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.
County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, Sweden developing a regional digital agenda on September 1, 2016. In this half-day workshop actors from diverse sectors discuss opportunities, challenges and future scenarios. Anders Lundkvist, Jan-Olov Johansson and Paula Wennberg from the Centre for Distance-spanning Technology, Luleå University of Technology are invited togehter with 25 participants to change experiences and ideas on how to utilize the opportunities of digitalisation with aim to support sustainable development of the region. Gender equality perspective is discussed as an important perspective when creating an attractive region for both women and men.
The FUI – Datacenters management team participating in a workshop on gender facilitated by Paula Wennberg October 11, 2016. How to attract more women to the region’s datacenter industry and what makes a working environment more inclusive are some of the topics of the day. We also learn more about norm critical view and norm creativity.
Now we have launched the GENOVATE Tookit! Through the link you will have access to eBook and pdf file http://www.ltu.se/centres/cdt/Resultat/2.59039/Metoder-och-handbocker/Promoting-sustainable-change-1.157231?l=en
GENOVATE Gender and Diversity Toolkit
GENOVATE gender and diversity toolkit aims to promote sustainable change through integration of gender equality and diversity perspectives in research and innovation systems. This toolkit is intended for experienced as well as new innovators and people who want to learn more about how understanding gender and diversity can lead to more innovation in their everyday lives. The toolkit illustrates a process and methods how academic institutions, social innovators, funding agencies, knowledge transfer partnerships, and intermediaries can use gender equality and diversity tools. The toolkit is developed by the GENOVATE Consortium in the work package 5.
Associate Professor Cathrine Norberg, researcher in English linguistics at Luleå University of Technology (LTU), gives an open seminar in the House of Science located in the Luleå town centre. Cathrine Norberg, who is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at LTU and a member of the LTU GENOVATE Advisory Board, talks about which characteristics and activities are attributed to boys and girls on the Web. How do we talk about girls and boys and does it matter? In a study of how boys and girls are described on the web Cathrine Norberg discusses whether the way we talk about girls and boys have an impact on what they are supposed to do and be? And what happens when normative expectations are broken? How lively can a girl be, for example, before she is considered intrusive?
Professor Jonas Ekman, Head of the Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden has been awarded the Leader of the Year in Norrbotten Prize. Jonas Ekman who is a member of the LTU GENOVATE Advisory Board received the prize for his modern leadership. Leader of the year in Norrbotten is an annual award and the jury had a record number of nominees to choose between this year.
- Through his focus on development and a strong belief in his colleagues, Jonas Ekman has contributed to the growth of the university and his department with 170 employees. He also strives for increased number of women in terms of both professors and students in a traditionally male-dominated field and has been successful in attracting researchers from other parts of the world to come and work at the department.
Read more http://www.ltu.se/org/srt/Prefekt-utsedd-till-Arets-ledare-i-Norrbotten-1.157069?l=en
Sharing good practices and showcasing successful equality work carried out in Northern Sweden 2016 will take place on the Regional Equality Day on September 14, 2016 in Luleå. During the day the winner of the award for the best equality work will be presented. Among the nominees is Paula Wennberg, Luleå University of Technology. Read more http://www.ltu.se/ltu/media/Med-jamstalldheten-i-fokus-1.156852?l=en
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