Visibility Matters: Empowering Women in Research

Visibility shapes collaboration, funding, promotion and long-term impact in academia. Yet research shows that women scholars still face structural barriers at key career stages, particularly when it comes to recognition, evaluation and leadership opportunities.

This Women’s History Month, we bring together research and practical guidance to support greater visibility in academia. Explore curated recommendations and join our webinar on visibility strategies for women academics.

Join our free webinar on visibility in research

On 26 March at 10 a.m. CET / 9 a.m. GMT, join our panel Empowering Your Research Voice: Visibility Strategies for Women Academics.

Hear from Professor Natalie Germann, Founding Editor-in-Chief of Open Transport and full professor of Process Systems Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, bringing academic leadership and publishing insight to the discussion; Lisa Redlinski, Senior Library Leader at the Courtauld Institute of Art with 16+ years of experience in research libraries; Alexandra Koronkai-Kiss, Editorial Communications Manager and academic social media expert at De Gruyter Brill; and Dr Rose Penfold, PhD Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, clinician-researcher, and co-founder of Women Speakers in Healthcare, for practical advice on increasing your research visibility and promoting your work.

Free webinar: „Empowering Your Research Voice: Visibility Strategies for Women Academics”

Thursday, 26 March 2026

09:00 BST | 10:00 CET | 16:00 CST

Women as Thinkers, Agents, and Innovators

From early modern political thought to contemporary STEM research, these books showcase women’s intellectual and scientific contributions.

Remembering Revolutionary Women

Explores how the cultural memory of three revolutionary women is selectively shaped.

Explores how women’s evolutionary and cultural roles have shaped human societies, bridging biology and feminist inquiry.

Reveals women’s roles and multifaceted contributions in the male-dominated maritime economic arena during industrial capitalist modernity.

Reconstructs how women shaped early copyright law and profited from intellectual property in England’s book trade.

Examines how female intellectual identities formed and were later marginalized in early modern philosophy.

Reappraises the role of women in the birth of Greek philosophy.

Restores Haywood’s political and economic critique, foregrounding women’s vulnerability in financial and moral crises.

Examines gender as a central lens for understanding fascist politics, bodies, and transnational networks.

Explores historical and contemporary struggles over women’s bodily autonomy across philosophy, culture, and technology.

Reassesses women’s roles in ancient warfare, challenging literary traditions that marginalize female military agency.

Centers migrant women’s narratives, foregrounding gendered memory and cultural transfer after Soviet emigration.

Examines women illustrators’ influence on mass and little magazine constructions of modern femininity.

Reassesses the first U.S. congresswoman as feminist, pacifist, and radical political actor.

Analyzes artistic and psychoanalytic responses to violence against women and strategies of cultural resistance.

Recovers a pioneering Marxist economist who challenged neoliberalism and warned of fascism’s rise.

Reinterprets Karen Blixen’s writings through contemporary ecocritical debates on gender and nature.

Authored by IEEE Senior Member Birgit Vogel-Heuser, shaping systems and automation engineering in manufacturing.

Authored by top-cited scientist Irena Kostova, connecting inorganic chemistry to biosystems and medical training.

Authored by pipeline integrity specialist Mavis Sika Okyere, advancing risk assessment and hazard mitigation in gas systems.

Authored by NREL researcher Katrina Knauer, driving innovation in chemical recycling and sustainable plastics design.

Women Writers in History

Eds. Nadezhda Aleksandrova, Gillian Dow, Hilde Hoogenboom, Katja Mihurko-Poniž, Amelia Sanz, Beatrijs Vanacker

Women, Gender, Judaism

Eds. Yemima Hadad, Angy Cohen

Women and Gender in China Studies

Eds. Grace S. Fong, Louise Edwards, Nicola Spakowski, Robin D.S. Yates, Harriet T. Zurndorfer

Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World

Eds. Susanne Dahlgren, Judith Tucker

Women Philosophers Heritage Collection

Eds. Ruth Edith Hagengruber, Antonio Calcagno, Priyanka Jha, Rodney K. B. Parker

Women, Peace and Security

Eds. Sara E. Davies, Jacqui True

Perspectives from the German-Language Academic World

Explore recent books from our german-language publications that engage with gender, society, and academia.

Ich bin hier nicht das Zimmermädchen!

Challenges productivity myths and offers feminist strategies for reclaiming time amid care work and burnout pressures.

Introduces key debates in feminist philosophy, examining gender, power, responsibility, and structural misogyny.

First edition of Anna Wasa’s correspondence, illuminating a learned early modern princess and botanist.

Examines early women doctors’ transnational careers and struggles for medical education in the Habsburg Empire.

Reconstructs social ontology to show how persistent meanings sustain inequality and challenge feminist critique.

