Marieke de Goede

Dear Sister,

I wish someone had told me early on in my career that…

…I have a rightful place in academia and don’t need to prove myself all the time.

I think the most important decision that determined my academic life has been…

…to work across disciplinary boundaries. And of course, my choice of partner, because my husband has taken on a large share of care work at home when our children were little.

If I had to do it all over again, I would…

…I would trust my own judgement more.

For future academia, I wish for…

…more diversity in terms of people’s background, more respect for pluralism and more interdisciplinary research.

Don’t you ever…

…start with an apology, pour the coffee…