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.
  • Our next Female Role Models Seminar with Ass.-Prof. Agnes Dellinger will take place on Thursday, April 18th at 10:30 am, SR1.6.
  • 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

News
 

WoBio members Verena Ibl and Lisa Horn were interviewed by the German newpaper Laborjournal to talk about our initiative

Event
 

May 4th 2023 - 15:00-18:00

UBB, Lecture Hall 2

Guest speaker: Michaela Gindl

Event
 

Join us and let's demonstrate together with other collectives for feminist solidarity!

Event
 

Pamela Burger

March 3rd 2023 - 12:00-13:30

UBB, Seminar Room 5.1

Event
 

Bea Maas

January 20th 2023 - 12:00-13:30

UBB, Seminar Room 5.1

News
 

Workshop "Appointment training for future professors"

March 29-31 2023, in presence

Organised by the Gender Equality and Diversity Unit at the University of Vienna

Registrations until February 19 2023