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ResearcHER

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ResearcHER

The Power and Potential of Research Careers for Women

Women in Academia Support Network (WIASN)

United Kingdom – North America – Japan India – Malaysia – China

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First edition 2022

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Contents

Acknowledgements

The WIASN team are:

• Dr Amy Bonsall: Founder, Director and Editor of this book.

• Dr Kelly Pickard-Smith: Co-founder, Director and Editor of this book.

• Prof. Eleonora Belfiore: Co-founder, Director and Editor of this book.

• Dr Maxine Horne: Co-founder and Director.

• Catherine Beard: Co-founders and Director.

To the most important people – our children. We aren’t sure how much you helped or hindered the book production process with demands for more juice and biscuits, the bouts of Covid and inevitable home-schooling during a global pandemic but the cuddles, the hugs, the fun and the laughter always get us through the difficult times and we know the work we do is to benefit you and the generations that come behind us.

This book wouldn’t be possible without the care and support of all of the women in the WIASN network and this includes special mention to our moderators Nia Wearn and Peny Sotiropoulou, and to all the academics voluntarily running our 20+ special interest groups on topics such as mental health, working-class academics, academics on the move, beyond cancer, ECRs and writing support, to name just a few. Our members give their time with care and compassion and also keep each other in check with regard to our many privileges. We thank each and every one for the humbling opportunity to showcase just a small part of the work that you do. Having you in research careers makes all our lives richer.

To our publishers Emerald Publishing. Emerald have been supporters of WIASN from our conception. They have a commitment to gender equity in research and really do put their money where their mouth is. When we came to them and said we want to produce a book in less than six months they said let’s make this happen. Despite this book not being the usual academic publication. Their dedication to gender equity and the support they gave with the illustrations and marketing means so much to us, long may this partnership continue.

We were very grateful to be one of the 131 global communities, and one of only 10 from the UK (from over 40,000 applications) to have received Facebook Community Accelerator funding that enabled us to produce an initial print fund of 1,000 books to be distributed to 1,000 schools for free to reach a potential 1 million students through their school libraries.

Finally, with a fundraiser we hope to get more free books into more schools. If you contributed to the fundraiser or bought the book as a gift know you are also contributing to gifting this book to communities who are systematically blocked from participating in higher education and research and you have contributed to breaking down those barriers – even in some small way.

Thank you.