Thoughts on university leadership
I work as the Vice President for Research & Development (prorektor for forskning og utvikling) at the University of Tromsø. My interest in issues related to leadership development at academic institutions affects most of what I do, whether it’s investing in the improvement of research funding, working on gender balance issues, developing policies about Open Access, or just about anything else.
In the push-and-pull between open access (OA) publishing models and that of traditional scientific journals, OA should not strive to prove it is as good as the latter; it can be better, and social media tools can give it that competitive edge. Learn how…
Admission to some programs is based on a point system, reflecting grades and more. Some Norwegian universities and colleges are using an affirmative action measure where extra points can be given to applicants on the basis of their sex alone. Is this fair? Is it wise? Click here to read more…
Is it wrong for Norwegians to hunt whales? Is it unethical to do research on Minke whales killed for sale? If a researcher submits an article building on such data, is it wrong for an editor to publish it? These are just some of the questions raised in the story below. Click here to read more…
Do you think universities can be better workplaces? Are you committed to attracting the best possible talent to your research groups? Do you see causes for concern and wonder how they might be addressed? If so, you’ll want to join this webinar. Sign up for the free webinar or learn more about the upcoming webinar….
“Women haven’t been discriminated against, they just haven’t been qualified. That’s why it’s taken so long to reach a critical mass of women in business leadership. That’s why it’s both natural and right that the number of women managers has only recently started to grow.” Read more on President Colbjørnsen’s remarks…
Are you trying to get more women to the top in your organization? Do you wonder how to get more women professors at your university? Here’s your chance to find out how one university is seeing great progress and success. Sign up for the free webinar or learn more about the upcoming webinar….
Many organizations want to be better workplaces for women and to have more women at all levels. But implementation proves to be difficult and slow.
Four factors distinguish companies that succeed in making a breakthrough. Click here to find out what they are…
If glass ceilings keep women from moving up, glass walls can keep them from moving to the side. This metaphor describes the harsh realities of coaching college and university sports teams in the United States. A little over 40% of women’s athletics teams are coached by women, while fewer than 1% of men’s teams are coached by women. Read more to learn how to improve these stats…
Over 20% of researchers have been pressured by journal editors to modify their articles in ways that manipulate the reputation of the journal. Journals are ranked by the citation rates of the articles they publish. Editors can manipulate their journal’s ranking by asking authors to include more citations of other articles in that very journal…. Read More…
Affirmative action is often criticized as giving unfair advantages. Different people are evaluated by different criteria, which inevitably lowers the quality of the selected group, is the claim.
The logic behind these claims is not hard to understand, but it may be wrong. For more of the truth about affirmative action…
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