How we connect girls in Brazil to inspiring female scientists
In 2013 physicist Carolina Brito co-launched Meninas na Ciência (Girls in Science), a program based at Brazil’s Federal University of Rio Grande de Sul.The program exposes girls to university life, in...
18 Maalis 202410min
‘There is no cookie cutter female scientist’
In her role as Vice Rector for research partnerships and collaboration at the University of the Valley in Guatemala City, Monica Stein works to strengthen science and technology ecosystems in the Cent...
8 Maalis 202427min
How Tiger Worm toilets could help to deliver clean water and sanitation for all
Laure Sione’s postdoctoral research at Imperial College London addresses the sixth of the 17 United Nations SDGs, but, she argues, sanitation also plays a huge role in gender equality (SDG 5) and good...
1 Maalis 202420min
How we boosted female faculty numbers in male-dominated departments
In 2016 the University of Melbourne, Australia, asked for female-only applicants when it advertised three vacancies in its School of Mathematics and Statistics. It repeated the exercise in 2018 and 20...
23 Helmi 202420min
Building robots to get kids hooked on STEM subjects
As a child Solomon King Benge loved Eric Laithwaite’s 1974 book The Engineer in Wonderland, based on the mechanical engineer’s 1966 Royal Institution Christmas lectures. After reading it he asked his ...
16 Helmi 202419min
‘It reflects the society we live in where a young person does not feel that life is worth living’
A drive to reduce suicide mortality rates is a key indicator of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Psychiatrist Shekhar Saxena, who led the World Health Organization’s mental health and...
9 Helmi 202428min
‘Blue foods’ to tackle hidden hunger and improve nutrition
As a nutrition and planetary health researcher, Christopher Golden takes a keen interest in the second of 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and its aim to end hunger.But Golden’s researc...
2 Helmi 202423min
People need more than cash to rise out of poverty
Poverty is about more than just meeting basic material needs, says Catherine Thomas. Its corrosive effects are also social and psychological, causing people to feel marginalized and helpless.Thomas’s ...
26 Tammi 202421min
