Women for quantum—manifesto of values
Other text in scientific journal, 2025
Data show that the presence of women in quantum science is affected by a number of detriments and their percentage decreases even further for higher positions. Beyond data, from our shared personal experiences as female tenured quantum physics professors, we believe that the current model of scientific leadership, funding, and authority fails to represent many of us. Women for quantum calls for a joint effort and aims with this initiative to contribute to such a transformation. It is time for a real change that calls for a different kind of force and for the participation of everyone.
Author
Almut Beige
University of Leeds
Ana Predojević
Stockholm University
Anja Metelmann
ISIS - Supramolecular Science and Engineering Institute
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Anna Sanpera
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Chiara Macchiavello
Universita degli studi di Pavia
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Christiane P. Koch
Freie Universität Berlin
Christine Silberhorn
Padernborn University
Costanza Toninelli
LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Dagmar Bruß
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Elisa Ercolessi
University of Bologna
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Elisabetta Paladino
University of Catania
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Istituto Per La Microelettronica E Microsistemi, Catania
Francesca Ferlaino
University of Innsbruck
Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften
Giulia Ferrini
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Applied Quantum Physics
Gloria Platero
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
I. Fuentes
University of Southampton
Kae Nemoto
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Research Organization of Information and Systems National Institute of Informatics
Leticia Tarruell
Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Maria Bondani
CNR - Institute of photonics and of nanotechnologies
Marilu Chiofalo
University of Pisa
Marisa Pons
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Milena D’Angelo
University of Bari Aldo Moro
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Mio Murao
University of Tokyo
Nicole Fabbri
LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Paola Verrucchi
INFN Sezione di Firenze
University of Florence
Istituto Dei Sistemi Complessi, Florence
Pascale Senellart-Mardon
Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies
R. Citro
University of Salerno
Roberta Zambrini
IFISC
Rosario González-Férez
Universidad de Granada
Sabrina Maniscalco
University of Helsinki
Susana Huelga
University of Ulm
Tanja Mehlstäubler
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
University of Hanover
Valentina Parigi
Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC)
Verònica Ahufinger
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Communications Physics
23993650 (eISSN)
Vol. 8 1 422Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Gender Studies
Subatomic Physics
DOI
10.1038/s42005-025-02321-9