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Female Science Talents Gathering 2022: Panel One

Ruth Morgan

2022 Female Science Talents

Gendered Research for Sustainable Innovation in Academia

Director of the Elsevier Foundation Ylann Schemm joins Ruth Morgan in outlining the goals and vision of the Elsevier Foundation. Both agree on the benefits of a tenacious mindset in bringing about change. Particularly when championing gender equality and diversity in research and science communications. The discussion focuses on utilising evidence and data driven approaches to push for inclusivity in the research eco-system. 

Ylann Schemm notes the impact of a female CEO in fostering an organisational culture of inclusion. The creation of Elsevier’s Inclusion & Diversity Advisory Board for example, focusses on addressing gender imbalances in conference settings and editorial board diversity. Embedding diversity driven innovation in the job profiles of staff has also ensured intra-organisational adoption. 

Ruth Morgan

UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences and UCL Centre for the Forensic Sciences

Ruth Morgan is Professor of Crime and Forensic Science in the UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, Vice Dean (Interdisciplinarity Entrepreneurship) in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, and the Founder and Director of the UCL Centre for the Forensic Sciences. The Centre facilitates a network of UCL academics from a wide range of different disciplines and departments to enable a strategic and multidisciplinary research programme in collaboration with external partners and forensic science stakeholders.

Professor Ruth Morgan was one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Scientists (Class of 2019) and was the Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee for their inquiry into Forensic Science (2018-19). She is a member of the Editorial Board for Frontiers Policy Labs and has been a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council, and part of the Scientific American and World Economic Forum Steering Group for the 2020 ‘Top 10 Emerging Technologies’. Ruth is a regular speaker (including a TED talk) and commentator on forensic science and the role of science in policy, and a strong advocate for enabling interdisciplinary approaches that bring diverse ways of thinking, seeing and doing to address global challenges.

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