Leuven University, Belgium
You can see the full programme and register for the event.
