Promoting Gender Equality
Facts:More women in technology. 2009 seems to be a record-breaking year concerning gender balance in the technology department at the University of Oslo. 35 per cent of the doctor’s degrees were conferred to women. Read more at
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Statistics. Less females completed tertiary education in Norway for the first time in several years in 2007/08. Fewer tertiary degrees were completed in particular in the field of Health, welfare and sport, but the number remained stable in Science. Forty-five per cent of doctoral degrees were awarded to women. Read more at Statistics Norway
Mathematics. Researchers Simon Goodchild and Barbro Grevholm (University of Agder, Kristiansand), use a mathematics teaching development project to analyze differences in performance between boys and girls. The results seem to confirm earlier research, and suggest that there are gender differences. Read more in the International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
A View from the American Academy. Marcia Inhorn, who is Professor II at the University of Bergen, here gives her view on the situation for women in science in Norway and the U.S. She perceives Norway as a gender progressive country and is impressed by the “gender privilege" she finds Norwegian women researchers to have. Read more at KILDEN
Research. Lennart Öhlund at Aalesund University College is co-author of the article Male hierarchies and gender-balanced boards
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Magazine:Incentive scheme launched The percentage of women in top-level academic positions in mathematics, natural science and technology must increase. This is according to the Norwegian Government, which has now set aside NOK 10 million to speed up the process. The money will be used to reward universities and university colleges that raise the percentage of female academic staff during 2010. (19.01.2010) Read moreWants to be a role model “It’s possible for women to be managers in male-dominated research fields. Just come to SINTEF and see for yourself,” says Marie-Laure Olivier. She should know what she is talking about. Marie-Laure has always been surrounded by men. (18.01.2010) Read moreUnsuccessful strategy All the fuss about recruitment destroys young women’s interest in natural science, according to educational researcher Guðrún Jónsdóttir. (08.01.2010) Read moreThe door opener It is pointless to start a search for female applicants one week before the application deadline. If you want to increase the number of women in a male-dominated field, you have to make long-term plans. This is according to Tor Grande, who recently stepped down as head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). (18.12.2009) Read moreAlways aware “We don’t discuss gender equality very much; after all, it’s an integral part of our job,” says Vice-Dean Helge Klungland of the Faculty of Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). “Nobody is hired or granted project funding here without gender equality being part of the process.” (11.12.2009) Read moreGender equality – a leadership responsibility This was the clear message from the CEO of the SINTEF Group, Unni Steinsmo, when she opened a conference on gender equality in the independent research institutes. (03.12.2009) Read moreNew report: Few women leaders in the research institute sector The better the gender balance, the more we benefit from the pool of researcher talent. This is the argument made by the independent research institutes for their own gender equality efforts. However, a new study shows that women are in short supply at the highest levels of research and in leadership positions within the sector. (10.11.2009) Read moreCommitment to gender equality will continue The Norwegian Government will extend the term of the national committee that promotes gender equality. It is also proposing financial rewards for institutions that employ women in high-level positions in the male-dominated natural sciences. (22.10.2009) Read more |
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