Gender Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Transformation

Preface

Introduction, Melina Duarte, Katrin Losleben, and Kjersti Fjørtoft

Part I Minorities and Group-Based Vulnerabilities in Academia

1. LGBTQ+, Annamari Vitikainen
2. Transgender Staff and Students, Mathea Slagdahl
3. Underrepresentation of Women, Ana Rieger Schmidt
4. Canon, Fredrik Nilsen
5. Motherhood, Mitieli Seixas da Silva
6. Intersectionality, Katrin Losleben & Sarah Musubika

Part II Underlying Culture, Attitudes, and Practices

7. Discrimination, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
8. Meritocracy, Dominik Jackson-Cole & Gabriel Goldmeier
9. Excellence, Kate Maxwell
10. Patriarchy, Marianna Poyares
11. Epistemic Injustice, Kerstin Reibold
12. Self-respect, Attila Tanyi
13. Stereotype Threats, Hege Cathrine Finholt
14. Implicit Gender Bias, Katharina Berndt Rasmussen
15. Microaggressions, Jennifer Branlat
16. Sexual Harassment, Trine Antonsen

Part III Inclusive Actions towards Transformation

17. Assessments, Hege K. Andreassen
18. Feminist Pedagogy, Nastassja Pugliese
19. Dis-empowering Gender Stereotypes, Arianna Porrone & Margherita Paola Poto
20. Gendered Spaces and Practices, Hannah Winther
21. Gender Balance, Lilli Mittner
22. Affirmative Action, Melina Duarte
23. Democratic Equality, Kjersti Fjørtoft
24. Learning for Sustainable Transformation, Katrin Losleben, Filip Maric, & Rikke Gürgens Gjærum

Index

Biography

Melina Duarte is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and project coordinator at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Research at UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Romssa/Tromsø). Her research interests centre on diversity integration and the inclusion of minorities, focusing primarily on migration and gender. Duarte is the leader of the FemPhil research group at UiT and coordinates the PRESTIGE Project: Gender Balance in Research Leadership (RCN 281862/2020–2023) and the IMPLISITT Project (RCN 321031/2022–2023).

Katrin Losleben is professor at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Research, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Romssa/Tromsø). She is a musicology, literature, and media scholar and is invested in feminist, queer, and postcolonial theory. Her research interests include music culture and its institutions, sound studies, artistic research, and environmental humanities. Currently, Losleben is principal investigator of the project Arctic Auditories – Hydrospheres in the High North, leader of the concepts work package within the research and intervention project PRESTIGE: Gender Balance in Research Leadership, and member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Musicology.

Kjersti Fjørtoft is professor in philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and the head of the Centre for Women’s and Gender Research, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Romssa/Tromsø). Fjørtoft works within the fields of political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and ethics. Fjørtoft has worked with research ethics and data protection on several committees appointed by the government. She is currently head of the ethical council for the defence sector in Norway appointed by the Ministry of Defence.