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01-12-2017 | Editorial

There is no magic in speaker policies: creating gender equality at brain stimulation conferences

Editorial II to the supplement from the 2nd European Conference on brain stimulation in psychiatry

Authors: Anna-Katharine Brem, Soili M. Lehto, Daniel Keeser, Frank Padberg

Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | Special Issue 2/2017

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Gender inequality in science is hotly debated, and this topic has been raised likewise in the brain stimulation community with regard to the unequal ratio of female and male speakers at conferences [1‐4]. While this discussion represents only one symptom of a deeper lying problem [5, 6], it is an immediate result of a lack of women in editorial boards and conference committees. Becoming aware of and acknowledging a problem represents the first step of solving it [7]. Awareness can be raised by observing and sharing observations with others. Subsequent steps involve evaluation of the problem, development of solutions, taking action, and repetition of these steps until resolution. …

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Title: There is no magic in speaker policies: creating gender equality at brain stimulation conferences
Editorial II to the supplement from the 2nd European Conference on brain stimulation in psychiatry
Authors: Anna-Katharine Brem
Soili M. Lehto
Daniel Keeser
Frank Padberg
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Issue Special Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-017-0854-2

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