Advisory Board for Equal Opportunities
The University Board and the Vice-Chancellor have the overall responsibility for ensuring that goal-oriented work is carried out for Equal Opportunities at Uppsala University, which includes all employees and students.
The Advisory Board advises the Vice-chancellor on University-wide issues relating to the University's Equal Opportunities work.
The concept of equal opportunities relates to the seven grounds of discrimination regulated in the Discrimination Act, as well as social background.
The Board shall advise the Vice-chancellor on and contribute to the University's work on gender mainstreaming, which the Gender Mainstreaming Plan governs.
The chairperson of the Board is the Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor for Equal Opportunities professor Åsa Cajander. The Board consists of representatives of the University's activities and representatives of the Trade Unions and the Student Unions.
Meetings 2024
- Thursday February 15
- Friday April 12
- Wednesday May 29
- Thursday September 12
- Thursday November 7
- Thursday December 12
Board Members
Term of office 2021-07-01 – 2024-06-30
Chairperson
Adviser to the Vice-chancellor Professor Åsa Cajander
Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor Torbjörn Gustafsson Chorell
Professor Cecilia Wejryd
Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy
Professor Anna-Karin Olsson
Professor Mathias Hallberg
Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology
Professor Staffan Svärd
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor Tim Melander Bowden
University Library
Avdelningschef Daniel Wadskog
University Administration
Chief legal office Per Abrahamsson
Student representatives
Student Linnea Rydén
Student Malin Jansson (suppl.)
Doctoral student Sarah Glännefors
Doctoral student Berenike Bick (suppl.)
Trade-union representatives
SACO-S
Sofia Orrbén
SEKO
Zekaria Rundasa
TCO/ST
Sandra Hellstrand
Neil Ormerodt (suppl.)
Administrative support
Ann-Sofie Wigg Bodin
Preparatory Committee
The member of the Board's Preparatory Coomittee are the chairperson and advisor for Equal Opportunities Cecilia Wejryd and the Student Representatives.
The Preparatory Committee prepares the preliminary agenda two weeks before the board meeting.
Matters for the agenda are reported to the board's secretary one week before the Preparatory Committee's meeting. Documents are sent to the secretary no less than 10 days before the board meeting.
Equal Opportunities Officers at the HR-Division are supporting the board in handling incoming matters.
Apply for Funding
Funding for Equal Opportunities Actions
Funding for Eqaul opportunities actions are announced annually.
Employees, students, and organisations or associations at Uppsala University are welcome to apply for funding to finance actions that will improve equal opportunities at the University.
The next announcement is in August 2024.
If you have questions please contact:
Ann-Sofie Wigg Bodin
Phone: 018 - 471 18 53
Email: ann-sofie.wigg-bodin(a)uu.se
Seminar about Equal Opportunities
Welcome to an afternoon about Equal Opportunities focusing on the student’s and doctoral student’s education and wellbeing!
When? Thursday February 8 2024 at 1 to 4 pm.
Where? Häggsalen, Ångström
Who? Employees, doctoral students and students
Registration to participate and lunch sandwich no later than February 1, 2024 via KURT: https://doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt/102955
Lunch sandwiches are served outside Häggsalen from 12 to 12.50 am.
Program (Presentations are in Swedish. Discussion and questions in English and Swedish)
13.00−13.30 The Student Unions start the afternoon
13.30−14.00 Warming up with Christoffer Nyqvist, comedian, presenter and actor
Break 14.00−14.15
14.15−14.40 The student and PHD student ombudsperson at Uppsala University Student Union informs about the support services
14.40−15.05 The Student Health Service presents their work to support students' well-being
Breake 15.05−15.20
15.20−15.45 The Student Nations present their preventive student welfare work
15.45−16.00 Concluding remarks by the Student Unions