Parenting in Academia
- Date
- Tuesday 12 May 2026
- Time
- Address
- PLNT
Langegracht 70
2312NV Leiden
How do you combine an academic career with parenting young children? For many early‑career researchers, this is a daily challenge: from lack of sleep and unpredictable childcare to publication pressure and implicit expectations within academia, particularly during the early years of parenthood. Questions around gender inequality and career progression also play a part.
Academic parents and experts will share their experiences: What obstacles did they encounter? What genuinely helped? And what is needed to combine parenthood with a sustainable academic career? Together, we will reflect on what can change at the institutional and cultural levels.
This is a workshop organized by YAL at the of the Academia in Motion Symposium and Townhall meeting.
Speakers: Marieke Adriaanse (Department of Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, department of Public Health and Primary Care), Peter Bos (Institute of Education and Child Studies), Mariska Kret (Cognitive Psychology Unit), Merith Cohen de Lara (Resilient Parenting). Moderators: Martin Berger (Faculty of Archaeology), Julia Henrich (Health Campus den Haag)