Welcome to the website of RISE: Researchers in Science for Equality. RISE is the network for female beta scientists of Leiden University, Faculty of Science. The mission of RISE is to build an inspiring work environment for female scientists, to…
In recognition of outstanding commitment to increasing gender equality at the Faculty of Science, Prof. dr.Eric Eliel received the 1st RISE award during his farewell reception as scientific director of the Physics Institute on April 18 2018. Also read the…
A recent meta-analysis by Miller and colleagues of 78 studies amongst in total 20000 children in the United States performed in the period 1966-2016 on stereotypes in science has recently shown that children draw more often female scientists. While in…
Today, during a RISE breakfast in De Stal at the BioScience Park we discussed with our members the Gender Pay Gap and RISE activities for 2018. Gender Pay Gap at the Faculty of Science At universities women receive on…
Liesbeth de Lange is appointed professor of Predictive Pharmacology at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) with effect of March 1 2018. She is head of the research group Predictive Pharmacology and focuses – amongst other things –…
Ana Achúcarro, Professor of Astroparticle physics and quantum field theory at our Faculty has worked as a PhD student in the group of Stephen Hawking, the famous Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, who sadly passed away today. In…
A recent study of researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle on the names of first and senior authors on papers in high-impact journals has show that women are highly under represented. In Nature and Science only about 15%…
The Faculty of Science places its female talent in the spotlight on International Women’s Day! Read the full news item by clicking the following link >>