To mark International Women's Day on March 8, the “Women of the core-group” of the COST Action NEXT have published a booklet featuring fifteen short interviews in which women from research, industry, scientific user facilities, and research management describe their professional and personal experiences.
From young scientists to renowned professors to artists, they talk about their different career paths and show the many different directions life can take after studying physics. Our new Junior professor for Theoretical Ultrafast Light-Matter Interaction, Maria Richter, also participated in the initiative.
In the interviews, female physicists describe their personal motivations, experiences, and challenges in the various phases of their careers, as well as the future prospects and opportunities they see in their professional environment and in the European research landscape.
The booklet offers inspiring insights into today's scientific community from the perspective of women and underscores the importance of visibility, networking, and support for strengthening the leadership role of women in science.