You are invited to our roundtable: “Navigating Freedom, Sustainability & Gender Justice in Academia”. We will reflect and share experiences on urgent issues shaping the daily lives of women+ in academia. Info & registration: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

On 10 March, we invite you to the "Shiny Failure" workshop with Stéfanie André. Academic careers are not straight paths. Rejections, temporary contracts, care work: it is a balancing act. Let's talk openly about failure, solidarity, and self-kindness. More info 👉 www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Just published: the @lnvh.nl Women Professors Monitor 2025! View and download it here: shorturl.at/nU1ZW

The 2025 LNVH Women Professors Monitor is now available in English! Women now make up 29.9% of full professors in NL. An important milestone, though progress remains slow and uneven. The strong pool of women associate professors offers real potential for acceleration. 🔗 lnvh.nl/monitor2025

We are pleased to announce that the next LNVH Spring Symposium will take place on June 18, 2025. Details about the program, speakers, and location will be shared at a later moment. For now, we invite you to mark your calendar and stay tuned for further updates.

Looking forward to contributing a workshop at this year’s International Women’s Day at Radboud 💜 In “Caring, coping, and carrying on?” we will explore what constant caring does to the brain, and how resilience is learned, and sometimes stretched too far.

Join us on Tuesday, 10 March 2026 (12:30–17:00) at Chapel Berchmanianum to celebrate International Women’s Day ✨ An afternoon of inspiration & connection: • Keynote on resilience & agency • Theatre performance • Interactive workshops (EN/NL) • Networking drinks Register: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

To celebrate #WomenAndGirlsInScienceDay #11F, we warmly invite you to our upcoming online panel! Great speakers will discuss how to build inclusive, accessible, and empowering computational skills Co-hosted by @psychopy.org 🗓️ Monday, February 23 🕐 13:00–14:30 CET 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/Jqm4M

To commemorate Women's Month, we want to invite you to our upcoming online panel: Building Inclusive Computational Skills 🛠️ 🗓️ Monday Feb. 23 🕐 13:00-14:30 CET 🗣️@palencianoap.bsky.social @hailina.bsky.social @cecibaldoni.bsky.social Registration here: shorturl.at/Jqm4M Co-hosted by @psychopy.org

How do we navigate academic freedom, sustainability & gender justice in the university? Join a roundtable to share experiences on: • academic freedom & safety • job insecurity • invisible academic labour • caregiving & life events 🗓 Thu 19 March 2026 | 12:20–13:20 📍 Refter Corner, Erasmus Building

📣Deadline extended! Applications are still open for the 2026 cohort of our Mentoring Program. Apply now to receive support and tailored career guidance from experienced mothers in STEMM on how to thrive in both your career and motherhood. Apply 👉 https://tinyurl.com/vshb3878 #MentoringProgram

So much work still to do to break the glass ceiling! Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN

LNVH is proud partner of NWO Insight Out, the national career event for women+ in STEM. Join us on February 12 for sessions on career development, leadership, visibility, and equity. Register now to connect through keynotes, workshops, and networking. www.nwoinsightout2026.nl

#Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in #STEMM fields, top institutions & in senior positions. Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN

Book review 📚 These women helped to shape quantum mechanics — it’s time to recognize them go.nature.com/3Ls2yYu

#EUEqualPayDay marks an unfair truth: the EU gender pay gap is still 12%. Our Roadmap for Women's Rights reinforces our commitment to: 🔹Equal pay 🔹Equal employment opportunities & adequate working conditions 🔹Work/life balance 🔗 link.europa.eu/FgwFK3

Are you interested in taking part in the Living Library? See the invitation below 👇

#SciMomJourney from Rachel James - neuroscience researcher, science editor & mother of three. Rachel’s journey highlights the challenges of parenting while navigating fixed-term contracts, career breaks, and part-time work. Read her journey 👇https://www.mothersinscience.com/journeys/rachel-james#SciMomJourney

