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

  • We are organizing a new outreach activity, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Reading Circle. The topic of this semester is gender bias in academia. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 23rd at 10:00, in the meeting room 5.091 of the University Biology Building. All genders are encouraged to attend! More information here.
  • If you want to learn more about WoBio’s activities or are interested in joining the group, stop by at our next WoBio Intro Meeting on Wednesday, April 24th at 11:00 am in seminar room 4.1 of the University Biology Building. More information here.
  • Our next Synchronisation meeting will take place on Friday, May 15th at 12:00.
  • For other events, you can also check our Events & Networking page. We look forward to seeing you!

News & Events

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)

Event
 

Leslea J. Hlusko

June 14th 2023 - 10:30-12:00

UBB, Seminar Room 5.1