When she was younger, Gloria Calleja-Rodríguez was unsure if a career in science was for her. “I remember I had some doubts when I was in high school,” she said. “Everyone said that [studying] technology is difficult. […] Her story is just one example of the growing proportion of women in European science…

In the lead up to International Women’s Day, Euroscientist is running a series of short articles looking at the state of women in research throughout Europe. The first in this series looks at Southern Europe.

“We have become accustomed to using energy at any time, in unlimited amounts. Changing this belief is one of the biggest challenges of the energy transition. It is also a change that can entail a decrease in comfort. That´s why we want to shift the perception of using electricity as a commodity that I use when I want – to a more social concept, where it is a shared, common resource that affects other people and our environment,” explains ebalance-plus partner Jaroslaw Kowalski, IPI, Poland.