NHH Norwegian School of Economics and SNF Centre for Applied Research host the Network Conference 2026.
Day 1
Opening of the conference
by Carl Christian Thodesen, Chair of the Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research and Higher Education (KiF-Commitee) and Pro-rector for Social Impact and Collaboration at OsloMet
Unlocking the potential of everyone in academia: Where are we?
Veronica Ski-Berg, NIFU and Head of the BalanceHub;
Kurt Brekke, Professor and Vice Rector for Faculty Affairs at NHH
Tonje Fyhn, Researcher and Head of the Welfare, Labour and Health Department at NORCE
Does prejudice stand in the way of excellence?
Therese Egeland, Professor at NHH
Hanna Fløysvik, Director of HR and Organizational Development at CMI
Vidar Schei, Professor and Head of Department of Strategy and Management
Håvard Haarstad, Professor and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) v/UiB
International accreditations – do they support diversity efforts?
Steffen Juranek, Professor and Vice Rector for Academic Affairs at NHH
Casper Claudi Rasmussen, Dean at the NMBU School of Economics and Business
Ola Kvaløy, Professor and Dean at the UiS School of Business and Law
Day 2
Language as a barrier to academic careers
With Sunniva Whittaker, Professor and Rector at UiA
Verónica Pájaro, Chair of the Language Policy Committee at UiA
What is “KIMU – Course in diversity management in the university, higher education and institute sector”?
Kristian Solaas, Equality Adviser at UiA and Head of the KIMU project, and representatives from the various KIMU modules
Elevating international voices in academia
Hanna Fløysvik, Director of HR and Organizational Development at CMI
Sut I Wong, Head of Department and Professor of Communication and Management at BI Norwegian Business School
Aksel Mjøs, Associate Professor and Head of Department of Finance
Closing session
On Wednesday, 6 May, a conference dinner will be held at the Skyskraperen restaurant on Mount Ulriken.
The Network Conference is part of the work of the Network for Gender Equality Practitioners in the Research Sector, which was established by the Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research and Higher Education (the KIF Committee) in 2006.
The Network Conference is held every year and addresses various topics related to equality and diversity in research.
These annual equality conferences are open to everyone and are particularly relevant for leaders, equality advisers, and others who work with equality and diversity at universities, colleges, and research institutes in the research sector.
The task of organizing the conferences rotates between institutions.