The GENOVATE Community is a platform which enables GENOVATE partners to share institutional information and case studies, and facilitates the coordination of a buddy system for bench learning.
The GENOVATE Community consist of seven GENOVATE partner institutions; the GENOVATE International Advisory Board; key strategic collaborators and stakeholders and the general public. It is a mechanism designed to facilitate meaningful knowledge exchange across the community at local, national and international levels within each of the partner institutions’ countries, across Europe and globally.
Luleå University of Technology is the Swedish partner of the GENOVATE consortium. The LTU team members come from several divisions at LTU: Centre for Distance-spanning Technology, Industrial Work Environment and Gender&Technology.
Centre for Distance-spanning Technology (CDT) is a research, design and innovation joint venture between the core partners Luleå University of Technology and the IT industry.
CDT innovation and gender
The establishment of CDT’s innovation and gender platform is made possible by the combined efforts of CDT’s concluded and ongoing initiatives and projects in gender equality and diversity. The innovation and gender platform supports CDT's strategic business activities as well as CDT’s and its partners’ gender mainstreaming processes both in academia and industry. The aim of the innovation and gender platform is to contribute to an inclusive, innovative and reflective society.
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The male dominance in the IT industry is well known. When Irene Lundström now graduates in Computer Networking at our university, we take a small step forward. But we have a long way to go before we have gender-balance in the IT industry in Sweden, says Karl Andersson, Associate Professor and Program director for The Computer Networking Programme, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. See the whole article:
http://www.ltu.se/edu/program/THDNG/Irene-tar-examen-i-datornatverk-1.118984?l=en
Luleå University of Technology (LTU) shall become a more gender-aware organization. Women and men should have equal opportunities in terms of research, innovation and access to higher academic positions. – We need to get the perspective into all our processes, says Ylva Fältholm, professor at the Division of Human Work Science and Dean of the Faculty of Science and technology.
Read the whole article on the website of the university:
http://www.ltu.se/centres/cdt/Nyheter/Okad-jamstalldhet-vid-Lulea-tekniska-universitet-1.115589?l=en
GENOVATE collaborate with County Administrative Board in the Northern region of Sweden in how gender equality benefits regional growth. Today's presentations are made by Ylva Fältholm och Maria Uden.
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Dalia Grybauskaite, president of Lithaunia, opens the conference with focus on ICT in Horizon 2020. Follow on twitter #ict2013eu
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