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Equal opportunity (EO) measures

Although women have been gaining ground at LIVES, particularly as doctoral candidates, women remain underrepresented in the upper echelons of academia. This observation corroborates the results of larger-scale surveys undertaken at Swiss universities, particularly the University of Geneva and the University of Lausanne.

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Guides for PhD students and postdocs

With the help of the federal program for equal opportunity for women and men, the equality offices of the Swiss universities (BULA) offer two very useful guides for doctoral candidates and for postdocs.

Guide - Getting your thesis off to a good start    Guide - Beyond the doctorate

Toolkit

Texts, videos and other resources regarding the integration of gender issues in research.  

Conflict management policy

The LIVES Centre encourages anyone involved in a difficult work or study situation to try to use dialog and mediation to arrive at a solution before the conflict escalates. LIVES conflict management policy.