RT Journal Article
T1 Women in limnology: From a historical perspective to a present‐day evaluation
A1 Catalán, Núria
A1 Antón Pardo, María
A1 Freixa, Anna
A1 Rodríguez Lozano, Pablo
A1 Bartrons, Mireia
A1 Bernal, Susana
A1 Genua Olmedo, Ana
A1 Mendoza Lera, Clara
A1 Onandía, Gabriela
A1 Benito, Xavier
A1 Sánchez Montoya, María Del Mar
A1 Cañedo‐Argüelles Iglesias, Miguel
A1 Pastor, Ada
A1 Lupon, Anna
AB Research in limnology is nurtured by the work of many fascinating and passionate women, who have contributed enormously to our understanding of inland waters. Female limnologists have promoted and established the bases of our knowledge about inland waters and fostered the need of protecting the values of those ecosystems. However, on numerous occasions, their contribution to the advancement of limnology has not been duly recognized. Here, we review the presence of women in limnology through the history of the discipline: from the pioneers who contributed to the origins to present day' developments. We aim at visibilizing those scientists and establish them as role models. We also analyze in a simple and illustrative way the current situation of women in limnology, the scientific barriers they must deal with, and their future prospects. Multiple aspects fostering the visibility of a scientist, such as their presence in conferences, awards, or representation in societal or editorial boards show a significant gap, with none of those aspects showing a similar visibility of women and men in limnology. This article raises awareness of the obstacles that women in limnology faced and still face, and encourages to embrace models of leadership, scientific management, and assessment of research performance far from those commonly established.
PB John Wiley & Sons
SN 2049-1948
YR 2022
FD 2022-10-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123440
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123440
LA eng
NO Catalán, N., Anton-Pardo, M., Freixa, A., Rodríguez-Lozano, P., Bartrons, M., Bernal, S., Genua-Olmedo, A., Mendoza-Lera, C., Onandía, G., Benito, X., Sánchez-Montoya, M. M., Cañedo-Argüelles Iglesias, M., Pastor, A., & Lupon, A. (2023). Women in limnology: From a historical perspective to a present-day evaluation. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/WAT2.1616
NO Núria Catalán was funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 839709.   Anna Freixa was funded by MCIN/AEI through the Juan de la Cierva10 of 14 CATALAN´ ET AL.  20491948, 2023, 1. Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano was supported by a Juan de la Cierva-Incorporacion fellowship (IJC2019-041601-I). Gabriela Onandía was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF within the Collaborative Project “Bridging in Biodiversity Science-BIBS” (01LC1501A-H). Anna Lupon was funded by the Government of Catalonia and the European Commission through the program Beatriu de Pinos (BP-2018-00082).
NO European Commission
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Germany)
NO Generalitat de Catalunya
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 dic 2025