Prof Dr Capitolina Díaz

"With GenPORT you can find a way to solve gender disparities in science, from recruitment to the content of scientific research.”

Capitolina Díaz is Professor of Sociology (University of Valencia), ex President of the Spanish Association of Women Scientists and Technologists (AMIT) and creator of the Women in Science Research and Adviser Group of the University of Valencia. She has been General Director for Women and Employment (Ministry of Equality (2008-2010); Counsellor of Science in the Spanish Representation in front of the EU (2008) and Director of the Women and Science Unit 2006-2008. Her main fields of research are Sociology of Gender, Gender Analysis Methodology, Sociology of Education and Public Policies with a gender perspective. On these fields she has authored and co-authored more than 100 papers, books and book chapters. Her last research (founded by EEE Grants) was on Gender Salary Gap and Gender Care Gap. She has been visiting fellow in several universities such us Stanford and Harvard.