Current Gender Equality Activities:
- From advertising to recruitment and onboarding with a focus on gender equality and diversity.
- Mapping the process for assessing and selecting qualified candidates for scientific positions.
- Enhancing diversity in the composition of committees, boards, and other prestigious roles in boards, councils, and working groups.
- Reviewing salary and education distribution by gender in different job categories.
Previous Activities:
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Contact Person for Gender Equality:
Head of department: Jens Troelsen
Email: jtroelsen@health.sdu.dk
Ongoing
- Ongoing evaluation of statistics on female representation regarding employment in different academic positions, recruitment, teaching load and salaries
- Improvement of recruitment starting with optimized wording of job postings to improved representation of women in assessment committees at all levels
- Standardized interviews of female PhD students and PostDocs at start of employment and at contract end
Previous:
Statistics for 2011-2020
Contact person:
Ulrike Muscha Steckelings
Current Gender Equality Activity:
- Meetings (-structure, -conduct, and -culture) from a gender equality perspective. Observations of meetings at GET, with ongoing development of the institute's meetings based on feedback from these observations.
- Support for career progression and planning. Currently, efforts are underway to create a career matrix for competencies and/or activities associated with various job categories.
Previous Activities:
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Contact Person for Gender Equality:
Associate professor Mette Elmose
Email: melandersen@health.sdu.dk
Current Gender Equality Activity:
- Mentor program for Ph.D. students, postdocs, and assistant professors scheduled for September 2022. Currently in the planning phase.
- Ongoing workshops with Ph.D. students on well-being and career development.
- A comprehensive review of the entire recruitment process with a focus on transparency and addressing biases in procedures, job postings, and committees at all levels. Ongoing.
Previous Activities:
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Contact Person for Gender Equality:
Head of Department Rikke Leth-Larsen
Email: rllarsen@health.sdu.dk
Current Gender Equality Activity:
Recruitment, onboarding, and retention of international employees.
Previous Activities:
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Contact Person for Gender Equality:
Associate professor Marianne Nygaard
Email: mnygaard@health.sdu.dk
Current Gender Equality Activities:
- An overview of career opportunities and expectations for VIP (Very Important Positions) roles, categorized by career stages, has been developed and is now available on the institute's website.
- Offensive behavior has been selected as a focus area for the years 2021-2024. A themed day was conducted in spring 2023, and the topic has been addressed in research units subsequently. A follow-up day is planned for fall 2023, where some research units will present their work. Additionally, a special Occupational Health and Safety Assessment (APV) has been carried out for Ph.D. students, likely to be repeated in connection with the upcoming SDU APV.
- A mentorship program for bachelor students has been developed and initiated.
- A mentorship program for master's students on the research track has been developed and initiated.
Previous Activities:
Derived from KI and OUH's research strategy – focus on inclusive job postings, a goal of a career index less than 1.3, and a goal of greater diversity in terms of professional background in research units.
Contact Persons for Gender Equality:
Christina Møller Andreasen
Email: cmandreasen@health.sdu.dk
Henrik Bjarke Vægter
Email: hbvaegter@health.sdu.dk
Current Gender Equality Activity:
Based on our examination of unwanted sexual attention (GEP 1) and diversity and career pathways, including pathways into the SIF (GEP 2), we have formed a working group comprising representatives from LiU (Linköping University), the management team, as well as AMR (Employee Representative), TR (Shop Steward), and HR. This group is currently developing personnel policies for the specific work areas within the institute.
The collaborative efforts across functions aim to ensure the integration and dissemination of these initiatives. In the long term, we plan to focus on internal communication, offer specific guidance in recruitment processes and career pathways, and incorporate gender equality considerations into grant applications.
Previous Activities:
Completion of GEP 1 and 2, initially involving:
1. Investigation of unwanted sexual attention through a survey on occurrence and handling at the institute, along with feedback gathered at institute meetings.
2. Career paths at SIF: Qualitative exploration among a subset of employees regarding their recruitment and career paths at SIF, perceived opportunities, as well as general diversity and personnel composition at the institute.
Contact Persons for Gender Equality:
Academic Staff Representative: Josefine Ranfelt Andersen
Email: josea@sdu.dk
Phone: +45 6550 7716
Scientific Assistant (Alternate): Frederik Schou-Juul
Email: fsch@sdu.dk
Phone: +45 6550 7747
Gender Equality Team
SDU is the sole Danish university to establish a Gender Equality Team (GET), dedicated to fostering a diverse workplace with an innovative and creative research environment, along with an inclusive working atmosphere.
GET will play a key role in developing and implementing gender equality initiatives, including the implementation of Gender Equality Plans across all five faculties. These initiatives are designed to ensure that SDU increasingly attracts and retains a diverse range of talents.
Gender Equality Plans Implementation
As part of the Gender Equality Plans implementation, a critical friend meeting is convened biennially. During this meeting, institutes present the progress of their efforts in diversity and gender equality. Participants include the dean, the heads of departments, representatives from The Gender Equality Council at the Faculty of Health Sciences, a representative from GET, and a critical friend from another faculty.
Access presentations from the latest meeting: Critical Friends Meeting 2022 (PDF)