The IDUN project creates an integrated and binding collaboration between the management and the employees at NTNU, with a focus on gender equality, proposing to create a mentor scheme for women at the master level to associate professor level. IDUN is very closely interlinked with EUGAIN (being both chaired by Letizia Jaccheri).
IDUN builds on the methods used in The Girl Project Ada and WeLead. Two of the success factors in Ada are the focus on recruitment and dropout prevention. IDUN builds upon Ada’s experience to increase the proportion of women among permanent academic staff and in management positions. IDUN’s team works closely with all department heads and HR, and provides support for both the researchers and top management.
IDUN works with The Girl Project Ada to strengthen the focus on gender equality among our international partners, especially in relation to Nordic5Tech – an established collaboration between the five leading technology universities in the Nordic countries. By formalizing and developing existing networks, IDUN contributes to international mentoring schemes between women in scientific positions at different levels. In addition, IDUN strengthens the faculty’s gender equality in externally funded projects, such as Horizon2020, where all funded projects must have a strategy for recruiting women.
