ESOF2022 session: The Chair: Fact or Fiction? Addressing the challenges faced by women leaders in academia
We are delighted to be participating at this year’s EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) conference, the largest biennial interdisciplinary meeting on science and innovation in Europe.
Online session: Saturday 16th July 2022 13.15pm-14.30 UK
Theme: Off the beaten track: new paths for Academic Careers
About our session at ESOF2022
The popular Netflix series The Chair, shows overtly stereotypical characters in a conventional academic setting. The protagonist is the first female Chair of the department, as well as the youngest, and the first person of colour. In addition, she is trying to achieve a work-life balance as a single mother to a young child. The show deals with her struggles as she tries to bring about positive transformation, in a department that is failing but where many colleagues are resistant to change, and real power rests elsewhere in the College.