Om kursen
In this course, PhD students learn about gender equality and work environment, focusing on
structural and cultural obstacles that hamper career progression, factors behind inequalities
based on gender, and factors that contribute to achieving better gender equality and an
improved working environment.
structural and cultural obstacles that hamper career progression, factors behind inequalities
based on gender, and factors that contribute to achieving better gender equality and an
improved working environment.
Research
has shown that a better gender balance leads to greater scientific
success, and increased quality. Hence, efforts to achieve better gender
equality have high priority. [See: Genie - Gender Initiative for Excellence ]
work environment among employees, to support long-term changes in culture, system, and
numbers over time.
The course consists of seminars/lectures that are about gender equality specifically or relevant work environment topic that is closely related to gender equality in the work place.
The course applies a self-study format. Chalmers offers through the GENIE project 1-2seminars at the central level per semester.
CSE complements this with 1-2 seminars per semester. Seminars offered elsewhere can also be valid to include but shall be approved by
the course examiner.
The self-study format is the following:
2) Write a brief reflection based on the seminar (see guiding questions below), between
half a page and one page long.
3) Based on the approved reflection documents for two seminars, you will receive 1
credit (that accounts as a GTS credit). The maximum credit for this course in total is 3
(which, over time, equals 9 seminars).
4) Once you have attended two seminars, and accumulated the corresponding reflection
documents, you send them along with your ISP, just before your next follow-up
meeting, to the participants of the meeting.
The following questions provide guidance for writing a reflection report.
2. Is this relevant to your work environment? If yes, how? If not, why not?
3. What was the most important message for you personally?
4. What questions are raised within you from the lecture?
After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
- Identify factors behind inequalities between gender.
- Identify factors that contribute to achieving better gender equality.
Knowledge and understanding
- Identify factors behind inequalities between gender.
- Identify factors that contribute to achieving better gender equality.
Skills and abilities
- Interact and contribute to better gender equality at the work place.
- Interact and contribute to better gender equality at the work place.
Judgment and approach
- Reflect on how gender equality and work environment can be improved to support long-term changes in numbers, systems, and culture over time.
- Reflect on how gender equality and work environment can be improved to support long-term changes in numbers, systems, and culture over time.
Kurslitteratur
Depending on offered seminars.
Föreläsare
Lecturers will vary depending on offered seminars.
The course is examined by
Wolfgang Ahrendt, ahrendt at chalmers.se, +46 31 772 1011.