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Abstract: In recent decades there has been a growing awareness that a scientist’s gender can have an impact on a career in physics, even though it should have no influence. This applies also for ethnicity or national background, social background, and other social characteristics which can have a detrimental impact on a career in science. The talk will present research on gender and diversity in physics, with a particular focus on studies of workplace cultures in physics and their impact on early career scientists’ sense of belonging to the physics community.
Bio: Martina Erlemann holds a professorship on Sociology of Science and Gender, affiliated at the Department of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin. She is head of the Research Group Gender & Science Studies in Physics. After having graduated physics she received her PhD in sociology. Her research is based on approaches from Science & Technology Studies and Feminist Science Studies. In addition to her research on gender & diversity in physics, she has worked on governance of risk technologies and science communication. Her current research focuses on social inequalities in the cultures of physics and the development of new formats of participatory science.
