Women Who Shaped Europe | Rosa Luxemburg
9th March 2026
Rosa Luxemburg was born in 1871 in Zamość, in what is now Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. From a young age she showed extraordinary intellectual abilities and a... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Hedy Lamarr
9th March 2026
Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria, in 1914. From a young age, she showed a strong curiosity about how things worked. Her father often took... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Ada Lovelace
9th March 2026
Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) was an English mathematician and writer who is widely regarded as the first computer programmer in history. She is best known for her work on Charles Babbage’s... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Sofia Corradi
27th February 2026
Sofia Corradi (born 1934) is an Italian academic and educational reformer best known as the visionary behind the Erasmus programme. After studying in the United States on a scholarship in... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Rosalind Franklin
27th February 2026
Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was crucial to discovering the structure of DNA. Educated at Cambridge University, she quickly became known for her... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Bertha von Suttner
27th February 2026
Bertha von Suttner was born in 1843 in Prague, then part of the Austrian Empire, into an aristocratic but financially unstable family. Despite her noble background, she experienced economic insecurity... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Judith Butler
27th February 2026
Judith Butler (born 1956) is an American philosopher and one of the most influential gender theorists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Although not European by origin, her... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Simone de Beauvoir
25th February 2026
Simone de Beauvoir was born in 1908 in Paris, France, into a conservative middle-class family. From an early age, she showed exceptional intellectual ability and a strong desire for independence.... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Wangari Maathai
25th February 2026
"It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees." Wangari Maathai was born in 1940 in rural Kenya and became a... Read more
Women Who Shaped Europe | Louise Weiss
24th February 2026
Louise Weiss was born in 1893 in Arras, France. A journalist, writer, and political activist, she believed deeply in the power of ideas and media to shape society. At a... Read more
Let’s talk about accessibility | Martina Gollner and Christina Riedler
16th February 2026
This interview features Christina Ridler and Martina, founders of FullAccess, an accessibility consulting agency based in Vienna and established in 2016. The organization works to make events inclusive and accessible... Read more
Let’s talk about women in politics | Fabiana Martini
16th February 2026
Fabiana Martini is a journalist. From 2000 to 2010, she edited the weekly magazine Vita Nuova, becoming the first secular woman to take charge of a religious periodical in Italy.... Read more