Suffrage Women in Science network meeting 2025

The Suffrage Science scheme celebrates women in science for their scientific achievements and for their ability to inspire others. It aspires to encourage more women to enter scientific subjects, and to stay.

As previous award winner and as member of the Suffrage Women in Science network, Professor Kerstin Meints from the School of Psychology, Sports Science and Wellbeing was invited to attend the Suffrage Science Awards 2025 on Friday 7 March at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. The event was hosted by Helen Arney, Professor Amanda Fisher and Professor Syma Khalid. It featured presentation of awards, a panel discussion on ‘inspiring change’ and time to network over drinks and snacks. Please see below for photo of past and current award holders.

The International Suffrage Science Awards honour pioneering women in science. The scheme began in 2011 with a focus on women in the Life Sciences starting with a group of 11 women. It has since expanded and the scheme now also recognises women in Engineering and Physical Sciences as well as in Mathematics and Computing, celebrated on Ada Lovelace Day.Each of the women who have been awarded the Suffrage Science heirloom jewellery pass on their award after two years to the next award holder. Many award winners over the years have shared how much it means to them that one of their peers gave them recognition for their work. It also means that each heirloom creates its own ‘family tree’ as the award gets handed from one awardee to the next, creating an international network of inspiring female role models across all the Suffrage Science branches.

Since the Suffrage Science awards started, there have been 160 holders of the heirlooms creating a network of inspirational women from across the globe. https://www.suffragescience.com

Story submitted by Prof Kerstin Meints
kmeints@lincoln.ac.uk