Over the last three years, under the leadership of the Director General Jan Wörner, the European Space Agency has endeavoured to put the values of diversity and inclusiveness high on its corporate agenda. Today, ESA is committed to creating a modern and inclusive working environment and is striving to enhance the innovative perspectives brought in […]
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Aine O’Brien and Molly Service, UKSEDS Diversity Team Leads past and present, give WIA-Europe a snapshot of some of their recent and upcoming activities centred around the need for an inclusive space sector. Read more on this instance of WIA-Europe Spotlight.
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The Technical University Munich has currently openings for: A professorship in Orbital Mechanics and Space Mission Design (see attachment). A professorship in Pico-and Nanosatellites and Satellite Constellations (see attachment). Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply! The deadline has been extended. Feel free to submit your application at: dekanat@lrg.tum.de
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Over the last few months I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I can do, to improve the gender balance and ethnic diversity of PhD students studying environmental science. A fair first question might be, ‘but what has this got to do with space, Anna?! This is the WIA-E email newsletter.’ Well, all
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It is not uncommon that being a female in a technical industry or part of a minority group usually means being part of the few not the many. There are numerous accounts across the space industry where females and other minorities feel that they are underrepresented or feel they must work much more to earn
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The First Woman and the Next Man on the Moon and Beyond What Will The New Space Exploration Era Bring? In the summer of 1963, the first woman travelled to space, on board Vostok 6: soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova orbited Earth 48 times and spent 71 hours in space. After almost 20 years of break,
Thales Alenia Space: What Will The New Space Exploration Era Bring? Read More »
What do I want to be when I grow up? Which fields are there in the aerospace sector?” Once you have completed your aerospace university studies, you have many doors open to different areas of the sector. Do you know all the fields that comprise the aerospace world? WIA-E Barcelona together with EUROAVIA Terrassa present
Berlin is a hub for space startups. During the World Space Week, WIA-E Berlin would like to point out connections and collaborations between young space start-ups and established companies. Join us on 7 October for a conversation with – Astrofein and LiveEO – Airbus DS and UP42 The event is planned for the 7th of
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We believe in Space as humankind’s new horizon to build a better, sustainable Life on Earth. Satellite-based systems help all of us to position and connect anyone or anything, everywhere, to observe our planet and to optimize the use of the resources offered by the Earth and the solar system. Speakers: · Charlotte Neyret-Gigot New
During this talk, Dr. Sabrina Melchionna will give an overview on optical satellite images interpretation. She will conduct you in a travel through vision, classification techniques, and image composition, to let you discover how remote sensing scientists transform optical satellite images in assets for farming, forestry, and urban monitoring, because a satellite image is more