Cellule Parité - Gender Parity Committee LPENS

The LPENS parity committee is an essential part of building a stronger research environment. Diversity is not only a matter of equity; it is a real asset for both research and training, since a wider range of perspectives improves scientific debate and is associated with more innovative and higher-impact outcomes. The presence of women among permanent researchers and teaching staff provides important role models, which helps attract and retain talented students. At the same time, experience at the CNRS and elsewhere shows that progress does not happen spontaneously: it requires institutional commitment through concrete equality action plans and clear measures to prevent and address gender-based and sexual violence. A parity committee is therefore needed not only to monitor these issues, but also to ensure that this responsibility is shared collectively, rather than falling disproportionately on women researchers, who are too often asked to carry an excessive share of this work.

The women's meetings project

Programme de Mentorat Femmes & Sciences

On the occasion of the "Women and Sciences” scholarship program, the ENS Foundation wants to highlight:

Anne Bouverot (S 1985), President of the Board of Directors of the ENS, Doctor in Computer Science;

Catherine Dulac (S 1982), Professor at Harvard University, Winner of the Breakthrough Prize in 2021, Administrator of the ENS Foundation;

Aglaé Jézéquel, Researcher in climatology at the ENS, at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory;

Christina Psaroudaki, Physics Researcher at the ENS Physics Laboratory, Scientific Director of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Chair on Quantum Information Theory;

Stéphanie Ruphy, Professor of philosophy of science at ENS, Director of the Space Chair.

We thank Frédéric Worms, director of ENS, Anne Christophe, Deputy Director for Sciences, Shunichi Miyanaga, Chair of the Board of MHI, and Takis Kontos, Leader of the Hybrid Quantum Circuits team at ENS for the exciting and welcoming kick-off meeting of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Chair of Quantum Information!