Gender Equality & Equal Opportunities
In brief
The “Gender Equality & Equal Opportunities” committee aims to implement actions to inform and act in favor of gender equality within the NeuroPSI institute.

- To conduct a survey at NeuroPSI on gender representation at different career levels
- To communicate and sensitize NeuroPSI members to gender biases (conference-debates, roundtables…)
- To promote women scientists (invite women scientists to the Institute’s conferences, encourage female PhD students to apply for the L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents France for Women in Science Award, encourage NeuroPSI women scientists to apply for promotions, etc.)
- Establish a Mentoring program and a women’s club to promote exchanges on the subject within NeuroPSI

Women in science at NeuroPSI
PhD students
Jeanne Guitton
Technical staff
Irina Kopysova
Assistant Professors
Hélène Courvoisier
Catherine Del Negro
Professor
Sylvie Granon
Researcher
Tihana Jovanic
Directors of Research
Alain Destexhe
Muriel Perron
Webinar organized by the Mission for Women’s Integration at the CNRS (MPDF)
Thursday, February 10th 2022, at 10:45am, CNRS/INSB Videoconference
Gender Equality in Higher Education, Research and Innovation: from institutional policies to international cooperation issues. Webinar organized within the French presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Picture a Scientist
Friday, September 17th 2021, 11am, NeuroPSI videoconference
The movie PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists.
Renata Coura
July 2, 2021, NeuroPSI
PhD in Neurosciences, Présidente-Fondatrice de Neurotélos
Round Table – Cognitive Gender Bias: Origins, Figures, Consequences and Perspectives
Distribution of women and men by grades
at NeuroPSI (January 2021)
CNRS and higher education charters and action plans
- “Parity and non-discriminatory evaluation at the CNRS” report from the Parity Committee of section 14 of the “Comité National” of the CNRS (2016-2021 mandate)
Repository of women in neuroscience to help you identify and recommend female neuroscientists for conferences, symposia or collaborations
- « Women in Neuroscience Repository »
- « Anneslist » : Highlighting female systems neuroscientists
Recruitment in academia
- Information video on bias in the recruitment of researchers (Centre de Recerca de Catalunya, CERCA)
- Avoiding gender bias in academic appointments (4min video from the University of Lausanne)
- Understanding unconscious bias (vidéo de 3min de la Royal Society)
- Study on gender bias in CV assessment in the scientific world : Better a John than a Jenifer
- Note DGRH N°4 – April 2021 on “The situation of female academics in higher education in 2020”
Harassment and psychosocial risks
- Collective against sexual harassment in higher education
- Prevention of psychosocial risks at the CNRS (with practical sheets)
- Sexual harassment at work, Marylin Baldeck
Biais in scientific publishing
- EGO committee : comite-ego@services.cnrs.fr
harcelements@universite-paris-saclay.fr
- CNRS reporting system
The address signalement@cnrs.fr has been activated for any staff if they feel they are victims or witnesses of :
an act of violence, an act of discrimination, moral or sexual harassment, sexist behaviour.