Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN 2020)
Organizers: Steve Phelps & Steve Chang
Invited speaker gender ratio: 3 Women: 6 Men (33%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 41%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keywords social neuroscience, and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in 3 pages of results using our python script.
Mental Effort: One Construct Many Faces?
Conference date: 09/09/2021
Organizers: Laura Bustamante, Maria Wirzberger, Ivan Grahek & Sebastian Musslick
Invited speaker gender ratio: 5 Women: 7 Men (42%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 37-52%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in cognitive neuroscience.
Neural Control: From Data to Machines
Organizers: Florentin Wörgötter & Christian Tetzlaff
Sponsors: European Union’s Horizon 2020 and Innovation Programme
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women: 17 Men (11%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 17-20%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Predictive Processing Symposium: From Concept to Circuits
Conference date: 10/30/2020
Organizer: Helmut Leder (Head of the Vienna CogSciHub)
Total invited speaker gender ratio: 0 Women: 4 Men (0%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 17-20%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Neurotechnology NIN Summer School
Conference date: 06/24/2021
Sponsors: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Invited speakers gender ratio: 2 Women: 9 Men (22%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 31%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword “neurotechnology”, and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in 4 pages of results using our python script. We left 4 names unclassified.
Brain Criticality Virtual Meeting
Organizers: Dietmar Plenz, Lucilla de Arcangelis, Dante Chialvo & Demian Battaglia
Faculty gender ratio: 4 Women: 14 Men (22%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 29%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keywords “systems neuroscience”, and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in 5 pages of results using our python script.
Organizers: Kael Dai, Salvador Dura-Bernal & Padraig Gleeson
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women: 13 Men (13%)
Estimated base rate of females in the field: 17-20%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Allen Institute Modeling Workshop: Towards multipurpose models of cortical circuits
Invited speaker gender ratio: 4 Women: 17 Men (19%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 24%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keywords “cortical circuits” and modeling, and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in 3 pages of results using our python script.
Curiosity, Creativity, and Complexity
Organizer: Jacqueline Gottlieb (Chair)
Invited speaker gender ratio: 9 Women: 13 Men (41%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 37-52%*
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in cognitive neuroscience.
3rd HBP Curriculum Workshop Series – Final Workshop on Measuring and Modelling Brain States
Organizers: Sylvia Aßlaber, Judith Kathrein & Alois Saria
Invited speaker gender ratio: 1 Woman: 6 Men (14%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-18%
BWN rating: 2
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
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