Examines antifeminist narratives framing the RAF as an “excess of emancipation” in 1970s West Germany.

Publishes Du Châtelet’s landmark work, central to German Enlightenment debates on science and hypothesis.

Examines abjection and embodiment in Japanese women’s writing through feminist and poststructuralist theory.

Resources for Early Career Researchers

Practical guidance on publishing, visibility, and navigating your academic career.

7 Essential Strategies to Promote Your Research

Building a strong author profile is more important than ever. Discover our tips and strategies for sharing your research and gaining visibility in the scholarly community.

How to Promote Your Research on Social Media

Social media can be a great tool for expanding your academic reach, engaging with peers and increasing the impact of your research.

How to Write and Publish a Research Paper in 8 Steps

This article will provide practical tips and a step by step guide to help you through the paper publication process.

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Journals Highlighting Women’s Scholarship

A curated selection of gender-focused journals and STEM publications guided by accomplished female editorial leadership.

Simone de Beauvoir Studies

International peer-reviewed journal exploring gender, politics, and culture in dialogue with Beauvoir’s legacy.

International peer-reviewed journal examining women, gender, and feminist theory across Middle Eastern contexts.

Peer-reviewed journal shaping European feminist historiography through interdisciplinary, theory-driven gender research.

Leading German-language peer-reviewed journal advancing interdisciplinary feminist and gender research since 1982.

Peer-reviewed journal restoring women’s intellectual heritage across philosophy and sciences.

Open-access polymer science journal led by Prof. Seema Agarwal, renowned for biodegradable, smart, and sustainable polymer research.

Open-access transport phenomena journal led by Prof. Natalie Germann, a leading process systems engineer shaping fluid dynamics research globally.

Open-access molecular biology journal led by Prof. Daniela Giacomazza, distinguished biophysicist advancing polymer and biomolecular research.

Conversations and Perspectives

Engage with interviews, commentary, and thought pieces from across our scholarly network.

Podcast

Publishing with Pride: Using Gender-Fair Language in Research Literature

Explores gender-fair language in scholarly publishing and its impact on equity in academic discourse.

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Podcast

Feministische Zeitpolitik

Explores feminist approaches to time, care work, and structural inequalities shaping women’s professional lives.

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Blog

Navigating the Shifting Sands: Two Very Distinguished Librarians Look Back Over Their Careers

Reflections by two leading women librarians on leadership, digital transformation, and the evolution of academic publishing.

Frauen in der Wissenschaft sichtbarer machen – so kann es gelingen

Examines structural barriers limiting women’s visibility in science and strategies to strengthen representation.

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Blog

Recovering Women’s Voices in Philosophy: An Interview with Ruth Edith Hagengruber

Showcases Hagengruber’s role in reshaping philosophy through editorial leadership and feminist historiography.

Werfen Sie wie ein Mädchen? Beatrice Kobow über Feminismus und das Ende der Philosophie

Explores feminist responsibility, discourse equality, and the future of philosophy in times of crisis.

Ukrainian Women Researchers in Europe: From Displacement to Opportunity

Analyzes support structures enabling Ukrainian women scientists to continue research across Europe.

IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast: Catalyzing Diversity in Science

Highlights global efforts advancing gender equality and leadership for women in chemistry.

Visibility Matters: Empowering Women in Research

Join our free webinar on visibility in research

Women as Thinkers, Agents, and Innovators

Remembering Revolutionary Women

Explores how the cultural memory of three revolutionary women is selectively shaped.

The Biohistory of Feminism

Explores how women’s evolutionary and cultural roles have shaped human societies, bridging biology and feminist inquiry.

Mermaids in History: Engendering Maritime Labour and Business History, 1700–1900

Reveals women’s roles and multifaceted contributions in the male-dominated maritime economic arena during industrial capitalist modernity.

Women Proprietors of Copyright in England, 1675–1775

Reconstructs how women shaped early copyright law and profited from intellectual property in England’s book trade.

Shaping Women Philosophers

Examines how female intellectual identities formed and were later marginalized in early modern philosophy.

Women in the Socratic Tradition

Reappraises the role of women in the birth of Greek philosophy.

Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia

Restores Haywood’s political and economic critique, foregrounding women’s vulnerability in financial and moral crises.

Gendering Fascism

Examines gender as a central lens for understanding fascist politics, bodies, and transnational networks.

Women and Their Body

Explores historical and contemporary struggles over women’s bodily autonomy across philosophy, culture, and technology.

Brill's Companion to Ancient Women and War in the Mediterranean World

Reassesses women’s roles in ancient warfare, challenging literary traditions that marginalize female military agency.

Out of the USSR

Centers migrant women’s narratives, foregrounding gendered memory and cultural transfer after Soviet emigration.

Shaping Visions in U.S.-American Magazines