Mission Statement

Female scientists are currently underrepresented at the Faculty of Life Sciences, particularly in Biology. The Women in Biology Initiative seeks to understand the underlying causes and to support the careers of female scientists at all levels, from students to professors. Our vision is to equalize the female-male employment status and leadership at the Faculty. 

Upcoming events

  • Join the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Reading Circle! The topic of this semester is gender bias in academia. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 7th at 10:00, in the meeting room 5.091 of the University Biology Building. All genders are encouraged to attend! More information here.
  • Safe the date!! Join us for the 2nd WoBio Welcome Day at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna! Thursday, June 6th at 3:00 - 5:00 pm.
  • Our next Synchronisation meeting will take place on Friday, May 24th at 12:00.
  • For other events, you can also check our Events & Networking page. We look forward to seeing you!

News & Events

Event
 

Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid

January 19th 2024 - 10:30–12:00

UBB, Seminar Room 5.1

Event
 

Enhancing WoBio‘s impact and organizational structure 2.0

Nov 30th / Dec 7th 2023

UBB / Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1

Event
 

Lori Passmore

November 15th 2023 - 15:00-16:30

UBB, Seminar Room 4.1 and online

Event
 

Kirsten Bomblies

October 23rd 2023 - 18:00-19:00

UBB, Seminar Room 4.1

Event
 

Three WoBio members are organizing an interdisciplinary symposium on human evolution and reproduction

Awards
 

WoBio members were awarded grants by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)