There is no such thing as ‘positive’ discrimination. My final proposition is one I feel very strongly about. Being a girl in CS, this is a topic I often discuss. There are many aspects to this problem and I am listing the three mains reasons I am against. It is not ‘positive’ My foremost problem with […]
Proposition #9
“A valorisation center is useless by definition: valorisation is a state of mind that should be spread throughout an entire organization.” You might wonder what I mean with valorisation, as this is not a very well known concept outside of universities (and even within). The term originally comes from Karl Marx and basically means it […]
Proposition #8
“In applied sciences like software engineering, PhD students should not work at the university full time.” This proposition relates somewhat to Proposition #5. I think it is very important for researchers in software engineering to connect with practice. Doing industrial case studies is one option, but I want to go even further, I think young researchers […]
Proposition #6
“An efficient legal system should focus on reintegration and reconciliation, instead of on penance and redress.” Recently, in the Netherlands, the role of revenge in the legal system was covered in the news, as our Minister of Justice stated that being killed is a risk of being a thief [1] and some people argued that with […]
Proposition #7
“Initiatives to attract women to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) should focus on teachers and parents instead of on women.” Recently, I was talking to high school girls about my profession, for the Dutch Spiegelbeeld program, a database with female role models who work in technology and they told me that often their parents actively […]
