Motherhood in Academia - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

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Science with Milk, No Sugar

Franziska Sattler-Morrison, M.Sc.

14 episodes

5 days ago

Learn more about the faces behind the research. What are the struggles of a young woman in science? What happens when you leave academia? What are the hurdles of families who want to pursue careers in science? Behind every committed researcher lies a long and difficult path to Higher Education, filled with countless obstacles. With this new podcast Franziska wants to give doctoral students, postdocs, as well as scientists who left academia, a platform to tell us their story. Most importantly, we will find out how her guests enjoy their coffee along the way.

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Motherhood in Academia - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Science with Milk, No Sugar

1 hour 12 minutes 19 seconds

3 years ago

Motherhood in Academia - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

It's well known that women are under-represented in careers in science.

The academic career path has a long apprenticeship. Typically there is an undergraduate degree, followed by a PhD, then some post-doctoral research contracts and research fellowships, and then finally a more stable lectureship or permanent research leader position, with promotion on up the ladder to follow.

Women publish less, achieve higher positions less frequently, and have more interrupted careers. Mothers, more than fathers or childless men and women, suffer these disadvantages. Women academics have to deal with the work-family conflict, the participation in both work and family roles are incompatibly demanding.

During this episode of "Science With Milk, No Sugar" my guest Florencia and I discuss what challenges mothers in academia are facing and how institutions can support them.

Dr. Florencia Yannelli Lucero is an Argentinean postdoctoral researcher based at Freie Universität Berlin. She works on what makes alien plants successful and how can we 'fight' them during ecological restoration. Florencia is committed to making academia a more diverse environment, particularly by increasing women's representation. As a mom of one, with another one on the way, she has been working towards increasing visibility on the struggles and inequities that academic moms face every day.

This episode was kindly supported by the Equal Opportunity Office of the Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy Department of Freie Universität Berlin. They all about women in science, helping to improve the situation of parents in academia and changing the world to be a better place!

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