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SYWQ: Symposium Hidden Variables: Contributions of Women to Quantum Physics

SYWQ 1: Hidden Variables: Contributions of Women to Quantum Physics

SYWQ 1.4: Invited Talk

Thursday, March 13, 2025, 12:30–13:00, HS 1+2

Who decides scientific authority and how? — •Anna Sanpera — Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

In 2023, an international group of female professors of quantum physics gathered together to discuss at length their scientific research interests but also to share experiences and thoughts related to the persistent gender gap in science and the failure of present efforts made to close the gap. This initiative lead to a self-organized entity entitled Women for Quantum (W4Q), whose primary interests are to debate/question the present model of scientific career as well as to propose new directions. In 2024, after one year of work, W4Q went public, publishing a review article entitled *W4Q: A manifesto of values*. In this talk, as a representative member, I would like to present W4Q, and question a crucial topic which is rooted in any gender gap issue: how and by whom scientific authority is decided.