Dear Colleagues,
The Organizing Committee is pleased to invite you to the II Gypworld Workshop. The workshop will be held from the 1st – 4th of April 2019 at Reggio di Calabria,Italy. Read More “II Gypworld Workshop”
Highlights from the first Gypworld Conference
Highlights from the first Gypworld Conference
The Organizing Committee was delighted to welcome the participants to 1st Gypsum Ecosystem Research Conference (GERC-2018). The conference aimed to initiate a series of International Conferences organised as part of the activities of the H2020 GYPWORLD project. It offered an International forum to interested scientists from around the world to present and discuss research results in all aspects related to GYPSUM ecology.
The 1st Gypworld workshop and the 1st Gypsum Ecosystem Research (GER) Meeting was held from the 3rd – 9th of June 2018 at Ankara University Faculty of Science, Ankara, Turkey. The meeting was attended by 180 Participants from 8 Countries and 4 travel grants were awarded to students.
Here are some highlights from the conference:
Women and Science: What they do not tell you
Women and Science: What they do not tell you
On the 3rd of June Eva Tobias Olarte (PhD in Gender Studies) held the training course on Women in Science at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Ankara, Turkey.
The objective of the course where to provide training on Gender Equality, in accordance with the aims of the Program Horizon 2020. Gender equality is a core value of the European Union. Although considerable progress has been made, gender inequality persists. There remain gender gaps in the labour market, with women still over-represented in the lower paid sectors, and under-represented in leadership and decision-making positions, both in the public and the private sectors
In particular, during the training course the students
- Reflected on the current situation of women and men in the field scientific / academic ¨
- Built a knowledge base and exchange of experiences in gender equality issue.
The course was well received by the students and for many it was the first time they have had an opportunity to attend such a course and discuss the issues with others.
Thank you Eva!
May 2018 Expedition to IRAN
May 2018 Expedition to IRAN
In May 2018 a Spanish team of scientists from the Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) initiated some of the first secondments funded by the Gypworld project hosted by Tarbiat Modares University and the University of Tehran.
During their stay the Gypsum Ecosystemes Meeting was held where the following presentation were given:
- Vegetation responses to experimental climate change in a semiarid shrubland growing on gypsum soil – José Ignacio Querejeta (CSIC),
- Tracking the long-termdynamics of biodiversity with collaborative networks and Citizen Science – Begoña García (CSIC),
- Plant communities on gypsum soils in Central Spain – Arantzazu López de Luzuriaga (URJC),
- Unveiling fine scale assembly rules with spatial statics in gypsum soil habitats – Adrián Escudero Alcántara (URJC),
Here are a few photographs of some of the highlights from the meeting:
