g4g and the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of Leuven are partnering in a global Impact Project!
Starting in November 2015, researchers from the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of Leuven, Belgium conducted a survey among some of our g4g girls.
The goal? Gain more insight into girls' interest in STEM-fields, and to get some insight into greenlight for girls’ impact.
Today, more than 700 girls took part to the survey in Western Europe, the United States, and Australia. As a result, an Impact project was published and we’ve even created a fun infographic summarizing the most important findings. Have a look at it below!
Presentation of the Impact Project around the world
The Impact Project team have presented on preliminary findings in the United Kingdom and China!
Jenny Veldman, PhD candidate and lead researcher on the Impact Project at KU Leuven, presents at science conference on gender & STEM in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK in July 2016
g4g Project Coordinator, presents the Impact Project at the Big Bang Theory Scientific Competition at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China in July 2016
Meet the Team!
Jenny Veldman is a social psychologist pursuing a PhD at the University of Leuven in Belgium, doing research on how young girls and women make choices regarding their studies and careers. For her research in the Impact Project, Jenny is mentored and supervised by prof. Colette van Laar, prof. Karine Verschueren, and dr. Loes Meeussen. She is a strong advocate for diversifying STEM, and therefore believes it is so important to show girls that STEM is for everyone!
PhD candidate, University of Leuven
From global communications & event coordinating, she manages various g4g internal projects, creates science workshops, supervises our lovely young interns and ambassadors and loves to lead the DNA workshop across the globe! She loves all things science, but what really gets her going is studying the core of all living things... the molecules of life! Get in contact with here here!
Global Project Manager, greenlight for girls
