NIKK held a conference on 30 October 2023, where results from the Nordic research funding initiative on sexual harassment at work were presented. It was an afternoon in dialogue about preventive work, current research and new findings.
View the conference online: Nordic Conference: Prevent and Intervene – Ending Sexual Harassment at Work
Date: Monday October 30, 2023
Venue: Skram, Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo
Moderator: Hannah Helseth, Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS)
11.30 – 12.00 Lunch
12.00 -12.20 Opening by Lubna Jaffery, Minister of Culture and Equality in Norway.
12.20 – 13.10 Results, reflections and conclusions from three funded projects focusing on collaboration between researchers and industry. New methods for prevention and intervention, and new knowledge will be presented. Intersections such as age, gender, and ethnicity will be discussed, as well as the different conditions in the sectors studied.
Presenting:
Power Plays – preventing sexual harassment through memory work & forum theater in workplaces of care:
Marta Padovan-Özdemir, Associate Professor at the Department of People and Technology, Organization, Ethics & Social Sustainability, Centre for Gender, Power and Diversity, Roskilde University, Denmark
Sexual Harassment in Tourism and Hospitality: Using the past and present to inform the future:
Tara Duncan, Professor at the School of Culture & Society, Dalarna University, Sweden
Magnfríður Birnu Júlíusdóttir, Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, University of Iceland, Iceland
Tone Linge, Associate Professor at The Norwegian School of Hotel Management, University of Stavanger, Norway
Olga Gjerald, Associate Professor at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management, University of Stavanger, Norway
“Speak Up!”: A practice-oriented research project on the prevention of Sexual Harassment (SUSH):
Brita Bjørkelo, Professor at the Norwegian Police University College, Norway
Linda Lane, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Eva Gemzøe Mikkelsen, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
13.10 – 13.50 Panel discussion on cooperation and prevention against sexual harassment at work – challenges, opportunities and new insights.
Participants:
Joakim Aadland, Managing Director, The Art of Balance (Balansekunst), Norway
Dagný Aradóttir Pind, Lawyer at BSRB, the largest federation of public worker unions in Iceland
Jeanine Førland, People Analytics & HR Advisor and member of the Diversity Committee at the Norwegian Police University College, Norway
13.50 – 14.10 Coffee / Tea / Break
14.10 – 15.00 Reflections and discussions on Nordic dimensions of knowledge about sexual harassment, based on two projects funded by the research initiative and the new Nordic anthology. How can a Nordic dimension contribute to knowledge on sexual harassment?
Presenting:
IWS-Nordic: A Nordic questionnaire assessing sexual harassment at work:
Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), Norway
Ida E. H. Madsen, Senior Researcher at the National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA), Denmark
Customer Sexual Harassments in the Nordic Service Workplace:
Anna Fyrberg Yngfalk, Associate Professor at the Service Research Centre (CTF), Karlstad University, Sweden
Markus Fellesson, Associate Professor at the Service Research Centre (CTF), Karlstad University, Sweden
Anthology: Re-imagining sexual harassment. Perspectives from the Nordic Region:
Kajsa Widegren, Senior Analyst at the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
15.00 – 15.30 Next step: discussion on conditions for developing and applying knowledge of sexual harassment. What is needed to move the work forward, how do we convert knowledge to practice oriented work, and how does practice influence our knowledge, and is the cross-sectorial work the way forward?
Participants:
Claus Jervell, Union Secretary of Fellesforbundet (The United Federation of Trade Unions), Norway
Fredrik Bondestam, Director at the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
15.30 – 16.00 Closing words – Sirið Stenberg, Minister of Social Affairs and Culture in Faroe Islands and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland and Minister of Gender Equality.
