{"id":196546,"date":"2026-03-04T16:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=196546"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:44:39","slug":"who-is-your-favourite-female-professor-there-should-be-more-women-in-professor-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/04\/who-is-your-favourite-female-professor-there-should-be-more-women-in-professor-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is your favourite female professor? \u2018There should be more women in professor roles\u2019 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">Erasmus University\u2019s number of female full professors is still below the national average, at 26.7 per cent. This raises concerns for both the university and the students. For International Women\u2019s Day this Sunday, students talk about their favourite female lecturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<div data-component=\"oembed\" class=\"relative max-w-5xl\" data-module=\"oembed\" data-source=\"consent_embed_youtube\" data-type=\"video\" data-cookiebot=\"\" data-disable-notice=\"\">\n\t\t<a\n\t\thref=\"#embed-skip-69e629a08a743\"\n\t\tdata-component=\"skip-link\"\n\t\tclass=\"text-lg underline sr-only focus:not-sr-only focus:absolute focus:p-4 focus:z-50 bg-white hover:no-underline border-neutral-800 text-neutral-800\"\n\t>\n\t\tIngesloten inhoud van YouTube overslaan\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div data-oembed=\"content\">\n\t\t<div data-oembed=\"placeholder\" class=\"p-8 text-center bg-sand-300 theme-violet:bg-white theme-sand:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"max-w-lg mx-auto mb-7\" id=\"embed-cookie-69e629a08a741\">U kunt deze ingesloten inhoud bekijken nadat u akkoord bent gegaan met cookies van YouTube.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-2 text-brown-600 theme-violet:text-purple\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<button\n\tdata-variant=\"outline\"\n\tdata-size=\"default\"\n\tclass=\"group inline-flex justify-center items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-md font-soehne underline-offset-2 decoration-2 px-4 min-h-[3.75rem] border-2 border-current bg-transparent text-current font-bold hocus:underline js-consent-button\"\n\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\taria-describedby=\"embed-cookie-69e629a08a741\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span data-button-text class=\"\">\n\t\t\tI agree\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<a\n\tdata-variant=\"primary\"\n\tdata-size=\"default\"\n\tclass=\"group inline-flex justify-center items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-md font-soehne underline-offset-2 decoration-2 px-4 min-h-[3.75rem] border-2 border-current bg-current text-current font-bold hocus:underline decoration-white\"\n\n\t\n\t\t\thref=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;JAHza7csquI\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span data-button-text class=\"text-white\">\n\t\t\tSee on YouTube\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" flex items-center justify-center w-[1em] h-[1em] icon text-white \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"20\" height=\"17\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 17\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M18.25 7.5C18.8023 7.5 19.25 7.94772 19.25 8.5C19.25 9.05228 18.8023 9.5 18.25 9.5H1.75C1.19772 9.5 0.75 9.05228 0.75 8.5C0.75 7.94772 1.19772 7.5 1.75 7.5H18.25Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M10.793 1.04295C11.1835 0.65243 11.8165 0.65243 12.207 1.04295L18.957 7.79295C19.3476 8.18348 19.3476 8.81649 18.957 9.20702L12.207 15.957C11.8165 16.3475 11.1835 16.3475 10.793 15.957C10.4024 15.5665 10.4024 14.9335 10.793 14.543L16.8359 8.49999L10.793 2.45702C10.4024 2.06649 10.4024 1.43348 10.793 1.04295Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"oembed-video\" data-oembed=\"video\" class=\"cursor-pointer aspect-video\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-oembed=\"thumbnail\" class=\"absolute object-cover w-auto h-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/JAHza7csquI\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-full h-full iframe:absolute iframe:inset-0 iframe:w-full iframe:h-full\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who\u2019s your favourite female professor? I Campus Talk\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JAHza7csquI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"absolute transform -translate-x-1\/2 -translate-y-1\/2 top-1\/2 left-1\/2 text-purple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<button\n\tdata-variant=\"primary\"\n\tdata-size=\"default\"\n\tclass=\"group inline-flex justify-center items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-md font-soehne underline-offset-2 decoration-2 px-4 min-h-[3.75rem] border-2 border-current bg-current text-current font-bold hocus:underline decoration-white btn--js-video-play aspect-square\"\n\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Play&#x20;video&#x20;Who&#x2019;s&#x20;your&#x20;favourite&#x20;female&#x20;professor&#x3F;&#x20;I&#x20;Campus&#x20;Talk\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" flex items-center justify-center w-[1em] h-[1em] icon text-white \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M17.25 9.99998C17.2506 10.2546 17.1853 10.5051 17.0605 10.727C16.9356 10.949 16.7555 11.1348 16.5375 11.2665L3.03 19.5297C2.80227 19.6691 2.54144 19.7452 2.27445 19.7502C2.00746 19.7551 1.74399 19.6887 1.51125 19.5578C1.28073 19.4289 1.0887 19.2409 0.954904 19.0132C0.821111 18.7855 0.750385 18.5263 0.75 18.2622V1.73779C0.750385 1.47368 0.821111 1.21445 0.954904 0.986734C1.0887 0.759022 1.28073 0.571057 1.51125 0.442167C1.74399 0.311244 2.00746 0.244825 2.27445 0.249769C2.54144 0.254713 2.80227 0.330842 3.03 0.470292L16.5375 8.73342C16.7555 8.86511 16.9356 9.05097 17.0605 9.27291C17.1853 9.49485 17.2506 9.74533 17.25 9.99998Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/template>\n\t<div id=\"embed-skip-69e629a08a743\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"sr-only\">Ingesloten inhoud van YouTube overgeslagen.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some struggle to name their favourite female lecturer. Quite a few could not even come up with one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/10125922\/Cortege-tijdens-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-2025-met-achter-de-padel-burgemeester-Carola-Schouten-naast-haar-hoogleraar-en-bestuursvoorzitter-Annelien-Bredenoord_door-Arie-Kers.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766154897\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/10125922\/Cortege-tijdens-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-2025-met-achter-de-padel-burgemeester-Carola-Schouten-naast-haar-hoogleraar-en-bestuursvoorzitter-Annelien-Bredenoord_door-Arie-Kers.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766154897 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/10125922\/Cortege-tijdens-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-2025-met-achter-de-padel-burgemeester-Carola-Schouten-naast-haar-hoogleraar-en-bestuursvoorzitter-Annelien-Bredenoord_door-Arie-Kers-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766154897 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/10125922\/Cortege-tijdens-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-2025-met-achter-de-padel-burgemeester-Carola-Schouten-naast-haar-hoogleraar-en-bestuursvoorzitter-Annelien-Bredenoord_door-Arie-Kers-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766154897 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/10125922\/Cortege-tijdens-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-2025-met-achter-de-padel-burgemeester-Carola-Schouten-naast-haar-hoogleraar-en-bestuursvoorzitter-Annelien-Bredenoord_door-Arie-Kers-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766154897 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/10125922\/Cortege-tijdens-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-2025-met-achter-de-padel-burgemeester-Carola-Schouten-naast-haar-hoogleraar-en-bestuursvoorzitter-Annelien-Bredenoord_door-Arie-Kers-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766154897 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/12\/10125922\/Cortege-tijdens-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-2025-met-achter-de-padel-burgemeester-Carola-Schouten-naast-haar-hoogleraar-en-bestuursvoorzitter-Annelien-Bredenoord_door-Arie-Kers-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766154897 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/12\/08\/eur-wants-40-percent-of-professors-to-be-women-within-five-years-this-is-currently-267-percent\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tEUR wants 40 per cent of professors to be women within five years (this is currently 26.7 per cent)\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2025-12-08\">8 December 2025<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Students Ashley and Alix mentioned Mirjam Tuk (associate professor of marketing), who teaches Business Simulation for IBA. She was \u2018very kind and helpful\u2019 during class and group assignments. Sanne Struijk (professor of Penal Law) is first-year Tax Law student Sarah\u2019s favourite: \u201cBecause she always explains very enthusiastically, and she has a lot of passion for the subject.\u201d Additionally, Arya, a master&#8217;s student studying Econometrics, brought up Ece Karakoyun (assistant professor in Econometrics) from Stochastic Modes and Inventory Control. \u201cBecause she\u2019s the only female professor I had in this university.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Go women!\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The university is aiming to have 40 per cent of the full professors to be women by 2030. \u201cThat\u2019s amazing, I wish it were 50, but you have to be a little realistic\u201d, Said Mihai, a second-year IBCoM student. Alix added: \u201cGo women, I think there should be more women in professor roles.\u201d Students are also critical of the 40 per cent target. \u201cIt\u2019s a good initiative, but there will still be a gap because it\u2019s going to be 40 against 60\u201d, said Pietro, a third-year IBACS student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you look at statistics nowadays, most students are women, so why are we also not in the power positions within those institutions?\u201d, wondered Kim, a third-year Psychology student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/11142215\/2023-09-04-EUR-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-Arie-Kers-27-scaled-6.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139406 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/11142215\/2023-09-04-EUR-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-Arie-Kers-27-scaled-6-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139406 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/11142215\/2023-09-04-EUR-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-Arie-Kers-27-scaled-6-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139406 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/11142215\/2023-09-04-EUR-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-Arie-Kers-27-scaled-6-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139406 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/11142215\/2023-09-04-EUR-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-Arie-Kers-27-scaled-6-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139406 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/11142215\/2023-09-04-EUR-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-Arie-Kers-27-scaled-6-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139406 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/11142215\/2023-09-04-EUR-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-Arie-Kers-27-scaled-6-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139406 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/11142215\/2023-09-04-EUR-Opening-Academisch-Jaar-Arie-Kers-27-scaled-6-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139406 150w, 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