Gender Equality Seminar 2026

Programme: 

The Vice Rector for Faculty Affairs, Kurt R. Brekke, will give the welcome address.

  • The Leader of the City Government and Professor Christine B. Meyer is this year's keynote speaker.
  • Tenure‑Track Associate Professor Jonna Olsson (Department of Economics): The role of women in the ups and downs of the economy.
  • Assistant Professor Yosra Aleahmad (Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law): Why gender equality stops in the system.
  • Assistant Professor Jiaying Li (Department of Finance): Risk, family, and gender roles in entrepreneurship
  • Associate Professor Mariya Ivanova (Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law): Risk, management, and gender differences.

HR Director Carina Ottesen will close the event. Moderator: Senior Adviser Sigrid Folkestad at the Section for Communications and Marketing