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DANWISE prize 2022
The subscriptions for the DANWISE prize 2022 are now open. The nomination period is open until 25th February 2022. Nominees can be individual persons, departments, or other functional teams or organizations from one of the Danish Universities, a life science industry,...
Happy International Women’s Day
Designed by Nathalie Krauth Today, we celebrate the International Women’s Day and also DANWISE’s two year anniversary since the official launch. It is therefore also a great day to celebrate some of DANWISE’s achievements over the past two years: Initiation of...
A brief view of DANWISE’s conference: “A National model for Gender Equality across Higher Education in Denmark: exploring needs and possibilities”.
We are proud to announce that on February 11th 2021 DANWISE facilitated an online conference that gathered 15 rectors from Danish institutions and 12 other organization representatives to discuss the needs and possibilities of a tailored model for reaching gender...
Christine Parson and Ida Vogel: “No equality without powerful connections”
"Can we learn from universities abroad who try to break down the 'boys’ club culture' that prevents equality from penetrating the professors' offices? Meet two female Health researchers from DANWISE, who call for active support and better data on the conditions we...
DANWISE column on Nature: “How the pandemic could choke gender equity for female researchers in Denmark”
Read our latest feature published in Nature Career Column. The article addresses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on female academic researchers, and provides advice for funders and institutions to launch flexible grant and fellowship schemes and equity programmes....
DANWISE featured in ScienceReport.dk
Photo: iStock "Corona-nedlukning rammer yngre og kvindelige forskere hårdest" The article features the main outcomes of a survey performed by DANWISE which highlights that both male and female academics with children (from across the faculties at the University...
DANWISE promotes CV writing and negotiation skills workshop
DANWISE warmly invites all female ECRs to join us for our first online workshop. We will equip participants with the tools to effectively showcase their skills in a CV. Career counselling expert Vibeke Broe will discuss the different formats and expectations for...
Denmark amongst the bottom of European countries: Elsevier report reveals women in research are closing the gender gap globally, but inequality persists
The Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens shows good news, in that the participation of women in research is increasing, but inequality remains when it comes to for publication outputs, citations, awarded grants, collaboration, and perceptions, and Denmark lies at...
“Having a role model at the early career stage helps”, says Peter Munk Christiansen
An interview with Peter Munk Christiansen, the former chairman of the Independent Research Fund Denmark (Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond) By Ida Vogel and Andrea Toth, from the Danwise Team Recent analytics indicate that less women apply for research grants than men, and...
Gender equality in 2065: We miss more female top researchers (In Danish)
Published originally on "Berlingske" on the 6th March, 2020: Lighed mellem køn i 2065: Vi mangler flere kvindelige topforskere Fra Bente Stallknecht, Vanessa Hall og Ida Vogel* Den danske seismolog Inge Lehmann løser i 1936 en af Jordens største gåder. Lehmann...