Affiliates' Meeting 2024
The annual Affiliates' Meeting of the Dutch Network of Women Professors is approaching, and we warmly invite you to join us on October 10th in Rotterdam. We will be pleased to welcome you from 5:30 PM at the Kunsthal Rotterdam. The program will start at 5:45 PM.
The theme for this edition is: Leading the Future: Advancing Academic Management and Leadership. In recent months, LNVH conducted research on academic management within Dutch academia. Prof. dr. Laura den Dulk, Professor of Public Administration in Employment, Organization, and Work-Life Issues at Erasmus University Rotterdam and dr. Daphne van Helden, Assistant Professor of Organization and Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam, will give an exclusive sneak preview of the research findings.
Prof. dr. Judi Mesman, Professor of Social Responsibility and Impact at Leiden University will give a presentation about her report 'Leadership in Color' (2024). This report describes the experiences of forty people of color appointed to roles such as director or manager in (local) government, culture, education, and healthcare since May 2020.
Educator, speaker, executive coach, and author Prof. dr. Barbara Banda, Visiting Professor at the Rotterdam School of Management, will conclude the evening with her perspective on creating truly inclusive organizations and the leadership change necessary to achieve this.
Kunsthal curator Joris Westerink will welcome us with a short presentation in which he further elaborates on the theme of women's representation in art, offering insights into the process of creating exhibitions at the Kunsthal. He will also talk about Diva, the exhibition which opens at the Kunsthal on October 26 and celebrates the unprecedented power and boundless feminine creativity of iconic performers who have been challenging the status quo with their bravura and ambition.
Find the detailed program here.
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Women Professors Monitor 2023
On December 7, the Dutch Network of Women Professors (LNVH) presented the Women Professors Monitor 2023. The Monitor provides insight into the current figures concerning the ratio of women to men in academia and the representation of women in university boards, university medical centers, and other academic organizations. Find more information about this year's Monitor here.
The Monitor was presented on December 7 at Utrecht University Academiegebouw. Read a recap of the presentation here.
Mission Statement
LNVH aims to promote and sustain equal representation of women in academia, works towards the betterment of the position of women of all backgrounds and pushes for an inclusive and safe academic community.
About LNVH
The Dutch Network of Women Professors (Landelijk Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren - LNVH) began life informally in the nineties, and became a foundation on the 9th of August 2001. The LNVH is a network of over 1600 women professors and associate professors. Together they represent every discipline and all Dutch Universities. The LNVH aims to promote the proportionate representation of women in academia.
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