Why are there so few women at FNWI

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Why are there so few women at FNWI and what can we do about

Why are there so few women at FNWI and what can we do about it? Lecture for Halkes Women Network Radboud University Nijmegen 5 June 2014 Nicole M. van Dam Thanks!

Short CV Study Biology Wageningen University (1984 -1990) Ph. D Leiden University (1990 -1995)

Short CV Study Biology Wageningen University (1984 -1990) Ph. D Leiden University (1990 -1995) Postdoc positions: - University of California Riverside, USA - 1995 -97 - Max Planck Institute Chemical Ecology, Jena - ‘ 97 -2000 - Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) - 2000 -2005 Tenured positions: - Senior Research Scientist NIOO-KNAW – 2005 -2009 - Full professor Ecogenomics RUN – 2010 -2014 - Head of Research Group at the German Center for Biodiversity Research (i. Div) Jena- Halle- Leipzig, full professor at FSU Jena, Germany

What do I study? How do plants manage the many interactions with their environment?

What do I study? How do plants manage the many interactions with their environment?

Percentage students entering Bachelor programs at FNWI in 2013 Biology Informatics Molecular life sciences

Percentage students entering Bachelor programs at FNWI in 2013 Biology Informatics Molecular life sciences Physics and astronomy Science Chemistry Mathematics Total Slide provided by David de Vries, FNWI Total # 220 59 59 85 31 41 32 527 % Female 60% 7% 49% 15% 29% 34% 40%

Two times more women obtain BSc degree within four years in FNWI Slide provided

Two times more women obtain BSc degree within four years in FNWI Slide provided by David de Vries, FNWI

The infamous bifurcation: Males versus Female scientific personnel FNWI 2013 Data provided by David

The infamous bifurcation: Males versus Female scientific personnel FNWI 2013 Data provided by David de Vries, FNWI

Slide taken from Petra Rudolf’s presentation FNWI Nijmegen April 2014

Slide taken from Petra Rudolf’s presentation FNWI Nijmegen April 2014

How did I get at the bottom of this graph? ? ? ? Data

How did I get at the bottom of this graph? ? ? ? Data provided by David de Vries, FNWI

My personal succes factors (apart from working hard and performing well) • Know what

My personal succes factors (apart from working hard and performing well) • Know what you want • Talk about your ambitions with others (family, friends, supervisors) • Find (unconventional) solutions for your practical problems • Be courageous, dare to differ, stand up for yourself • Find your inner compass: values, strategy, actions

How to keep women in FNWI? Advice for our policymakers to fix the pipeline

How to keep women in FNWI? Advice for our policymakers to fix the pipeline • • • (Re)define “quality” for hiring and promotion processes Listen to what female scientists need Put your money where your mouth is Actively coach and support female scientists Award groups that do this successfully Support female scientist networks http: //www. consultancy. nl/nieuws/roland-bergerdiversiteit-en-vrouwen-leidt-tot-70 -meer-winst

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