Equal Opportunities Group

The Equal Opportunities Group at the Department of Information Technology works to combat gender stereotypes and promote equality, at our department, and within the field of information technology in general.

Equal opportunities means giving everybody the chance to do their best regardless of gender, sexual identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief system, functional impairment, sexual preference or age.

The basic position for the equal opportunities group at the department of information technology is that the choices individuals make should be based on each person's talents and interests, and not expectations based on damaging biases. We believe that breaking the different unfortunate stereotypes that have and continue to colour information technology as a subject area will contribute to greater justice and freedom in our society.

The Action Plan

The Action Plan for equal opportunities is a part of the Operational Plan 2020, Appendix 6: [1].

Call for Projects

Do you have an idea for a project to improve equal opportunities? Apply for funds via the link below. Students and faculty at the department are welcome to apply:

• Call for proposals for equal opportunities improving projects 2024

Equal opportunities funding for parental leave

This funding aims to support staff coming back from parental leave, to give
them the opportunity to maintain/continue their research during/after their
period of leave.

• Read more and apply here.

Important Links and Information

• Information about harassment and sexual harassment
• International Celebration
• The University plan for equal opportunities 2014-2016
• Report about pedagogic and equity at the IT department, by Sven Sandberg.
• Rådet för lika villkor ("Equality Council." In Swedish only).
• Gender equality in academic recruitment processes
• FESTA Power Point
• Center for Women Researchers in Scientific Computing.
• The UTN discrimination survey 2017 (only in swedish): Report Summary

Contact Persons

Get in touch with our contacts for more information and assistance:

• Equal Opportunities Officer is Katie Winkle.
• Secretary is Anna-Lena Forsberg.
• Contact person regarding sexual harassment is Anna-Lena Forsberg, Gunilla Berger, Ulrika Andersson, Sara Bladby.

Members of our equal opportunities group

• Katie Winkle
• Anna-Lena Forsberg

Mandate period 2022-06-01 - 2025-05-31:

• Elias Castegren (CSD)
• Stefanos Kaxiras (DoCS)
• Prashant Singh (TDB)
• Lars Oestreicher (Vi2)
• Diana Iusan (T-staff)
• André Teixeira (Syscon)
• Ulrika Jaresund (A-staff)

Mandate period 2023-06-01 - 2024-05-31:

• Mengyu Zhong (PhD student)
• vacant (PhD student)

Mandate period 2024-01-01 - 2024-12-31:

• Erik Wååk (DV student)
• Miro Ali Akbar (IT student)

• My Lindenius (student/Q+)
• Klara Hugo (student/Q+)

Archive

• Gender Equality Plan for the department for 2017
• Gender Equality Plan for the department for 2016
• Gender Equality Plan for the department for 2015
• Gender Equality Plan for the department for 2014
• Equity plan for the department for 2013
• Equity plan for the department for 2012 (Swedish only).
• Equity plan for the department for 2011 (Swedish only).
• Equity plan for the department for 2010 (Swedish only).
• Equity plan for the department for 2009 (Swedish only).
• Equity plan for the department for 2008 (Swedish only).
• Equity plan for the department for 2007 (Swedish only). (See also the plan for 2006.)
• Equity plan for the faculty 2007-2008 (Swedish only).
• Equity plan for the university 2007-2009 with action plan for 2007 (both English and Swedish). Note especially fortlöpande uppdrag till fakultetsnämnder och institutioner/motsvarande.
• The queer-sociological film seminar at the Dept of Sociology (fall 2006)
• Course in gender theory for PhD students, researchers and teachers at Uppsala University. Apply no later than September 8, 2006.
• Survey about gender equality and pedagogy at the IT department, by Sven Sandberg (Swedish only).
• Science Faculty equity committee (representative for our section is Elisabeth Larsson).
• Uppsala Universitety equity committee.

Older Minutes

• Minutes from the meeting on 2015-11-25 (See also MP)
• Minutes from the meeting on 2015-10-07-08 (See also MP)
• Minutes from the meeting on 2015-08-26 (See also MP)
• Minutes from the meeting on 2015-04-29 (See also MP)
• Minutes from the meeting on 2015-03-25 (See also MP)
• Minutes from the meeting on 2015-03-03
• Minutes from the meeting on 2015-01-28
• Minutes from the meeting on 2014-11-26
• Minutes from the meeting on 2014-10-29
• Minutes from the meeting on 2014-08-27
• Minutes from the meeting on 2014-05-28
• Minutes from the meeting on 2014-04-29
• Minutes from the meeting on 2014-03-26
• Minutes from the meeting on 2014-02-26
• Minutes from the meeting on 2013-10-23
• Minutes from the meeting on 2013-10-02
• Minutes from the meeting on 2013-05-29
• Minutes from the meeting on 2013-04-24
• Minutes from the meeting on 2013-03-22
• Minutes from the meeting on 2013-02-20
• Minutes from the meeting on 2012-12-14
• Minutes from the meeting on 2012-10-26