At BI we promote diversity, and want to create a safe place where employees, students and stakeholders find belonging and growth. BI has set up a task force that works with further development on diversity and equality at BI.
Our focus areas are based on an analysis of the main challenges for gender equality.
Increase share of female faculty
Increase male share in administrative positions and in managerial positions – level 3
Increase awareness of unconscious biases
Prevention and handling of sexual harassment - HR
Yearly reporting and analysis on key indicators - HR
Increase the number of female students in the Bachelor of MSc programmes in Finance.
Competence and training
BI is a part of the KIF network (The committee Gender Balance and diversity in research KIF, appointed by the Ministry of Education and Research) and participates in their sector seminars as well as using them as advisor to develop our work on DEIB.
BI also funds the faculty based initiative Reading between the lines, which is an arena where national and international researchers holds seminars on issues related to gender inequality in academia.
BI has developed a policy against harassment and sexual harassment, and a training program for leaders and employees.