Background
Experts have indicated that having role models is critical for aspiring leaders, and these role models can differ from person to person. Role models represent and expand what is possible, and they demonstrate the mindsets and behaviors on how to grow. In our science organizations, there are currently limited women role models available. This is part of the vicious circle we seek to break. Through this series of seminars, we will make more role models and different leadership styles visible.
About the series
CIMMYT is launching a âTED Talk meets fireside chatâ-style series on women leaders. We are doing this because, as Marion Wright Edelman said, âYou canât be what you canât see.â If we want more women leaders in science institutions like ours, we need to provide more opportunities to hear from women leaders about their life journeys, their lessons, and their insights. We seek to highlight women who are leaders in all sorts of capacities and in all sorts of fields and disciplines, because we believe that leadership styles can take many different forms. We aim to hold two seminars per month, starting on July 2023. Â
Visit the Catalyst of Change page to watch past sessions from this series.
Join us for the eighteenth Catalysts of Change seminar on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, with Hale Ann Tufan
8 a.m. – 9 a.m. Mexico City; 4 â 5 p.m. Paris; 7 â 6 p.m. Nairobi; 7:30 â 8:30 p.m. New Delhi
The seminar will be in English with interpretation in Spanish. Tune-in through LinkedIn livestreams the day of the event.
About Hale Ann TufanÂ
Global Development research professor and adjunct faculty member in Plant Breeding and Genetics at Cornell University.Â
Hale Ann Tufan leads the Equitable Agricultural Research (EQUAL) Lab at Cornell which brings together researchers with experience in plant breeding, agricultural economics, GIS, anthropology, gender studies and science and technology studies to contribute to equitable crop improvement theory and practice. She explores how agricultural research processes and outputs can positively contribute to gender equality and social inclusion.
Through her research to develop methods and approaches she enables gender analysis in agricultural innovation, while advocating for inclusive agricultural research by challenging power and norms in the research ecosystem. Hale serves in leadership positions of several grant-funded projects, including priority setting co-lead of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement, principal investigator of the Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project, and principal investigator of Muhogo Bora: Cassava for All. Hale brings a multidisciplinary background to her research spanning Ph.D.-level research in molecular plant pathogen interactions, plant breeding with CIMMYT, international agricultural research for development program management, and gender research and capacity development across sub-Saharan Africa. She is the 2019 recipient of the Norman Borlaug Field Award.
