To celebrate International Women’s Day, I interviewed Alejandra Pardo, one of our exceptional employees, known as ‘Frontons,’. Over the next week I will be sharing Pardo’s responses to questions about working in the Tech industry as a Fronton, pushing boundaries and driving innovation to support open science. Can you explain your role and what you do at Frontiers? I'm one of the CRM managers at Frontiers I recruit, onboard and manage a team of highly technical business and data analysts. Our goal as a team is to have a deep understanding of our audiences, their behaviour and their engagement history, and to build up specific segmentations that will allow us to tailor the customer experience to each researcher. Why do you think it's important to celebrate IWD? As in anything else on any job you may have, it's important to take a moment, and look back to see what you have achieved up until now. Of course, there is still a long way to go, but we have come so far already! Take a chance to celebrate what we've done and where we're at.
Watch this thought-provoking panel discussion, recorded at the #GESDASummit 2022, on Reviving the Human Right to Science. The panel discusses how the human right to science can benefit humanity, current challenges, and duties related to emerging technologies. Don't pass over this opportunity to hear from a panel of experts including our very own Frederick Fenter (Chief Executive Editor at Frontiers). Click the link to watch now!
We are proud to share that Frontiers for Young Minds, our journal for kids, has been featured in the The Washington Post. The article highlights our unique peer review process, global impact and ongoing mission, as well as our exquisite collaboration with Nobel Prize winners. You'll also find out where the idea for a scientific journal for kids initially came from. Read the article: https://fro.ntiers.in/DcvT #scienceforkids #stem #stemeducation #openaccess
Discover Pint of Science Switzerland, sponsored by Frontiers, taking place May 22-24, 2023! This annual event brings scientists to local bars, pubs, and other venues in cities across Switzerland to share recent scientific developments with the community in a casual atmosphere. Each night features a unique line-up of talks, demonstrations, and live experiments covering a range of topics from astronomy to neuroscience. Frontiers is proud to support initiatives that engage people in our local communities, and Pint of Science Switzerland does just that by starting with people and bringing the personal touch back to science. See you there!
As 2022 comes to a close, our CEO - Kamila Markram - reflects on the events of the year and discusses some of the insights gained and lessons learned. Read the message on our news site ⬇️ https://blog.frontiersin.org/2022/12/16/2022-in-review-a-message-from-our-ceo/#prettyPhoto
The Frontiers Women in Science blog was created to provide a platform for women scientists to share their empowering stories and achievements. Meet the team behind it, and find out what they've got planned for next year in this final #WomenInScience post of 2022 ⬇️
Frontiers welcomes Dr. Anke Beck and Ms Nancy Chen as heads of public affairs and advocacy for Europe and China respectively. They will lead advocacy initiatives to inform thought leaders across the globe of the benefits of open science for research and innovation in support of Frontiers’ mission to make all science open. Read more on our News site: https://fro.ntiers.in/4WMB
We’ve introduced a new policy to make it easier for authors to retrospectively change their name, pronouns, or both. This policy has been created as part of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in publishing, and covers name changes made for any reason, including marital status, gender identity, and religion. Find out more ⬇️
Frontiers’ Volunteers: Tutoring Pupils and Inspiring Careers Jennifer Pinnel, a journal specialist at Frontiers working in Cell and Developmental Biology, is one of many Frontons who have jumped at the opportunity to participate in charity activities; being able to offer her time and expertise due to the volunteering hours and flexible working framework that is available to our Frontons. Having benefited from similar programmes as a child, Jennifer got involved with Action Tutoring, a charity aiming to support young people who face socio-economic disadvantages with in-school tutoring sessions. Frontiers celebrates that there is much more to life than work. With Jennifer’s scientific knowledge and background, she is able to assist the research at Frontiers, whilst also having the time to give back to the community and support budding mathematicians; working to make education fairer. Follow the link and read more about how for more than a decade, Frontons have been showing a great passion and big heart for the most pressing world causes, both as scientists and as citizens of the world.
