GoWomen!
(Network for female* R3 scientists and newly appointed professors)
GoWomen!
(Network for female* R3 scientists and newly appointed professors)
In December 2021, the Goethe University established a multidisciplinary network for highly qualified female* scientists in crucial career phases. It addresses R3 female* scientists with several years of independent research experience and newly appointed female* professors in their first five years in their professorship at Goethe University.
The goals of the network are to support, strengthen, accompany, advise and further qualify the above-mentioned target groups in their strategic network expertise, in establishing themselves in the scientific system and in increasing their visibility in the scientific community. With this offer, we would also like to help further develop the culture of arrival and welcome the academics at Goethe University under gender and diversity aspects.
In December 2021, the Goethe University established a multidisciplinary network for highly qualified female* scientists in crucial career phases. It addresses R3 female* scientists with several years of independent research experience and newly appointed female* professors in their first five years in their professorship at Goethe University.
The goals of the network are to support, strengthen, accompany, advise and further qualify the above-mentioned target groups in their strategic network expertise, in establishing themselves in the scientific system and in increasing their visibility in the scientific community. With this offer, we would also like to help further develop the culture of arrival and welcome the academics at Goethe University under gender and diversity aspects.
In December 2021, the Goethe University established a multidisciplinary network for highly qualified female* scientists in crucial career phases. It addresses R3 female* scientists with several years of independent research experience and newly appointed female* professors in their first five years in their professorship at Goethe University.
The goals of the network are to support, strengthen, accompany, advise and further qualify the above-mentioned target groups in their strategic network expertise, in establishing themselves in the scientific system and in increasing their visibility in the scientific community. With this offer, we would also like to help further develop the culture of arrival and welcome the academics at Goethe University under gender and diversity aspects.
In December 2021, the Goethe University established a multidisciplinary network for highly qualified female* scientists in crucial career phases. It addresses R3 female* scientists with several years of independent research experience and newly appointed female* professors in their first five years in their professorship at Goethe University.
The goals of the network are to support, strengthen, accompany, advise and further qualify the above-mentioned target groups in their strategic network expertise, in establishing themselves in the scientific system and in increasing their visibility in the scientific community. With this offer, we would also like to help further develop the culture of arrival and welcome the academics at Goethe University under gender and diversity aspects.
Background
As is well known, underrepresentation still exists for women in leadership positions in academia, including at Goethe University. The reasons for this are diverse and complex. Research on networks shows three confirmed findings:
Women are less
represented in the strategic networks of science.
They find it more difficult to access career-relevant scientific networks due to unconscious processes and existing co-optation structures.
Networks are central to entry and promotion processes, as well as to successful establishment in the science system, especially in professorships, leadership roles at universities, and as a spokesperson* in cutting-edge research.
This results in a need for action for a network specifically for the aforementioned target groups of female scientists*, which can also close a funding gap at Goethe University.
Note: The * is attached to express that all persons are addressed who self-identify as women or are in the process of transitioning to the female gender.
Successfully managing transition phases
The target groups have to master three critical transition phases in particular, at which there are special risks of exclusion for women:
From the late postdoc phase into the broader science career, a transition at which a disproportionate number of advanced postdocs* continue to leave the sciences.
in entering the professorship to quickly distinguish oneself at the new location and to further develop one's own expertise, especially in the STEM subjects and medicine, since there are fewer female role models to fall back on.
in the process of promotion to a tenured professorship, for example, tenure-track professors* should be able to make good use of the development period from the beginning in order to successfully master the promotion by way of a successful evaluation, since these processes are not automatized procedures.
To avoid these, special orientation, reflection, support and qualification offers are very useful, where the network can provide support.
The network offers a compact, demand-oriented and specific range of strategic networking, tailored workshops and collegial advice:
Overreaching networking, panel and lecture events
Specific qualification workshops, e.g. for tenure-track professors*
Thematic-specific small groups
The network serves the trustful exchange about informal structures in the scientific process as well as the reflection of power and hierarchies in the scientific system. It opens up opportunities for interdisciplinary (research) cooperation and for the further development of one's own network and career strategies.
Events
We hold comprehensive networking events approximately every three months
Qualification events for special needs: e.g. network analysis, preparation directly for the transition to professorship
Concrete work settings in small groups according to thematic preferences
The Network was initiated and will be managed by the Equal Opportunities Office of Goethe University on a project basis until 02/2025.
In the future, a largely self-supporting network structure with links to the Equal Opportunities Office is intended.
(New network for female scientists* at the Goethe University [german])
Einblicke: Beteiligte, Kompetenzen, Themen
Mitglieder
The network currently
comprises 69 particioants, about a quarter of whom have an international background.
Among them are 26 newly appointed female* professors and 43 R3 scientists from
a total all departments. There is a particularly large participation
from the departments 09, 10, 12 and 16.
Registration
Registration is possible at any time and informally for the above-mentioned target groups. Please send an e-mail to gowomen@uni-frankfurt.dein which you express your interest in joining and participating.
You will then receive the data protection consent as well as further information on the network offer and planned events.
