Gender balance in academia (NORDICORE)
Despite the fact that the Nordic countries score high on gender equality, there are major challenges related to gender balance and gender equality in academia, research and innovation.
NORDICORE is a Nordic Center of Excellence at Institute of Social Research. NORDICORE studies key issues that can help us understand and explain what promotes and inhibits gender balance and gender equality within academia and research.
Latest news
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Mangfold i akademia – hva er problemet?
Sep. 12, 2018 9:27 AM
Mangfold har blitt et positivt buzzword, men det er uklart hvem vi snakker om, hva vi vil oppnå og hvordan vi skal få det til. Forsker Arnfinn H. Midtbøen mener vi trenger å rydde i begrepene.
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Meritter teller, kjønn forstyrrer
Sep. 11, 2018 9:24 AM
Hvordan vurderes søkere når de ansettes i akademia – og hvilken betydning har kjønn? En ny masteroppgave gir smakebit på problemstillinger NORDICORE-senteret forsker videre på.
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Likestilling krever god forskningspolitikk
May 9, 2018 4:13 PM
Den ferske tilstandsrapporten om høyere utdanning fra Kunnskapsdepartementet viser igjen at menn dominerer toppstillingene i akademia.
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Flying start for research on gender balance in academia
Dec. 13, 2017 3:53 PM
With 22 researchers from institutions across the Nordic countries, NORDICORE has started off its first year exploring its overall ambition: solving the gender equality paradox in academia.
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Arbeid for et mangfoldig akademia fortsetter
Dec. 8, 2017 2:54 PM
Komité for kjønnsbalanse og mangfold fortsetter arbeidet med et mer mangfoldig akademia – denne gangen med forsker Julia Orupabo på laget.
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Gender balance in academia on the agenda
Nov. 29, 2017 10:28 AM
Researchers and academic leaders from all the Nordic countries were gathered to discuss how to improve the gender balance earlier this month – a discussion NORDICORE, was happy to be a part of.
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The Gender Equality Paradox in academia
Nov. 9, 2017 11:27 AM
What is the Nordic gender equality paradox – and does it exist in academia as well?
