Ipàzia, the Scientific Observatory on Gender Research, represents the importance of the expression of thought. To us, gender studies are not only a woman’s business. Indeed, they delineate the differences and synergies between men and women. 

Not many women have had the chance to distinguish themselves in science (and, unfortunately, not only in science). Science itself was considered, until not a long ago, the exclusive prerogative of men.

Ipàzia was an ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, who lived in Alexandria in Egypt between the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 5th century.

She became a symbol of the expression of scientific thought, being killed by Christians. She later became a “martyr to freedom of thought”.

​The freedom of scientific thought has been the primary motivation that led to the foundation of Ipàzia observatory.

GOVERNANCE

Referente scientifico – La fondatrice, nonché direttore scientifico di Ipazia è la prof.ssa Paola Paoloni, professore ordinario di Economia Aziendale presso l’Università La Sapienza di Roma.

La prof.ssa Paola Paoloni è una nota studiosa nel campo della ricerca di genere. La sua attività di ricerca è dedicata prevalentemente alle questioni di genere.

Tra le sue ricerche, spiccano diversi modelli teorici, quali il modello CAOS.

Oggi, Ipazia conta sul pieno supporto di quasi 80 tra accademici e professionisti afferenti a diversi campi scientifici, dall’economia aziendale al management, dall’ingegneria ai sistemi informativi. 

Ipazia è ora alla guida di due gruppi di lavoro e di studio all’interno delle società scientifiche AIDEA e SIDREA.Scientific Head: The founder and Scientific Director of Ipazia is Prof. Paola Paoloni, full Professor at Rome La Sapienza University, Italy. Prof. Paola Paoloni is a known scholar in the field of Gender Research.

 Her award-winning research is mainly devoted to Gender Issues, and she has developed several theoretical models, like the CAOS model of micro-entrepreneurship. 

​Today, Ipazia counts on the full support on almost 80 between academics and practitioners in different fields, from accounting to management, from engineering to information systems. 

Ipazia is now leading two working groups within the scientific associations AIDEA and SIDREA in Italy.