Equal opportunities in recruitment and increased share of female professors
The commitment to equal opportunities and the increase in the number of women amongst hired faculty is part of the quest for excellence pursued by EPFL.
On 4 September 2017, the EPFL Presidency adopted a policy for equal opportunities in faculty recruitment procedures.
The principles put forward include in particular the active solicitation by the recruitment committees of a sufficient number of excellent female and male candidates, taking into account the impact of implicit biases on the evaluation of candidatures, standards to ensure a thorough and fair review of applications and monitoring of results.
To support implementation, seminars will be organized for members of faculty recruitment committees. Initially, these seminars are aimed at people who can chair recruitment committees.
To know more:
- The policy document can be downloaded from the website of the Faculty Affairs (APR).
- MOOC videos on Implicit Bias Awareness & Unbiased Recruitment Procedures (presented and commented by Prof. Dr. Marianne Schmid Mast HEC, University of Lausanne)
- For figures on gender balance @ EPFL, visit the Gender Monitoring page.