Maria Chiara Carrozza, first woman to lead the CNR: “My appointment is a good sign for the girls, but equality is far away”

“Who better than the CNR can interpret and combine public interest and scientific competence together at the service of the ecological transition?”. Maria Chiara Carrozza he has been at the helm of the National Research Council for ten days. He is still learning about the main Italian scientific body, but on one point he already has certainties: “I am applying to make Cnr a central element in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, even if we are still waiting to know what the contents will be. of the Pnrr “.