Mentoring and coaching

 

In 2007, Prof. Nina Buchmann received the ETH Zurich award "Das Goldene Dreirad" (The Golden Tricycle) for the most family and staff friendly leader at ETH Zurich.

Mentoring and coaching early-career scientists is part of the education and training philosophy of the Grassland Sciences group. Different activities are carried out on a regular basis within the group (e.g., annual appraisal talks with Ph.D. students and Postdocs) but also within the framework of external projects (e.g., as Gender Representative for GHG-Europe or in mentoring programs).

Prof. Nina Buchmann participates/participated within the following mentoring programs:

• FrauschafftWissen: For female scientists in Switzerland. Program finished.
• ProFiL: For female scientists within the larger Berlin area.
• MuT: For highly qualified female junior researchers in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• Leibniz-Mentoring: For female scientists within the Leibniz Association, Germany.
• Réseau romand de mentoring pour femmes: For female scientists at universities in western Switzerland and at EPFL

Further topics relevant in the context of mentoring and coaching include linking family and science, career options and funding opportunities. Thus, Prof. Nina Buchmann accepted several invitations to panel discussions, oral presentations and workshops about such issues, particularly important for early-career scientists.

Some of the latest activities in this respect were:

• Bern (CH): Panel Discussion within the program “Fix the leaky pipeline” on “Female careers in academia“ (17.9.10)
• Basel (CH): Round table discussion at the 2nd Swiss History Days “Interdisciplinarity between theory and praxis” on “Research funding and interdisciplinarity” (4.2.10)
• Solothurn (CH): Invited workshop participant within NitroGender of EU Project NitroEurope (6FP) on “Gender issues: Just go for it” (1.2.10)
• Zurich (CH): Panel Discussion of EU-Research on European Research Programs “Forschungsprogramme neben FP7” on “COST: Erfahrungen und Aussichten“ (16.12.09)
• Berlin (D): Keynote at the 50th Conference of the Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler e.V. (VDW) on “Challenges for responsible sciences: global and complex” (23.10.09)
• Chemnitz (D): Invitation of the Saxonian State Ministry for Science and Arts to the 1. Saxonian Women Conference. "Frauen in Verantwortung zwischen Karriere und Familie” (7.6.08)
• Zurich (CH): Round Table of “Fix the leaky pipeline” on “Exchange of ideas and experiences with female professors” (26.10.07)