Sweden was early to draw attention to gender inequality in technology-driven innovation.
\nFor over a decade, we have invested in research and initiatives on inclusion and gender equality in the field.
\nBut the book Gender Inequalities in Tech-driven Research and Innovation<\/i> examines why, despite large-scale efforts, women in the Nordic countries are still in the minority in the tech world.
\nSeveral female (and two male!) Nordic researchers contribute with their experiences, and the mechanisms of gender structures become clear.
\n– The book provides a broad picture of how gender and innovation are related to each other.
\nWhat kind of people and skills we have access to affects what goods and services are available in the future, says Malin Lindberg, Professor of Gender and Technology at Lule\u00e5 University of Technology. <\/p>\nGender equality tools for small businesses<\/h2>\n
Together with fellow researcher Ulf Mellstr\u00f6m and project manager Paula Wennberg, she contributes a chapter to the book. Despite many efforts to increase gender equality in technology-driven research and innovation fields, women remain in a clear minority. A new book gives us clues as to why. Sweden was early to draw attention to gender inequality in technology-driven innovation. For over a decade, we have invested in research and initiatives on inclusion and gender […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,404],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-31771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-visa-deepl","tag-theme"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33049,"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31771\/revisions\/33049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbri.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThey draw on experiences from the collaborative platforms Gender Contact Point and Genusakademin.
\nThere, small and medium-sized tech and industrial companies in Norrbotten and V\u00e4rmland, together with researchers, develop knowledge and tools for more inclusive innovation processes and workplaces.
\n– Companies are struggling to recruit people with different experiences and skills.
\nThey want to create products that attract a broad target group, and this must be reflected in the organization.
\nBut it is also a work environment problem that the tech industry is so male-dominated, it is difficult to get women to stay,” says Malin Lindberg.
\nThe collaboration platforms have resulted in a number of digital tools that smaller companies can use in their gender equality work.
\n– The anthology shows that it is now a half-truth that the technology-driven research and innovation area is unequal.
\nIn several areas, gender patterns have started to change.
\nAt the same time, fundamental challenges remain, such as gender-stereotypical norms in working life and unequal distribution of responsibilities for home and family,” says Malin Lindberg.
\nContactmalin.lindberg@ltu.seMer about the book<\/strong> The research anthology Gender Inequalities in Tech-driven Research and Innovation<\/i> is available free of charge as a pdf.<\/a>Title:<\/strong> Gender Inequalities in Tech-driven Research and Innovation – Living the contradiction (open access) Editor:<\/strong> Gabriele Griffin Publisher:<\/strong> Bristol University press Year of publication:<\/strong> 2022 ISBN:<\/strong> 978-1-5292-1947-0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"