Where are the female science professors? : A personal perspective
Kamerlin, Shina Caroline Lynn LU
(2016)
In F1000Research
5.
- Abstract
The first woman to earn a Professorship at a University in Europe was Laura Maria Caterina Bassi, who earned a professorship in physics at the University of Bologna in 1732. Almost 300 years and three waves of feminism later, in 2016, women typically still only comprise 20% (or less) of the number of full professors in Europe. This opinion article will discuss the experiences of being a female academic today and the factors contributing to the academic gender gap from the perspective of a "young" natural scientist, as well as providing constructive suggestions for strategies to empower women in the academic world.
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- Kamerlin, Shina Caroline Lynn
LU
- publishing date
- 2016
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
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- F1000Research
- volume
- 5
- article number
- 1224
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- F1000 Research Ltd.
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- scopus:84978496722
- pmid:27347383
- ISSN
- 2046-1402
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.8889.2
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- English
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