About - inQlude

inQlude was born out of a pressing need in the quantum information community to keep up with long-needed changes in society. Our main objective is to highlight scientists in the quantum information community who, due to systematic and implicit biases, may slip through people’s minds in their day-to-day job.

inQlude’s first step aims to tackle gender diversity in quantum information science.

It is indeed an exercise to come up with a balanced list of people when brainstorming for conference speakers, committee members, mentors. The names of the “usual suspects” always pop up first, and it takes time and effort to remember the good scientists from minority groups whose work and skills you also highly value. This is not due to malice – it is unavoidable that the people that have the most visibility (and fit your implicit bias) appear in your mind first.

However, even if one has the motivation to embrace diversity in the professional practice, you may not have the time or energy to engage in this exercise fully. inQlude aims to provide a tool that would make this exercise easier: a database of quantum scientists from gender minority groups.

Meet the team

Ana Belén Sainz (she/her)

Group leader at ICTQT, University of Gdańsk, Poland. Initiator of the project, overall coordinator, and fundraiser.

“I saw all the women in the community emotionally challenged by so many all-male panels. I noticed how female role-models were becoming more scarce as my career progressed. I needed to do something.”

Nitica Sakharwade (she/her)

Postdoctoral researcher at ICTQT, University of Gdańsk, Poland.

A healthy community can imbue a deep sense of belonging and create space for growth. I believe our research community desperately needs the coming together of diverse perspectives and voices - from all genders - including those that continue to be sidelined or tokenised. Here's to a step towards inQlusion!

Ewa Kaszewska (she/her)

Head of the Administrative and Financial Office at ICTQT, University of Gdańsk, Poland.

International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies

University of Gdańsk

...and our advisors

Lidia del Rio

ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

Luciana Henaut

Cambridge Quantum Computing, UK.

Dominic Horsman

University of Oxford, UK.

Matty J. Hoban

Cambridge Quantum Computing Ltd and Quantinuum LLC, UK.

inQlude would not exist if it wasn’t for the support of the following institutions:

The Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi), who funded this initiative through their “Outreach and Equity” Mini-Grant scheme.

The International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT) and the University of Gdańsk, who provided essential bureaucratic and logistical support.

More about

inQlude project

Lots of work is being done on raising awareness, but there is still plenty of room for improving our actions.

Meet the team

...and our advisors

inQlude would not exist if it wasn’t for the support of the following institutions:

More about

inQlude project

Lots of work is being done on raising awareness, but there is still plenty of room for improving our actions.

Meet the team

...and our advisors

inQlude would not exist if it wasn’t for the support of the following institutions:

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