Vice-Chancellor’s Seminar: The University – a place for everyone?

Date: 14 April 2026, 15:00–16:30
Location: University Main Building, Lecture Hall IX
Type: Seminar
Organiser: the Vice-Chancellor
Contact person: Ann-Charlotte Hellzen-Wallin

At Uppsala University, all staff and students must have the opportunity to develop. The work and study environment here must always be characterised by respect. Unfortunately, this is not always the case – bullying, discrimination and abusive behaviour do occur despite clear regulations and in contradiction to the way we want to be. The seminar will focus on what the University can do and on how we can improve the state of knowledge and deal with the problems better.

Programme

The seminar will be held in Swedish.

Moderator: Johannes Hylander, New Republic consultancy.

Words of welcome from the Vice-Chancellor.

Opening address by Esbjörn Larsson, Dean of the Faculty of Educational Sciences and one of the representatives of the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences on the Advisory Board for Equal Opportunities.

Brief contributions from:

Jenny Björklund, Director of the Centre for Gender Research.
May-Britt Öhman, Director of the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism (CEMFOR).
Roland Kostic, Director of the Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (UHGS).

Panel discussion

Naima Grossman, General Secretary of the Swedish Union of Jewish Youth.

Robin Strand, Head of the Department of Information Technology.
Mats Larhed, Vice-Rector for the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Maria Sorelius, Vice President, Uppsala Student Union.
Petra Mårselius, Director of the Living History Forum.

Concluding words from the Vice-Chancellor.

All staff and students are welcome. No prior registration.

Coffee served from 15:00. The seminar begins at 15:15.

Zoom link: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/62808497367?from=addon

Welcome!