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Category Archives: Women in Science
What Can I Do to Help?
Men who’ve heard me talk about my book (Not Just for the Boys: Why we need more women in science), or more generally about the issues facing women in STEM, not infrequently ask me this question: what can I do … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged ECRs, Erin Zimmerman, maternity leave, motherhood, supervisors
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Being Exceptional
One of the books I read over Christmas was the 2023 book by Kate Zernike, The Exceptions. It is a story about that committed band of sixteen female scientists at MIT, led by Nancy Hopkins, who built up the evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Kate Zernike, MIT, Nancy Hopkins
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Not Being in the In-Crowd
Recently I was preparing a talk about work scientists may do that is not simply research and it has provoked me to think about when I fell into doing policy work, or at least moving out of the lab itself. … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Food Physics, grant panels, maternity leave
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Conversations in Amazing Libraries
Remarkably, I have been in three magnificent rooms of books in the last week, starting off with the Wren Library in Cambridge’s Trinity College. The first photo (which I admit I have taken from Diane Coyle’s Bluesky feed) gives an … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Women in Science
Tagged Diane Coyle, Mary Somerville, Royal Institution, Tabitha Goldstaub, Wren Library
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