Date: Tuesday, April 7 2026 – 13h00
Place: C005
Title: Discriminations, Harassment and Unwell-being in Academia – Understand, React and Prevent
Many studies, internationally or nationally, demonstrate that the academic world suffers from discriminations, harassment and unwell-being issues. It can be difficult to clearly acknowledge this and take actions against it, and it is of course even harder when we are in vulnerable positions and/or suffer from such issues directly. Following the researcher mindset, this talk will browse through many scientific results and try to discover through several hypothesis what are the root causes of those issues in our academic world. We will highlight that the causes are not only external and outside our control: equipped with a full understanding of the issues, it is possible to act against them every day, as researchers and within our labs. We will focus on concrete possible actions that can help both witnesses and targets of dangerous situations happening right now to manage the emergency, but also on actions and policies that can help build an environment and a culture where such situations do not happen anymore, presenting concrete actions that can be taken at any levels of the hierarchy.