Open letter signed by 145 women scientists expressing their concerns
Professor Keller’s motivation for helping to initiate this open letter to the Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG) on 18. Nov. 2021 is: “The current culture with informal, mostly male-dominated networks with gender bias, limited accountability and transparency in decisions and resource distribution, negatively affects women in leadership positions, and discourages the next generation to step up into leadership positions. My goal is to change this with better governance.”
Note that the letter with names is available at:
external pagehttps://c3c08c34-2958-4d89-a4b8-5f8c1462d915.filesusr.com/ugd/cffde5_6d4253c12ab344aca1e64eff0999aecb.pdfcall_made
The open letter was picked up by Nature:
Scientists question Max Planck Society’s treatment of women leaders
external pagehttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03492-5call_made
Also by Der Spiegel (in German):
external pagehttps://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/fall-nicole-boivin-ist-die-max-planck-gesellschaft-frauenfeindlich-a-0b0c0e78-a0dd-4b1d-bc0e-0526a51cc2cbcall_made
Physics World 3. Dec. 2021
Physics World on the Max Planck Society, “Max Planck Society responds to gender discrimination allegations”
external pagehttps://physicsworld.com/a/max-planck-society-responds-to-gender-discrimination-allegations/call_made
There is a link to a piece by the Max Planck PhDNet “Is there a gender bias in how academic leaders are criticized?”
(external pagehttps://www.phdnet.mpg.de/186691/2021-12-2_gender_bias_power_abuse?c=3839call_made).
Also EU funding is addressing similar issues in their Ljubljana Declaration:
The EU is about to roll out new-look European Research Area policies, aimed at boosting research and innovation performance, there is to be a renewed commitment by member states to improve gender balance in research. This will be set out in the Ljubljana Declaration on gender equality in research and innovation: external pagehttps://sciencebusiness.net/news/ljubljana-declaration-gender-equality-aims-redress-imbalance-research-and-innovationcall_made
"As the latest data underline the extent of the gender gap, leading figures debate what to do about the loss of talent this represents. A declaration backed by member states blames ‘outdated gender norms’ and ‘unfair hierarchies and power structures"