CEREGE is pursuing its commitment to equality with a concrete initiative supported by the laboratory and its equality unit: the naming of three meeting rooms after women scientists.
Three meeting rooms now feature Marie Tharp, Katia Krafft and Anita Conti. To mark the occasion, new plates were installed, each accompanied by a sentence recalling their major contribution to our understanding of plate tectonics, volcanism and the oceans.
Following on from this initiative, CEREGE hosted the conference «What makes women scientists invisible: the Matilda effect», hosted by Louis-Pascal Jacquemond. This presentation looked back at the historical mechanisms by which women have become invisible in science, based on the concept theorised by Margaret Rossiter. The conference is available on request from communication department of the CEREGE.
Several copies of the book The Matilda Effect: women are also scientists (2025), by Louis-Pascal Jacquemond, are currently circulating in the laboratory, extending this awareness-raising approach.
