CEWS

Center of Excellence Women and Science

CEWS is part of GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

• CEWS’ website offers daily updated news, including an

events calendar and information on career

opportunities.

• CEWS’ online literature database features publications

on gender equality in science and research, policies

and measures, on working conditions as well as the

marginalization of women scientists.

• A section on statistics offers rapid access to data for

analyses of the situation of women in science and

research, and for evidence-based policy-making.

• A unique database provides information on gender

equality law in higher education.

In addition, CEWS offers a broad range of scientific publica-

tions to specific target groups and the general public:

CEWSjournal, CEWS-Beiträge, CEWS-Publik and CEWS po-

sition papers.

Contact:

Andrea Usadel (Information Manager)

Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, D-50667 Cologne, Germany

Phone: +49 221 47694-255

E-Mail: andrea.usadel@gesis.org

FemConsult – A database on women scientists

FemConsult is an online database created by CEWS for wo-

men post-docs and professors. It contains up-to-date sci-

entific profiles of several thousand female experts from all

disciplines in German-speaking areas. FemConsult makes it

possible to quickly and easily find and contact women sci-

entists for queries or offers.

The online database can be accessed via

www.femconsult.de

GESIS – Supporting social science research since 1986 in all phases of research:

• Research: Information on data, literature, research

projects, important institutions and conferences

• Study planning: Consultation and services for

planning and conducting a survey

• Data collection: Consultation and services during the

data collection phase

• Data analysis: Support, consultation and data for

secondary analysis and reference, analyzing tools

• Archiving and registering: Longterm permanent

archiving and registration of data and publications

In addition, GESIS offers user conferences and research methods training events for all these phases.

CEWS – Center of Excellence Women and Science is the

national hub for the realization of equal opportunities for

women and men in science and research in Germany.

CEWS serves as a driver for this political field, providing

impulses to researchers and policy-makers.

CEWS Center of Excellence Women and Science

Please explore our online portal for more details on our information services on gender equality in science:

www.gesis.org/cews/en/home/

CEWS provides comprehensive expertise in the areas of:

• policy consultation

• socio-scientific research on gender equality in science

• knowledge transfer

• monitoring, and evaluation of gender equality

measures in science

Current projects include:

• GenPORT – An Internet Portal for Sharing Knowledge-

and Inspiring Collaborative Action on Gender and Sci-

ence. The project creates an online resource portal for

organizations and individuals in the field of gender equa-

lity in science, technology and innovation across the glo-

be. (FP7)

• INTEGER – Institutional Transformation for Effecting

Gender Equality in Research. INTEGER partners improve

gender equality in research institutions through sustaina-

ble institutional transformations. (FP7)

• EFFEKTIV! For Greater Family Friendliness in German

Higher Education Institutions. Effektiv! creates a web-

based information and consultation platform on the ef-

fectiveness of family friendly measures in Germany

(BMBF).

• HGiW - Change of Gender Equality Structures in Hig-

her Education. The project team analyses structural chan-

ges of gender equality work in higher education. (BMBF)

• DFG-Toolbox - DFG-Toolbox on the DFG’s Research-

Oriented Standards on Gender Equality. This toolbox

gives online access to a selected collection of examples

of quality-assured gender equality measures in science.

(DFG)

CEWS’ past European projects (FP6):

• PLATWOMSCI – Creation of the European Platform of Women Scientists

• DATAWOMSCI – Review and evaluation of databases on women scientists in Europe

• WomenCORE – analysis of the professional situation of women scientists in construction sciences

• ENCOUWOMSCI – offering appointment trainings to mobile women scientists qualified as professors

For information on all projects currently being carried out by CEWS please consult our website (www.gesis.org/cews/en/home/).

Policy consultation CEWS

CEWS provides its knowledge and research-based services to

researchers and practitioners in gender equality, universities,

research institutes, scientific organizations and political

committees. These target groups benefit in various ways

from the synergetic effects of CEWS’ four primary areas of

activity listed above. With regard to science politics and

policy-making at regional, federal and EU-level, CEWS staff

is involved in expert groups, panels, parliamentary hearings

and committees on a constant and on an ad-hoc basis. In

order to fulfill its tasks even more effectively CEWS keeps

systematically developing and enhancing its services.

Project work & research on gender equality in scienceBoth independently and in cooperation with partners, CEWS

carries out EU and national projects

Knowledge transfer

CEWS provides a sound basis for decision-making as well as

innovative policy options for the German science system by

offering up-to-date, science-based and user-friendly infor-

mation on gender equality in science and research as well

as comprehensive databases on literature, statistical data

and gender equality law.