Social Norms and Cooperation

In the annual public lecture organized by the Zurich Center for Market Design features renowned speakers celebrating von Neumann's revolutionary contributions to economics, game theory, and beyond. This year, Prof. em. Dr. Jürg Fröhlich gives the lecture on Friday, May 29th, at 15:00 in the ETH Main Building (HG).

The motherhood penalty in science: could your partner make a difference? Having children is one of the biggest career obstacles women in academia face. They publish less, get passed over for promotions, and are more likely to leave research altogether. Meanwhile, their male colleagues, even those who also become parents, often continue climbing the ladder unaffected. This imbalance is one of the key reasons fewer women reach senior positions in science, a pattern researchers call the "leaky pipeline." But what if part of the solution was hiding in plain sight?

Heinrich Nax co-authors a new study published in Nature, of which implications point to uncertainty—not failure—and a need for more cautious confidence in research claims.