{"id":37776,"date":"2021-07-01T10:06:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T10:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/?page_id=37776"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:02:14","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">.dt-breadcrumbs-id-27a5747bf3a0986173dc7c4771eb5fe9 .breadcrumbs {\n  display: inline-block;\n  margin: 0;\n  padding: 2px 10px 20px 10px;\n  border: 0px solid ;\n  border-radius: 0px;\n}\n.dt-breadcrumbs-id-27a5747bf3a0986173dc7c4771eb5fe9 .breadcrumbs * {\n  color: #000000;\n}<\/style><div class=\"dt-breadcrumbs-shortcode dt-breadcrumbs-id-27a5747bf3a0986173dc7c4771eb5fe9 align-left\"><div class=\"assistive-text\">You are here:<\/div><ol class=\"breadcrumbs text-small\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/\" title=\"Home\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><li class=\"current\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Page<\/span><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"2\" \/><\/li><\/ol><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"underline--red\">About us<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Observa Science in Society is a non-profit, independent, legally recognized research centre promoting the study and discussion of the interaction among science, technology and society, with the aim of stimulating dialogue among researchers, policy makers and citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Observa supports gender equality in research and innovation (R&amp;I) following the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eige.europa.eu\/gender-mainstreaming\/toolkits\/gear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/eige.europa.eu\/gender-mainstreaming\/toolkits\/gear&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1689058652679000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LM1UqIhKRDjkaoSgI_5ZJ\">GEAR<\/a> guidelines promoted in the academic field and the indications of the European Institute for Gender Equality (<a href=\"https:\/\/eige.europa.eu\/gender-mainstreaming\/toolkits\/gear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/eige.europa.eu\/gender-mainstreaming\/toolkits\/gear&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1689058652679000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LM1UqIhKRDjkaoSgI_5ZJ\">EIGE<\/a>). Observa&#8217;s gender policies are presented in the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Observa_GEP.pdf\">Gender Equality Plan 2023-2027<\/a><\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#b83a3a&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientific Committee<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;30718&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle_2&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/barbara-allen\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/barbara-allen\/\">Barbara Allen<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Ph.D. in Science and Technology studies[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;30716&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle_2&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/martin-w-bauer\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/martin-w-bauer\/\">Martin W. 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