How can we improve diversity and inclusion within the university world? At this seminar, we will have the opportunity to learn about exciting research in the field.
Overview
- Date:Starts 26 April 2024, 10:00Ends 26 April 2024, 12:00
- Location:Scrum 1 in the main library, Johanneberg. CLS
- Language:English
Presenter
Kai Lo Andersson, PhD at TME
Title
Report: How to improve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Key learnings from a tour of Technical Universities in Europe and the US
Abstract
This report is based upon interviews (23 interviewees) about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at technical universities in the United States and Northwestern Europe. The universities are top performing technical universities based on the Times Higher Education ranking of engineering focused institutions. The interviewees are academics researching gender and diversity or staff working full-time with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (any combination of those words or other related terms) at technical universities. Two STEM scholars are included as they provided insights from their perspectives, their experiences of gender equality initiatives and gender disparities in their field. The number of people working in technical universities with gender equality, diversity and inclusion for faculty and research staff varies, in the visited universities numbers ranged from 1 to 17, centering positions that work with these issues the majority of their time, i.e., not including faculty representatives. The universities and interviewees have been anonymized in this report, sharing their region and position.
In this seminar I invite you to discuss my findings and dig into what further research can be done with this empirical data.
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