Mentoring programme Minerva-FemmeNet. Max Planck Society

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1 Mentoring programme Minerva-FemmeNet Max Planck Society

2 Minerva-FemmeNet Network for female scientific researchers at Max Planck Society

3 History of Minerva-FemmeNet Founded in 2001 by Barbara Legrum at the MPI for Biophysics (pilot phase ) Mentors: Former female scientific researchers of the institute Mentees: PhD and postdoc students of the institute

4 Women in scientific research in the EU Women in scientific research in the EU Women in scientific research remain a minority (30% of researchers in the EU) Women s academic career remains markedly characterised by strong vertical segregation On average throughout the EU-27, 13% of institutions in the Higher Education Sector are headed by women and 9% of universities have a female head. Source: She Figures 2009 (data from 2006)

5 Typical academic careers of men and women Proportions of men and women in a typical academic career, students and academic staff, EU-27, 2002/ % Women 2006 Women 2002 Men 2002 Men ISCED 5A students ISCED 5A graduates ISCED 6 students ISCED 6 graduates Grade C Grade B Grade A Source: She Figures 2009 (data from 2006)

6 Max Planck Society at a glance Group Women Men Total % of women Directors and scientific members MP Research Group Leaders Senior Research Scientists (W2) , , ,2 Academic staff ,6 Source: MPS Annual Report 2010, Annual Report of Dr. Marlis Mirbach (ZGB) 2010

7 Development of Minerva-FemmeNet Spreading the word via others institutes equal opportunity officers Institutionalisation of the programme in mid-2009

8 Target audience Mentees: Female scientific researchers (master / doctorate students to junior professors) from all MPS sections Mentors: Experienced female scientific researchers (PhD students to MPS directors) from all MPS sections MPS alumnae

9 Registration Open for every female scientist of the MPS and MPS alumnae No selection process Application is possible at any time Mentors and mentees submit a data protected application form, specifying their interests and either how they can support a mentee or what they are looking for in a mentor

10 Online application form

11 Online application form

12 Three pillars 1:1 Mentoring Networking Training

13 1:1 Mentoring Mentors are usually at least one, but not more than two steps ahead of her mentees with regard to their careers Members can be both mentee and mentor at the same time The coordination office matches mentees and mentors and initiates contact Mentor and mentee do NOT work at the same institute at the same time Mentor and mentee can set up their mentoring relationship according to their individual needs

14 Group and peer mentoring The coordination office also initiates contact for group or peer mentoring on request Group mentoring: Several mentees form a group to share their respective experiences with each other and to prepare group meetings with a single mentor Peer mentoring: Two scientific researchers at similar points of their respective careers are sharing their respective experiences with each other

15 Guidelines Check if you get along well with each other Clarify mutual expectations Define objectives and contents of the mentoring cooperation Agree on meeting times and overall duration of the mentoring process Discuss procedures and methods to be used If required, fix locations of meetings Offical de-registration at the coordination office (~ after one year)

16 Training Workshops and seminars, organised either by the coordination office or by one of Minerva-FemmeNet s cooperation partners Topics are e.g. Profession and professorship Research abroad Individual career development Communication / negotiation skills

17 Collaborations

18 MentorinnenNetzwerk Addressing students and PhD students (natural / engineering sciences) Focuses on careers in industry Members of Minerva-FemmeNet can register themselves in order to attend workshops and networking events

19 SciMento-hessenweit Group mentoring programme Mentees: PhD and postdoc students (natural / engineering sciences) Mentors: Professors (female and male) Certain members of Minerva-FemmeNet can take part in the group mentoring programme

20 MuT Mentoring und Training Addressing female scientists interested in becoming (full) professors (experienced postdocs, junior group leaders etc.) Members of Minerva-FemmeNet can attend workshops and seminars (in Baden-Württemberg; fee required)

21 Additional cooperations Annually: Joint workshop for mentors Joint articles on mentoring, e.g. for Wissenschaftsmanagement Joint presentations of the mentoring programmes at fairs, conferences etc.

22 Networking MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT Anke Hübenthal, Minerva-FemmeNet

23 Minerva Stammtische Optional: Public talk on topics such as gender issues, job applications, funding and grants For members and interested female scientists only: Informal meetings in order to exchange experiences Berlin: Stammtisch meetings on the third Monday of each month Rhein-Main and greater Leipzig areas, Freiburg and Heidelberg: Stammtisch meetings at irregular intervalls

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25 Benefits for mentees You share in the experience and expertise of female mentors You get to know the working world and develop ideas for your career You make important contacts and gain access to the special networks of female mentors You gain feedback to facilitate self-assessment, ensuring realistic self-perception You boost your motivation You build important career-relevant and strategic skills

26 Benefits for mentors You are part of a career-relevant network You enhance and train your social competence You assess your own career path and the experience you have gained You gain feedback to facilitate self-assessment, ensuring realistic self-perception You build up leadership skills

27 Statistics Members: >400 (MPS female scientists and alumnae) Mentors: 245 Mentees: 270 } 114 mentee and mentor at same time More than 40 former mentees have become mentors themselves because they want to give something back

28 Reports from former mentors and mentees My mentor gave me just the right advice in a difficult situation and it was particularly important that such advice came from a neutral party. We both had a successful and rewarding cooperation. Being a mentor gave me the opportunity to reflect on my own behavioural patterns, and I was able to help my mentee, who is a very independent and active young woman, in several ways. Being a mentor encouraged me to look for a mentor myself, and I asked a senior colleague in the professional area I wanted to work in to act as my mentor.

29 Reports from former mentors and mentees When I started working as a group leader, my mentor gave me great advice on how to recruit people and how to set up a working team. We have planned further conversations, and my mentor will have a look at my CV and hopefully give me some advice on planning further steps in my scientific career. All in all, I am very happy with this mentoring cooperation. I got to know a very different point of view on how to plan a career. Some of her [i.e. the mentor s] advice was not applicable to my situation but on the whole I benefitted from our talk and began actively taking steps towards my professional goals which I wouldn t have done otherwise.