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.
Yesterday’s Persona workshop at Centre of Distance-spanning Technology (CDT) discussed, analysed and illustrated results of the focus group, interviews and value exercises carried out between October and November 2015 at LTU. The aim of workshop, facilitated by Eva Källhammer, was to gain more knowledge and deeper understanding about the culture climate change at LTU regarding gender equality. Persona is also one of the methods and tools we use to promote the ownership of the change process which is a key success factor when striving for sustainable change of structures and culture of the university. LTU Advisory Board members, HR and staff of CDT and the Computer Science Department attended this two-hour workshop.
A new book published with Routledge in November 2015: Action Research for Democracy. New Ideas and perspectives from Scandinavia. A couple of chapters especially deal with gender-mainstreaming. Edited by Ewa Gunnarsson, Luleå University of Technology et al.
-This book addresses the potentials and challenges for Action Research supporting democratic alternatives. It offers a broad spectrum of examples from Scandinavian Action Research showing different openings towards democratic development.The book offers a basis for theoretical as well as practical oriented discussions and critical reflections within the field of Action Research and related research orientations, involving a wide range of actors.
Read more on the Routledge website https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138961227
At today’s staff meeting the Head of the Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering welcomes a new PhD student, Angelica Brusell. She has been recruited into the LTU’s PhD program of control engineering. The male dominance in the ICT sector in European countries is well known and although we have a long way to go before we achieve gender-balance in ICT we don’t give up. Today we took a small step forward. Welcome Angelica Brusell!
New projects approved for funding from EU Structural Funds. The project, Gender Contact Point, will be funded 2016-2018. The project initiated and coordinated by Paula Wennberg, Luleå University of Technology is collaboration between academia and ICT industry. The project aims to enhance the exploitation of research results in innovation and gender and enables a more easier access to research results for companies and surrounding society.
The kick-off meeting of a new working group on cultures and diversity in research management and administration was held on November 25, 2015 with Susi Poli (Italy), Olaf Svenningsen (Denmark) and Paula Wennberg (Sweden) as proposers. EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) is one of the GENOVATE stakeholder organizations. We also submitted an abstract to the EARMA annual conference 2016 in Luleå.
The objectives of the new working group (WG CD) are
- to gain an understanding of the effects and impacts of cultures and how to cope with these
- to share cultures within the ERA
- to valorise differences in research and in the practice of research management
- to create value through cultural and gender awareness
- to be prepared for possible and/or likely future cultural clashes/challenges
Opening of a photo exhibition of 68 women who are based and active in the county of Norrbotten took place on December 5, 2015 in Luleå. The aim is to present female role models of Norrbotten in the Northern Sweden. Four of LTU's Genovate Advisory Board and core team members are selected to role models: Anna Degerman, Luleå Municipality, Berit Vonstad, Sogeti, Birgitta Bervall-Kåreborn, LTU and Ylva Fältholm, LTU.
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