WomenInScience@TF networking event: Balancing the Care Concentration Gap
All FAU female students and female scientists are warmly invited to attend the next WomenInScience@TF networking event on the topic „(Future) Mothers in Science – Balancing the Care Concentration Gap.“
Date & Time: September 15, 2025 from 10 AM – 3 PM
Location: H12, Cauerstr. 11, Erlangen
The Keynote Speech is given by Dr. Wiebke Vogelaar, who is a political scientist, writing coach, author, and mother of three. Her academic and professional work centers on power structures in academia, with a special focus on caregiving responsibilities and gender equity.
Afterwards, join the panel discussion on “Taking Care of Everything? Rethinking Gendered Expectations And Mothers‘ Role in Academia” with Dr. Wiebke Vogelaar and her guests Prof. Dr.-Ing. Silvia Budday, Dr. Katrin Drasch, Dr. rer. nat. Sabine Thürauf and Sheethal Bhat.
- Take advantage of the pleasant and trusting atmosphere of the event to connect with female students and scientists at FAU.
- Learn strategies for building a sustainable network.
- Understand how caregiving responsibilities affect productivity and participation.
- Hear personal stories that shed light on the hidden work of balancing family and science.
- Join a discussion on how to create equitable academic environments for all caregivers.
The event includes a coffee break and ends with a get-together, offering time to connect and share your thoughts and experiences on the topic. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Registration
www.tf.fau.de/fakultaet/frauenbeauftragte/womeninsciencetf/
About Wiebke Vogelaar
In Wiebke Vogelaar’s coaching practice (Alma Mater), she supports mothers in academia in developing sustainable writing routines – with a focus on deep concentration, creativity, and agency. Drawing from feminist theory, productivity research, and years of experience coaching mothers, she developed the coined the term Care Concentration Gap. This Gap describes how unequally distributed cognitive and emotional care labor undermines access to uninterrupted focus time – and what this means for the well-being, productivity, and career paths of caregiving academics.
Contact
Hanna Stöcker
Hanna.Stoecker@fau.de