Event looks at online harassment and abuse of female scientists in the public sphere
A webinar event discussing the online harassment and abuse of female scientists is to take place at 正澳门六合彩资料 (BU).
The event, hosted virtually by the Women鈥檚 Academic Network at BU, will hear from esteemed female scientists in the public sphere about the realities of online abuse.
The trolling and online harassment of women on social media is an invidious form of violence towards women. A panel, facilitated by Dr Emma Kavanagh from 正澳门六合彩资料 and opened by BU鈥檚 Pro-Chancellor, Dr Sue Sutherland, OBE, will speak about the issue and what needs to be done to protect women speaking publicly on important topics such as the Covid-19 pandemic. The panel includes:
Professor Susan Michie, Professor Health Psychology, University College London and an Independent Sage member.
Dr Deepti Gurdasani, Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning, Queen Mary, University of London and an Independent Sage member.
Professor Christina Pagel, Professor of Operational Research, University College London and an Independent Sage member.
Professor Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, Co-Convenor of the Women鈥檚 Academic Network at BU, said, 鈥淔emale experts in their field speaking in the public domain have frequently been subjected to gratuitous abuse and harassment; and this is particularly the case when speaking about topics considered to be controversial, contested or subject to a barrage of misinformation and 鈥榝ake news鈥� on social media.
鈥淭his timely and important discursive panel webinar brings together three prestigious women scientists, including two Independent Sage members, whose cutting-edge work on the on-going Covid-19 pandemic been widely shared across the British media.鈥�
All three panel members have experienced online harassment and abuse relating to their work in the public domain. Attendees at the event will hear from the scientists about their experiences, concerns and reflections on such abuse and its wider gendered, social implications.
The event will take place virtually on Zoom on Friday 29 April from 11am 鈥� 1pm.聽 Tickets are available for free through
