Kifinfo: Gender balance and diversity in research
Call for measures to combat gender-based violence in academia
Call for measures to combat gender-based violence in academia
“Gender-based violence affects the majority of students and staff in higher education,” according to Fredrik Bondestam from the University of Gothenburg.
Most read in 2022: Class, equality and inclusion in academia
Most read in 2022: Class, equality and inclusion in academia
The article about class as an invisible difference in academia was the most popular one last year. Check out our most read stories from 2022.
Europe gather to discuss gender-based violence in academia
Europe gather to discuss gender-based violence in academia
In Norway we call it sexual harassment in academia, and in Europe it is known as gender-based violence.
Foreign researchers improve gender balance
Foreign researchers improve gender balance
“We didn’t think that international recruitment would influence the gender balance in academia in favour of more women in senior positions, but we were wrong,” says researcher Kaja Wendt.
The tech industry needs to change its work culture to recruit more women
The tech industry needs to change its work culture to recruit more women
Changing the expectation that staff should work around the clock could encourage more women to work in technology, according to Gilda Seddighi.
Film series on action plans for gender equality and diversity
The KIF Committee has made three films about why and how, and the key success factors behind action plans and efforts to promote gender equality.
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Everyday racism exists in academia too
Everyday racism exists in academia too
“It’s both surprising and not really that big a revelation that everyday racism is fairly similar whether you work in academia or anywhere else,” says Mona Abdel-Fadil, researcher at the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies.
“Class is an invisible difference in academia”
“Class is an invisible difference in academia”
How common is it to be a first-generation academic in Norway? According to researchers in the field, we do not know, because there is so little research on social backgrounds in academia.
Diversity report:
University employees miss a sense of belonging
University employees miss a sense of belonging
The authors of a new report suggest that research institutions must take more responsibility for building an inclusive work community.
Changing perspectives in gender equality research
Changing perspectives in gender equality research
A new report has identified trends and knowledge gaps in Norwegian scientific publications on gender equality and diversity in research and innovation. According to the report, it is not a given that measures aimed at gender equality are also effective when it comes to ethnic diversity.
Sweden has surveyed sexual harassment in academia
Sweden has surveyed sexual harassment in academia
Over half of all female doctoral students have experienced unwanted sexual attention, reveals a new report from Sweden.
“Not a goal that everyone takes higher education”
“Not a goal that everyone takes higher education”
Not everyone should take higher education, but every person should have equal rights to education. We need to keep those two ideas in our minds at the same time, believes political scientist Ingvild Reymert.
European gender equality project kicks off
European gender equality project kicks off
Organizations from 21 countries recently came together under a new project to promote gender equality in European research policy.
Research debunks myth about women’s low publication output
Research debunks myth about women’s low publication output
New light has been shed on the long-held myth that female researchers have a publishing problem. It now appears clear that publishing points are far more a matter of one’s academic field and position level, not gender.
From gender equality to inclusion
From gender equality to inclusion
How will gender equality efforts in the research sector evolve as we take more and more groups into consideration?
A new KIF Committee for the next four years
A new KIF Committee for the next four years
The new KIF Committee has been appointed, and for the first time it has a leader team from both a university and a research institute.
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“A woman’s international career seldom takes priority”
“A woman’s international career seldom takes priority”
Even though more women researchers are coming from abroad than before, it is often more difficult for a woman to move her family to Norway, asserts researcher Ingvild Reymert.
KIF Committee launches film series: Action plans for equality
KIF Committee launches film series: Action plans for equality
Why is it a good idea to draw up action plans for gender equality and diversity, and how should one do it? Learn more in these new films.
Most read articles in 2021
Most read articles in 2021
Check out our top five most read news articles about COVID-19, the recruitment of top researchers, foreign researchers in Norway and a technology professor with two gender equality awards.
Rising proportion of women, but wide variation between research institutes
Rising proportion of women, but wide variation between research institutes
Now there are more women researchers at Norwegian research institutions than before, but women still hold only one-third of the highest researcher positions.
International recruitment can boost the proportion of women
International recruitment can boost the proportion of women
Foreign women have flocked to temporary researcher positions in the Nordic countries. Without these women there might have been far fewer female post-docs in Norway and Sweden.
Committees hiring top researchers lose sight of gender balance and diversity
Committees hiring top researchers lose sight of gender balance and diversity
How do we ensure that the best candidate for a professorship is hired, while still securing gender balance and diversity? A new study shows how committees that hire professors struggle to meet different expectations.
Technology professor wins two gender equality awards
Technology professor wins two gender equality awards
“I felt that now I need to give something back,” says Letizia Jaccheri. She was named this year’s ODA Awards Woman and recently won a gender equality award at NTNU.
NUPI director calls for new diversity programme
NUPI director calls for new diversity programme
Ulf Sverdrup, Director of NUPI, is seeking talented researchers among students with immigrant backgrounds. He is calling for a new diversity programme.
“Academia is not done discussing diversity”
“Academia is not done discussing diversity”
When universities and university colleges look to increase their ethnic diversity, they often choose the path of internationalization. “In Norway, we are by no means done discussing what diversity really means,” says Beret Bråten.
NEW REPORT:
Lack of resources for promoting gender equality
Lack of resources for promoting gender equality
A new survey report reveals that many Norwegian research institutes lack action plans and that no universities are satisfied with their efforts to increase ethnic diversity.