The ADVANCE project
Advanced Training for Women in Scientific Research
- at Utrecht University!
Utrecht University is part of the EU project (FP6) ADVANCE. The ADVANCE project promotes the participation of women in the natural sciences, engineering & industry by supporting female scientists in acquiring research and career management skills and tools that help them build up their careers. A Summer School and a Mentoring Program is offered to three (3!) menetees (pre- or post doc woman scientists willing to advance their career). Deadline for application: 26 February! Download application and send it to cecilia.asberg@let.uu.nl
- ADVANCE will implement Coaching and Mentoring structures at Utrecht University
- Hosted by Gender Studies, Utrecht University, ADVANCE will in 2007 open an interdisciplinary seminar series, called
The Gender Lab: Experimenting Arts and Aciences, a forum for presentations and scholarly discussions on gender and science. The Gender Lab will be open for invited speakers, PhD students and researchers of Gender Studies and the ADVANCE mentors and mentées from Utrecht University. - ADVANCE will run a Summer School for training female scientists in research and management skills (in Krems, Austria).
The core section of the ADVANCE project is the training programme within the framework of a summer school, in which the selected participants will acquire competence in research and management skills according to their needs. A second, key factor of the project comprises the accompanying mentoring and coaching programme. The participants are assigned mentors – in other words experienced scientists – from the partner institutions. Both personal and professional development can be advanced within a mentor-mentee partnership. In addition, the candidates are offered the opportunity of networking. - Now, how are You related to this?
- Are you a woman researcher at Utrecht University interested in advancing your postgraduate career within science or technology?
- Are you a nationally and internationaly well established scientist interested in promoting a woman´s career in science, industry or engineering by becoming a mentor?
- Are you interested in research on gender and science, in preventing the phenomena called "the leaky pipline" of women dissapearing in the career trajectory towards top-ranking positions?
If yes, please contact Dr. Cecilia Åsberg (E-mail: cecilia.asberg@let.uu.nl) for more information. The ADVANCE information relevant for Utrecht University will be continuosly updated on this webpage. Further information on the EU-project ADVANCE can be found at the ADVANCE-website: http://www.advance-project.eu/
The ADVANCE team at Utrecht University consists of Distinguished Prof. Rosi Braidotti, co-ordinator Dr. Cecilia Åsberg, assistant co-ordinator drs. Edyta Just and the EU-liasons Office.
