Conference Drafts Guidelines on Family-Friendly Science Careers

Ljubljana, 8 February - Researchers are the cornerstone of science, development and economic advancement, and thus need to be able to have both a career and a family, agreed participants of a conference entitled "Family-Friendly Careers in Science" in Brdo pri Kranju on Friday.

Brdo pri Kranju From left to right: Deputy Director General for Research at the European Commission Zoran Stancic, Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar and the president of the national biology institute Tamara Lah Turnsek at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
From left to right: Deputy Director General for Research at the European Commission Zoran Stancic, Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar and the president of the national biology institute Tamara Lah Turnsek at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Group photo at the close of a workshop on science careers and family. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo at the close of a workshop on science careers and family.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Deputy Director General for Research at the European Commission Zoran Stancic at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Deputy Director General for Research at the European Commission Zoran Stancic at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju President of the national biology institute Tamara Lah Turnsek at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
President of the national biology institute Tamara Lah Turnsek at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju From left to right: Deputy Director General for Research at the European Commission Zoran Stancic, Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar and the president of the national biology institute Tamara Lah Turnsek at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
From left to right: Deputy Director General for Research at the European Commission Zoran Stancic, Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Mojca Kucler Dolinar and the president of the national biology institute Tamara Lah Turnsek at a press conference following a workshop on science careers and family.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju SANCO Public Health Director Andrzej Rys (left) and Slovenian Health Minister Zofija Mazej Kukovic at a news conference at the closure of a conference on cancer. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
SANCO Public Health Director Andrzej Rys (left) and Slovenian Health Minister Zofija Mazej Kukovic at a news conference at the closure of a conference on cancer.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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