The challenge:

In the coming years, with Europe’s knowledge economy developing and new technologies on the rise, skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are even more necessary in order to have a broad range of careers. It is therefore imperative to attract and recruit more youth to STEM study programmes; not just to increase the numbers of STEM-trained professionals, but also to increase the diversity of STEM-trained professionals.

Who we are:

We are a group of educational practitioners, scholars, business people and policy makers with a diverse set of backgrounds and expertise coming from 13 countries in Europe and Israel. We come together sharing a common vision of how STEM could be communicated to young people.

Vision Statement:

The Vision of Hypatia is a European society that communicates science to youth in a gender inclusive way in order to realise the full potential of girls and boys around Europe to follow STEM related careers.

Mission Statement:

Hypatia aims to:

– Foster partnerships among schools, museums and science centres and industries and offer gender inclusive STEM education to young people
– Actively expose young people and especially girls to the variety of STEM related careers.
– Encourage young people to open up their horizons and expect everything from the field of STEM

Strategic Objectives:

To fulfil its mission Hypatia will work to:

– Provide guidelines for schools, museums and industries on gender inclusion
– Provide ready to use activities for schools, museums and industries that incorporate gender inclusion
– Promote dialogue among policy makers, industry and school decision makers on the issue of gender inclusion
– Create a Pan European campaign for and with young people focusing on gender inclusion and career paths in STEM
– Provide renewed gender inclusion criteria

Theoretical Framework:

In all its products and communications, Hypatia follows the developed Theoretical Framework. The Theoretical Framework distinguishes four levels of engagement:

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Hypatia invites people and organisations to share values, to join us and to sign our vision.