Resources
Women in science / STEM
Personally, I feel influenced by the lack of female role models in senior positions, both in academia and elsewhere. I think that a better representation of women in important academic positions gives others sense of confidence that being a woman in academia is not a barrier to career progression. I understand that similar problems exist for people with other minority identity aspects, such as race, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. I am passionate about contributing to equality, diversity, and inclusion in academia. Ultimately, I hope to be able to inspire others and become a role model for fellow peers. Below, I highlight some resources that I have found inspiring, important, or helpful in my career so far:
Fix the Leaky Pipeline
FLP is a programme giving young female scientists the opportunity to reflect on their professional situations, to develop a strategy for continuing their career paths, to receive targeted further training, and to extend their personal and scientific networks.
Did this really happen!?
Did this really happen? shares illustrative stories of events that actually happened. It shows daily sexist comments and behaviours, not to point fingers at specific people, but to encourage discussions on incorrect behaviours.
500 Women Scientists is an organisation representing the voices of tens of thousands of women scientists all over the globe. I have joined the Zürich 500WS pod (slack channel, twitter) and several interesting events are organised throughout the year.
Communities
European Geoscience Union
- GEODYNAMICS DIVISION
- PLANETARY SCIENCES DIVISION
- EARLY CAREER SCIENTIST COMMITTEE
American Geophysical Union
- SEDI
GAIA, Network for women in Earth Sciences
Europlanet Early Career Network
Software
StagPy
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StagLab
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Generic Maping Tools
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Sience visualisation
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Image made through the post-processing software STAGLAB, including newly-developed mantle diagnostics. From Gülcher et al., Under review for C-Gubed.
Maps of Venus topography made with GMT. Adapted from Gülcher et al., 2020, Nature Geoscience.
The superiority of scientifically derived colour maps. From: The misuse of colour in science communication (Crameri et al., 2020, Nature Communications)