Women are underrepresented in Informatics (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computing, ICT) at all levels, from undergraduate and graduate studies to participation and leadership in academia and industry.
Increasing female representation in the field is a grand challenge for academics, policymakers, and society as a whole. Although the problem is evident, progress has been invariably slow, in spite of all the momentum and impulse for change happening across Europe.
Topics of interest:
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Initiatives to engage female in STEM
Retain female students in STEM
Encourage female professionals to pursue PhD
Support for females in STEM
We invite researchers interested in the gender balance issues and the effective inititatives for females in STEM to submit papers and participate in WSTEM 2024.Â