Articles about gender equality

New course for engineering students on gender equality

2020-09-11 A new online course is now offered in all engineering programs at Luleå University of Technology. The purpose is to provide basic knowledge about gender equality and how it has helped the workplace. T...

How female entrepreneurs can respond to gender stereotypes

2020-01-15 Female entrepreneurs can be more successful in fundraising processes by anticipating and handling potentially biased responses to their pitches, according to a large-scale study led by Luleå Universit...

Macho culture in mines about to be challenged

2019-11-07 The proportion of women working in the mines is steadily increasing, but there are still signs of a prevalence of a macho culture. Lisa Ringblom, PhD in Human Work Sciences at Luleå University of Tech...

"Gender equality is a mission for everyone"

2018-11-09 – Striving for gender equality shows you take people's terms and conditions seriously, said Luleå University of Technology's new honorary doctor, entrepreneur and expert on gender equality issues Gert...

Gertrud Åström, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy and Technology

2018-06-27 Gertrud Åström is a business and organisation developer and one of Sweden's leading gender equality experts, who for decades has pursued gender equality issues in Sweden.

Stereotypes about entrepreneurs not supported by performance data

2018-03-27 In a new study, researchers at Luleå University of Technology have observed that venture capitalists adopt markedly different stereotypical notions of female and male entrepreneurs during their decisi...

Success for gender equality project

2018-03-15 A well-attended conference on examples and tools for practical gender mainstreaming has put an end to the first Gender Contact Point project. Questions about gender, gender equality, diversity and inn...

New tool to promote gender equality

2017-12-06 When equality efforts become side oriented, many workplaces remain unequal. A research project at Luleå University of Technology now presents a web tool that will help organisations with gender mainst...

Attractiveness and inclusion are crucial for the region's development

2017-11-28 According to researchers at Luleå University of Technology, an attractive and inclusive region with qualified work force is crucial for how the region will develop in the future.

Hoping for positive effect of #metoo

2017-11-22 This article is not available in English

Important steps towards an equal university

2017-11-20 The academic world has fewer women at higher positions compared with other companies and organisations. Despite the meritocratic ideal in the academic context, the conditions are not equal for women a...

Toolkit for gender equality in academia

2016-11-21 Recent studies show that Swedish universities still lack many women in higher positions. Now researchers at Luleå University of Technology have developed a toolkit that will help create a more gender ...

Network with focus on gender equality

2016-09-28 The Include network, whose purpose is to get more girls to choose an education that traditionally mostly are chosen by boys, have had their first meeting for the semester. – No demands, no prestige – ...

Gender equal city

2016-09-26 Sara Hultqvist has in her thesis at the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering written a compendium of how to paln and build more gender equal cities. The compendium is intended to serve as a t...

The equality work in Norrbotten in focus

2016-09-09 Sharing good practice and drawing attention to the successful equality work done in Norrbotten.
That is one purpose with the Regional Equality Day, which is held in Luleå on September 14th.

Gender research will increase competitiveness

2016-03-07 A more inclusive IT sector can increase the competitiveness of IT companies. Therefore, in the project Gender Contact Point, Luleå University of Technology will make its research on gender equality an...

Project Include invited prospective students

2015-05-14 Women from all over the country have visited Luleå University of Technology to learn more about Computer Science and Physics and Electrical Engineering. This within the framework of the project Includ...

More women into engineering programs

2015-03-26 More women should start studying Computer Science Engineering and Engineering Physics and Electrical engineering. And the women who are already enrolled, should stay. The project Include aims towards ...

Gender-equal social innovation

2014-01-19 The project explores methods for gender-equal social innovation, i.e. innovative solutions for improved gender awareness and gender equality in organizations and society.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
By:IT
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