Kilden has a national responsibility for disseminating and summarizing knowledge about gender equality and gender balance in research and innovation.
A gender equal research system
Gender equality in academia is also about a gender equal research system. We want to strengthen the dissemination and communication of knowledge about what a gender equal research system is and what arguments and instruments have been developed and used. We do this today in different ways. On our own initiative, Kilden has prepared the report What do we know about gender equality, gender balance and diversity in research and innovation?. This is a survey of Norwegian research in the field from 2010 to 2021. The aim of the survey was to form a knowledge base for research based design of measures, instruments and policies for gender equality, gender balance and diversity in the research and innovation sector.
The work Kilden does is also part of the Research Council's policy for gender balance and gender perspectives in research and innovation.
Kifinfo.no
Since 2005, Kilden has developed and operated the kifinfo.no website, on behalf of the Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research (the KIF Committee). The KIF Committee is appointed by the Ministry of Education and Research. Kifinfo.no is the premier website on gender equality and diversity in academia in Norway. The website provides useful information and knowledge to the research sector about gender balance and diversity in research, and serves as a link between the KIF Committee and the sector. On the website, we write and publish news stories, media clips, information about measures, statistics, reports, literature and events about gender, social and ethnic background. As part of the assignment, we operate social media accounts and send newsletters. We have also prepared reports and policy briefs on behalf of the KIF Committee.
International efforts to promote gender balance in research and innovation
As a result of the European Framework Programme for Research and innovation having strengthened its efforts to integrate gender perspectives and gender equality in research, the level of activity in this field has increased in Europe. Kilden is part of this work through our participation in several European projects funded by the EU, where dissemination of research and work for gender equality are central. Dissemination takes the form of sharing good practice in the field, training and courses, reports and news dissemination. Read more about our work in this field on the page about our international cooperation.
Gender-segregation in education and the labour market
We also disseminate research on gender-segregated study choices and the gender-segregated labour market through news articles and policy briefs, at seminars and conferences. For parts of this work, Kilden receives funding from the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir).
