Gender balance in academia
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.
News
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Increasing opposition to feminism and gender equality in the Norwegian society? June 2, 2021 2:25 PM
In recent years, a tendency towards increasing equality scepticism and antifeminism has been observed in a number of countries. This is not the case in Norway – on the contrary.
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NORDICORE annual report: Our projects and main findings 2020 May 21, 2021 12:44 PM
NORDICORE – Nordic Centre for Research on Gender Equality in Research and Innovation started in 2017. Every year, we prepare a report for activities from the previous year. The annual report for 2020 is now ready. Here you can read about our main findings and what we worked on in the past year.
Publications
Andersen J, Nielsen M, Simone N, Lewiss R, Jagsi R, (2020). “COVID-19 medical papers have fewer women first authors than expected”, eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58807
Carlsson M, Finseraas H, Midtbøen A, Rafnsdóttir G, (2020). Gender Bias in Academic Recruitment? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in the Nordic Region. European Sociological Review, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaa050