Monitoring gender balance in Dutch academia
Each year, LNVH publishes the Women Professors Monitor, which provides insight into the current gender balance in academia and the percentages of women academics and administrators at Dutch universities, university medical centers, and other scientific organizations.
The Monitor forms the foundation for measures and policies on gender diversity, drives action, and identifies obstacles in the still inadequate progression of women to the top.
The monitor annually confronts the Dutch academic sector with its subpar performance in Europe. The 2025 monitor shows that we are at 29.9% women professors; we’ve got a long way to go to hit parity. Without the efforts of the LNVH and many allies, I dare say we wouldn’t even be here. Prof. dr. Vinod Subramaniam, collegevoorzitter Universiteit van Amsterdam, voorzitter van de DIHOO-adviescommissie