A large ‘discovery’ experiment: Gender Initiative for Excellence (Genie) at Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden tops gender equality rankings, but Swedish academia is still lacking women in top positions. To address gender inequality in its faculty, Chalmers University of Technology has invested 300 million SEK (30 million Euros) over 10 years in Gender initiative for Excellence (Genie). Genie aims to...

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Autores principales: Saline, Maria, Sheeran, Mary, Wittung-Stafshede, Pernilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Editorial
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10392683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37529679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qrd.2021.3
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description Sweden tops gender equality rankings, but Swedish academia is still lacking women in top positions. To address gender inequality in its faculty, Chalmers University of Technology has invested 300 million SEK (30 million Euros) over 10 years in Gender initiative for Excellence (Genie). Genie aims to increase the university’s success and excellence via gender equality efforts. In this editorial, we want to share insights on explicit efforts during Genie’s first 2.5 years with the goal to inspire and advise other universities and researchers.
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spelling pubmed-103926832023-08-01 A large ‘discovery’ experiment: Gender Initiative for Excellence (Genie) at Chalmers University of Technology Saline, Maria Sheeran, Mary Wittung-Stafshede, Pernilla QRB Discov Editorial Sweden tops gender equality rankings, but Swedish academia is still lacking women in top positions. To address gender inequality in its faculty, Chalmers University of Technology has invested 300 million SEK (30 million Euros) over 10 years in Gender initiative for Excellence (Genie). Genie aims to increase the university’s success and excellence via gender equality efforts. In this editorial, we want to share insights on explicit efforts during Genie’s first 2.5 years with the goal to inspire and advise other universities and researchers. Cambridge University Press 2021-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10392683/ /pubmed/37529679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qrd.2021.3 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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