Abstract
The visibility of women and the awareness of a healthy gender balance in physics in the Netherlands have clearly improved over the last few years. Initiatives to promote women and their possibilities to pursue a career in physics are plentiful and commendable. Nevertheless, the numbers do not yet show the desired impact of all these initiatives.
Although student numbers have increased, the percentage of female first-year student remains at approximately 13% of the total students in physics. Similarly, the relative numbers of female PhD candidates and postdocs have been stable over
the last years at (both) approximately 20% to 25%. Despite the number of women obtaining a PhD in physics and continuing a scientific career as postdoc, the presence of women further up on the scientific ladder in physics remains strikingly low. We will here focus on the current status, ambitions, and initiatives in the Netherlands to promote women, and especially to keep them, in physics.
Although student numbers have increased, the percentage of female first-year student remains at approximately 13% of the total students in physics. Similarly, the relative numbers of female PhD candidates and postdocs have been stable over
the last years at (both) approximately 20% to 25%. Despite the number of women obtaining a PhD in physics and continuing a scientific career as postdoc, the presence of women further up on the scientific ladder in physics remains strikingly low. We will here focus on the current status, ambitions, and initiatives in the Netherlands to promote women, and especially to keep them, in physics.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings |
| Subtitle of host publication | WOMEN IN PHYSICS – 5TH IUPAP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN PHYSICS |
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 1697 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan-2016 |
| Event | 5th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics - Waterloo, Canada Duration: 5-Aug-2014 → 8-Aug-2014 |
Conference
| Conference | 5th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Waterloo |
| Period | 05/08/2014 → 08/08/2014 |