Collaboration workshop highlights the work of women in climate research
By Andria Nicodemou
RESCUE holds workshop to showcase the research of women climate scientists and discuss the challenges in this field.
Women researchers play an increasingly prominent role in climate research, although they still remain an under-represented group in this field.
RESCUE, together with other European projects is holding an online collaboration workshop on Wednesday 1 April 2026, at 14:00-16:30 CEST. This workshop aims to highlight and give visibility to the work of women scientists in European climate research projects that cover topics such as carbon dioxide removal and climate predictions.
The workshop will bring together researchers from four different projects: RESCUE, OptimESM, EERIE and AI4PEX. This event will give the opportunity to researchers to present their work, exchange knowledge, and identify opportunities for collaboration. This will be enhanced by a discussion not only the work presented, but also on the challenges of women in the climate research field. A keynote speech will also be given by STREAM-IT project that works to initiate change about the persisting gender inequalities in STEM education, research and innovation.
The registration is now open, and the full event agenda can be found at the end of this page.
The gender imbalance issue at hand
Gender imbalances within science are still a persistant challenge, while there have been efforts to cut back on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in certain parts of the world. To this end, the RESCUE project would like to play an active role in fostering gender equality and diversity, in line with the European Commission and Horizon Europe’s gender equality strategy. Progress on diversity and gender equality is not a given and is not linear, and active steps are necessary to advance.
In Horizon Europe projects, women are well-represented in entry-level positions (46%), but under-represented in leading positions (26%), mirroring the situation in the European research system as a whole. While these structural inequities must be addressed, this collaboration workshop and other RESCUE activities aim to draw attention to these issues and elevate the contributions of its women researchers, as well as linking up to other European projects.