Category Archives: Women in science

Some advice for academic search committees

Posted on March 6, 2013 by zinemin

It is very easy to find articles and blog posts about how to behave as an academic job candidate. What not to say, how to dress, how to appear self-confident and flatter the egos of the search committee members at … Continue reading →

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Gender bias in academic hiring, and dust

Posted on September 25, 2012 by zinemin

A new study has shown very clearly the existence of gender bias in scientific hiring: With exactly the same CV, male applicants are preferred over female ones. This reminds me of the following story that happened to me a while … Continue reading →

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Why men should not make sex jokes around their female colleagues

Posted on September 15, 2012 by zinemin

“There is a woman around, so let’s not talk about this”, is something that I never hear from my Norther European/American colleagues. Probably most people stupidly think that is a good thing, even a sign of equality, of being liberated … Continue reading →

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Who wins the conference?

Posted on August 11, 2012 by zinemin

Most of the time I go to conferences  and workshops with a certain initial enthusiasm. However. It takes only 1-2 days until conferences start to seriously get to me. I am sitting in a room with 50 other scientists in … Continue reading →

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Racism, sexism, and brain scans

Posted on August 1, 2012 by zinemin

Yesterday, I stumbled upon this quote in a great article on hipster racism on Jezebel: “If you claim that you are not a racist person (…) then you must believe that people are fundamentally born equal. So if that’s true, … Continue reading →

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