SPEAR convenes in Plovdiv during 2nd Project Learning and Support Meeting

An integral part of SPEAR’s project design is its six Project Learning and Support Meetings, PLSMs, attended by all consortium members. The second meeting, PLSM 2, took place in beautiful Plovdiv in Bulgaria, hometown of SPEAR’s consortium member University of Plovdiv.

SDU’s 2nd annual symposium put recruitment on the agenda

On Thursday October 31st, SDU’s International Gender Advisory Board were panelists when SDU welcomed everyone to an afternoon focused on gender perspectives in recruitments to academic positions at the university.

Press Release: Launch of SPEAR

10th conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education

In August 2018, Trinity College in Dublin welcomed hundreds of gender equality practitioners, researchers, policy makers and administrators to this three-day biennial conference focused on gender in academia and research.

SDU joins the second LERU gender conference

In June 2018, LERU, the League of European Research Universities, held its second gender conference.

First annual seminar in the GEAR:DK network

In the spring of 2017, the network was constituted with the purpose of strengthening the gender equality endeavors broadly across the Danish universities. In June, the network´s first annual seminar took place in Frederica.

SDU's new Gender Statistics database is now available

With the approval of the Executive Board, SDU's new Gender Statistics database is now available to all employees. With assistance from colleauges from Financial Services and Human Ressource Services, SDU's Gender Equality Team, GET, is behind the establishment of the new database.

New strategic gender equality initiative launched

Thursday April 12th 2018, SDU officially launched its new strategic gender equality initiative with a kick-off symposium where SDU’s newly established International Gender Advisory Board presented their recommendations for SDU’s gender equality endeavors.

GET featured in Nordic media

SDU’s gender equality initiative and the establishment of the Gender Equality Team mentioned in the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen and Norwegian Kifinfo

EUROsociAL+ exchange

In March 2018, SDU’s Gender Equaltiy Team joined a EUROsociAL+ exchange in Copenhagen with a delegation from Mexico's National Institute for Women (INMUJERES)

SDU's new Gender Equality initiative is featured in the news

The Danish newspaper Fyens Stiftstidende covers SDU's new Gender Equality initiative and the establishment of the Gender Equality Team.

Gender equality and leadership in the Nordic research sector

In November 2017, SDU's Gender Equality Team participated in the conference "Creating a competitive edge through diversity – leadership for Nordic research excellence towards 2030" in Oslo.

Visit at Columbia University in New York

GET visited Lamont Observatory to learn more about their gender equality and diversity efforts

First meeting in GEAR:DK

A new professional community for gender equality workers at the Danish universities has been established under the name GEAR:DK. The network had its first meeting at SDU.