Women in Science ( WiS) day 2025

Women in Science Day conferences continue to explore how to speed up the transition to gender equality in scientific careers.

In its 2025 edition, BeWiSe invites higher education students, academics, university professionals, diversity and inclusion officers and policy-makers to discuss how gender equality is really progressing at Belgian research institutions. We will also reflect on including a gender dimension in research.

• Session 1: Is gender equality really progressing at Belgian research institutions?
  We reflect on how equality progressed in the last 4 years, how Gender Equality Plans are really implemented, the gender and inclusion initiatives that are being taken and that occurred in the past and the impact they generate(d).

Speakers:

• • • Badra Djait (D&I officer – UGent),
    • Prof. Sébastien Van Drooghenbroeck (prorecteur équité, diversité et inclusion – UCLouvain),
    • Sara Aguirre (Gender and diversity officer – ULB)
• Session 2:
  • Is gendered research always relevant?
    Researchers reflect on whether European requirements on including the gender dimension in R&I apply to their projects/ research fields, and share their methods and best practices.
  • EU Policy Framework.
  • Evaluation and Monitoring of the Gender Dimension in Research in Horizon Europe, Cluster 2 Collaborative Projects.

Speakers:

• • • Oriane Gilloz (European Commission – DG Research and Innovation – Gender Sector),
    • Kateřina Svíčková (European Research Executive Agency),
    • Samantha Brunt (UAntwerpen),
    • Prof. Geoffrey van Moeseke (UCLouvain),
    • Ana Maria Corrêa (KULeuven).

We will start with a networking lunch at 12h30.

We would like to thank the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) for sponsoring this event.