Dr. Lena Eckert and Dr.Anne Freese from the icp – institute for critique and practice gGmbH and the Network on Motherhood and Science are shedding light on patterns of discrimination and highlighting the urgent need to counteract the impending loss of an entire generation of researchers, particularly due to the so-called “Corona Gap.”

The pilot study “Care and Unfair” examines the disadvantages faced by parents and family caregivers in the German externally funded research sector—an area that is crucial for academic careers but has received little research attention to date. At the same time, diversity is considered a fundamental prerequisite for good science.

Registration is available via the RMU website: https://www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/news/rmu-talkreihe-familie-im-fokus-vereinbarkeit-in-der-forschung