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Senior adviser

Heidi Holt

Zachariassen

Europe

Area of expertise, interest, main activities...: 

gender mainstreaming, ethnic diversity, gender equality in academia, organisational change, international research, women in academia, academic careers

About you (please use English): 

Heidi Holt Zachariassen, Master of Arts in Sociology, Boston University. Senior adviser for the Committee for gender balance and diversity in research (Kif) at The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR) (2014- present);Norwegian delegate to the ERAC Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation; Visiting scholar at Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo (2013); Senior adviser in Digni 2006- 2014;Researcher/ consultant at Center for Intercultural Communication (SIK) at the School of Mission and Theology 2001-2006. Written book and articles on gender mainstreaming and gender equality.

Scientific discipline: 

Social sciences, Sociology, Political Science

Stakeholder group: 

Gender equality stakeholders, Gender equality practitioners & advisers

Contact details

Spoken languages: 

English

French

Norwegian Bokmål

City: 

Slependen

Street: 

Åsløkkveien 42 f

ZIP: 

1341

Phone: 

+4792456646

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Would you like to form part of the GenPORT Gender Expert database?: 

Yes

Area of Gender Expertise: 

Gender research

Innovation and diversity (e.g. gender)

Social topics (Women's and gender studies)

Women and gender studies

Country coverage: 

Norway, Europe, Madagascar

Skills and track record: 

Has run a Project on gender mainstreaming in organisations in Norway and abroad. Given courses and taught about gender mainstreaming in different academic institutions. Written published papers and written book about gender mainstreaming.