Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research (KIF) 2014-2017

The Committee will support and provide recommendations on measures that can contribute to the mainstreaming of the gender equality, gender balance and diversity efforts at the institutions within the university and college sector as well as the research institute sector. The committee will also contribute to an overall awareness-raising on gender balance and diversity in academia.

Actors and institutions in the university and college sector and in the research institutes sector, departments and the Research Council of Norway will be able to receive advice from the Committee.

Members of the Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research (KIF) 2014-2017

Professor Curt Rice, Rector at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
Professor Ingrid Guldvik, , Dean Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Professor Tor Grande, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Professor Synnøve Hofseth Almås, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Senior Research Fellow Elisabeth Ljunggren, Nordland Research Institute (reappointment)
Personnel Manager Martin Stølevik, SINTEF konsernstab
Head of Departement Jesper Simonsen, Research Council of Norway  (reappointment)
Professor Mahmood Reza Amiri Moghadam,  University of Oslo
Dr. Silvija Seres, TechnoRocks
Student Johanne Vaagland, Leader of the Student Parliament, Universitety of Bergen
Student Stian Skaalbones, masters student in Social Economics, Universitety of Oslo

Deputy members:

Associate Professor Monica Fengsrud Brinchmann, Nord University
Director Arne Bardalen, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Senior Researcher Sevil Sümer, Uni Research Rokkansenteret
Head of Department Hege Torp, Research Council of Norway
Student Heidi Bang, Research and Equality Representative in the Working Comittee, Student Parliament, Universitety of Oslo

One representative from Kilden genderresearch.no as well as one representative from the Ministry of Education serve as observers in the committee. The current working period of the committee lasts until 31.12.2017. Representatives from the student organizations are appointed on a one-year term. The committee’s secretariat is based at the the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions.