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Céline Bessière
Private is economic. 50 years of feminist studies on the family and inequality
Céline Bessière
Private is economic. 50 years of feminist studies on the family and inequality
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Session moderated by François Héran. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract In the 1970s, in the wake of the struggle for the right to contraception and abortion, a whole generation of feminist researchers …
15:20 to 16:00
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Session moderated by François Héran. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract Why has economist Claudia Goldin been awarded the " Nobel " for economics in 2023 ? This prize, awarded for an original work on …
14:40 to 15:20
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Session moderated by François Héran. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract Women now receive half of all doctorates awarded in Europe, but they struggle to capitalize on these educational assets when being …
14:00 to 14:40
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Session moderated by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge. Each 30 minute paper is followed by 10 minutes of discussion . Abstract Since 1948, international human rights law has guaranteed a human right to share in science and its benefits (often abbreviated to …
11:30 to 12:10
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Session moderated by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge. Each 30 minute paper is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract Preventing gender disparities in mathematics and promoting a more balanced representation of women and men in the fields of science, …
10:50 to 11:30
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Session moderated by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge. Each 30 minute paper is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract Sex is defined by genetics : from the moment of conception, it is the pair of sex chromosomes, XX, that defines a woman, and XY, …
10:10 to 10:50
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Session moderated by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge. Each 30 minute paper is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract The immune system serves as a potent rheostat of host physiology, a fundamental function that requires specialized regulation across …
09:30 to 10:10
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Session moderated by Patrick Boucheron. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract There is a population of women who have worked extensively in the world of science, but who have been ignored by the history and …
16:40 to 17:10
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Session moderated by Patrick Boucheron. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract Drawing on classic theoretical and empirical works in the field of Science and Technology Studies and feminist science criticism, as …
16:00 to 16:40
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Session moderated by Patrick Boucheron. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion . Abstract In 1993, Nancy Hopkins measured her desk with a tape measure to prove to her colleagues that women were systematically discriminated …
15:20 to 16:00
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Session moderated by Patrick Boucheron. Each 30-minute paper is followed by a 10-minute discussion. Abstract The scientific world of the eighteenth century was still organized on the principle of the " male enclosure of knowledge " (Michèle Le …
14:40 to 15:20
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Session moderated by Patrick Boucheron. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract When the Académie française was founded, the decision was made to exclude women. At the same time, many educational treatises of the 17th …
14:00 to 14:40
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Session moderated by Françoise Combes. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract Male rodents were for a long time the only study model in neurobiology, particularly for behavioral studies, with the assumption that …
11:30 to 12:10
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Session moderated by Françoise Combes. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract Women are still under-represented in professional mathematics : for example, 20 % are preparing a doctoral thesis, and 15 % are …
10:50 to 11:30
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Session moderated by Françoise Combes. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract The proportion of women in computing, both in industry and academia, is one of the lowest among scientific disciplines. This has not …
10:10 to 10:50
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Session moderated by Françoise Combes. Each 30 minute presentation is followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Abstract Correspondence tests have become a reference method in international academic literature on discrimination. In France, as in many other …
09:30 to 10:10
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Stéphane Mallat Created in 1954, the CNRS Gold Medal is one of France's most prestigious scientific awards. This year, it honors mathematician Stéphane Mallat, a professor at the Collège de France, in recognition of his work in mathematics applied to …
Published on 12 September 2025
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Sensory map in flattened mouse cortex visualized by thalamocortical axons (red) and counter-staining of cellular nuclei (cyan). The brain is an organ that develops in several sequential phases, well described by psychologists and neurobiologists alike. …
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Towards less and less radical chemistry
Louis Fensterbank, chair Activations in Molecular Chemistry
Towards less and less radical chemistry
Louis Fensterbank, chair Activations in Molecular Chemistry
Lecture
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Free radicals are generally associated with highly reactive and uncontrollable species, leading to degradative processes or pathologies. Paradoxically, this high reactivity also represents a unique opportunity for powerful synthetic chemistry. The aim of …
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Building a Climate Resilient Society
Avenir Commun Durable
Building a Climate Resilient Society
Avenir Commun Durable
Special events
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A man works in his rooftop garden in Kolkata, India. Drought caused by climate change can have a significant impact on global food production. Using rooftops as a secondary source of food production can help alleviate the pressure of industrial …
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