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Women+ continue to face obstacles at each step along the way of pursuing a scientific career, and physics has one of the lowest gender diverse participation of all STEM subjects. This is a tremendous waste of potential that can only be reversed with a significant cultural change by all participants.
While its museums are adorned by the masterpieces born from the brushes of Klimt and Schiele, the steps of prominent scientists like Hess, Boltzmann, and Schrödinger still echo in the halls of its university. Vienna can be rivalled by few cities in the world for artistic and scientific heritage, and that commits to continue its tradition as a melting pot of art and science.