Over a third of mothers in STEMM experience maternity bias, and fathers who share caregiving face stigma too. Follow our #BreakTheBiasSTEMM campaign to raise awareness & push for change–so no one has to choose between family or career. #MotherhoodPenalty #WomenInSTEMM #AcademicParents

Help make science more welcoming! Join Pauline Gagnon for a hands-on Active Bystander workshop. 📅 Tue Oct 7 | ⏰ 9:00–14:00 | 📍 Huize Heyendael 00.18, Radboud University 🥗 Free lunch! Open to all. Limited spots; register soon! 👉 www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

🌍 Join us Tue Oct 7, 9:00–14:00 for a hands-on training with Pauline Gagnon: How to Become an Active Bystander. Learn tools to address bias & make science welcoming to all. 📍 Huize Heyendael 00.18 De Salon 🥗 Free lunch, limited spots; register soon! www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor’s gender, researchers find

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

We’re so proud of our former board member Mariana! 🎉 Wishing her all the best for her PhD defense and looking forward to the fascinating mini-symposium she’s hosting 🌟

Rethinking women’s brain health — a Comment article by Julia Sacher & Ingo Bechmann #neuroscience #neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣Call for applications We are recruiting the 2nd cohort of PhD students for the international research training group on women's mental health. If you care about translational pharmacoimaging work integrating hormonal states, please apply #neurojobs jobs.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/Job/6598/PhD...

A Review in Nature Medicine explores the intrinsic returns that would stem from investments in the health of women, by allowing full access to education and fair labor force participation—and wider benefits for communities and societies. go.nature.com/3HlOopQ #medsky 🧪

New Collection and Call for Papers: www.nature.com/collections/...

Over on LinkedIn, @radboudgender.bsky.social now also has a page 🤩 It is moderated by @garjan.bsky.social and myself. Go follow! www.linkedin.com/company/radb...

40 years of Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies 🥳 www.ru.nl/en/projects/...

"Navigating academia as a young mother is hard, but it's also rewarding." In this #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student wrote that her daughters have benefited from her pursuit of higher education. #NationalHigherEducationDay scim.ag/3FEjXKu

🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.

Come work with us!

Interested in how how migration reshapes fatherhood, emotional life, and gender performances? @klararaiber.bsky.social and Francesco Cerchiaro are hiring a PhD candidate for an exiting project at Radboud University. Find all information here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Deadline: June 1st

We are proud and happy to announce that our very own @olivia.science won the university-level Talent Award for her innovative and inclusive teaching. www.ru.nl/en/staff/new...

Our research shows that ~50% of mothers globally decline at least half of opportunities to participate in conferences after becoming parents (N=3995). We understand the barriers and are offering Travel Grants to help overcome these challenges. Apply now - deadline 31st March! shorturl.at/gnCU2

Diversity Lecture: Not Just One Woman at a Time Join Yvonne Benschop as she explores the importance of solidarity, empathy, and care in academia and the need for collective action to address gender inequalities. 📅 31 March 2025, 12:30 PM 📍 Huygens HG00.304 More info: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

How does feminist research shape policy? Can microbes fight climate change? Do hormones influence us beyond stereotypes? Find out 10 March at Radboud’s IWD 2025! 🎉 Reflect on 40 years of Gender Studies, discuss feminist impact & honor female scholars. Info & register: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/....

Radboud celebrating women's day together with @halkesnetwork.bsky.social who made it to this side (see this also as recommendation to follow Radboud University's women+ network) 🥳

Monday March 10th, we celebrate International Women's Day. In the morning we discuss the relevance of Gender Studies: Playing our Part - Feminist thinking, social impact. In the afternoon, the spotlight is on the work of woman researchers. Register here: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Welcome! On March 10th we organize International Women's Day at the Radboud University. In the morning we'll discuss how Gender Studies is relevant for everyday life (and especially in the current political climate everywhere!). Find information and registration here: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...