'I want the best female researchers from all over Europe to join AcademiaNet'

摘要

Women remain severely under-represented in positions of scientific leadership. In order to change this, the Robert Bosch Stiftung initiated the Internet portal AcademiaNet. AcademiaNet was launched in 2010. How did it all begin? There was a specific reason, namely the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2008 in Barcelona. I was one of the organisers - so I was partly responsible for the fact that we had only one female keynote speaker. I received some criticism, which, of course, was completely justified.