Prof Curt Rice (GS7EU)
Rector, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences and Head of the Committee on Gender Balance and Diversity in Research, Norway.
Chair
Panel 1: Assessment of individual excellence: metrics, merits and gender
Panel 4: Demonstrating the benefits of supporting gender mainstreaming policy in science
Curt Rice is a Rector at the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences and leads Norway’s Committee on Gender Balance and Diversity in Research. He also chairs the Board for Current Research Information System in Norway (CRIStin) and is a member of the Board at the University of Tromsø. Previously, he has served as Pro Rector for Research at the University of Tromsø and he was the Founding Director of the Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics: A Norwegian Centre of Excellence (CASTL). Prof. Rice is a member of the genSET Science Leaders Panel; the Gender Summits were established on the recommendation of the panel. Since participating in genSET he has written and spoken widely on university leadership and gender, particularly on his blog ScienceInBalance.com.
Watch Curt Rice opening the Gender Summit 4 Eu on our YouTube channel
Read Curt Rice's recent blog Sex is making research better
Read a recent article "Gender perspectives give an advantage in EU applications", on Kifinfo featuring Curt Rice
Read Prof Curt Rice's Interview, Q&A with Curt Rice, on the Times Higher Education
Watch Prof Rice's Talk at the Gender Summit 4 Eu, Maximising Human Capital, on our Youtube channel
Read the article "Overcoming unconscious gender bias in science evaluation", featuring Prof Curt Rice
Watch Curt Rice's Interview at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge on our YouTube channel
Read Curt Rice's recent blog, You don’t know quality when you see it: Bias and bibliometrics
Read his recent article, Don't be fooled by the closing gender gap in science PhDs, in The Guardian
Read a recent article, Gender equality in research: reason to be cautiously optimistic, featuring Curt Rice in Science Business
Read Curt Rice's article, One way to fix the gender gap in academia – only hire women, in the Conversation
Read Curt Rice's recent Interview, 10 (or so) questions with...Curt Rice, in the rochester magazine