Equity Focus Group

Vision

The aim of the Equity Focus Group is to improve and highlight unequal situations for all individuals in academia at Karolinska Institutet.

Goals

Our goals will be achieved by striving for greater transparency in academia, highlighting scientific role models from all avenues of science, pursuing a mentorship program for junior and established researchers, encouraging the employment of a qualified equality researcher, and educating and informing researchers and research leaders on discrimination, issues and solutions.

Ongoing/planned activities

  • Equality integration of other JF Focus groups
  • Seminar series focused on issues of inequity in academia
  • Active bystander training
  • Analyses of survey and salary data to highlight areas of inequality

Contact the Focus Group coordinators

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Lina Marcela Diaz-Gallo

Research Specialist
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Alexandra Wennberg

Affiliated to Research
09-10-2024