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Hvordan har det påvirket vores samfund, at store dele af befolkningens kroppe historisk er blevet udeladt af sundhedsforskningen?

I årtier er særligt kvinder sammen med personer med et handicap, etniske minoriteter og seksuelle minoriteter blevet markant underrepræsenteret i medicinske studier, arkitektur og data. Resultatet er videnshuller, der ikke blot afspejler et ligestillingsproblem, men som også har helt konkrete konsekvenser for vores infrastruktur og sundhedssystem.

I anledning af kvindernes internationale kampdag stiller dette arrangement skarpt på de glemte og usynlige kroppe, når vi undersøger, hvordan disse blinde vinkler kan påvirke både forskning og mennesker i praksis – og vi diskuterer, hvordan en mere inkluderende og mangfoldighedsorienteret forskningspraksis kan se ud og forhåbentlig styrke fremtiden for alle. Hvad betyder mangfoldighed for fremtidens sundhedsforskning?

I sin keynote Evidens i sundhedsforskning: har vi glemt diversitet og kontekst? vil professor Naja Hulvej Rod, centerleder ved Center for Kompleksitet og Sundhed, forklare, hvordan vores fokus på én bestemt type evidens i sundhedsforskningen, har betydning for hvilke kroppe, der bliver (eller ikke bliver) repræsenteret, og hvordan kompleksitetsforskning kan åbne op for et bredere perspektiv på diversitet og kontekst.

Keynoten danner grundlag for en panelsamtale mellem forskere fra forskellige hjørner af både KU og den danske universitetssektor. De begynder hver med et oplæg om deres egen research i feltet mellem sundhed og underrepræsentation i forskning, data og samfund:

• Astrid Pernille Jespersen, professor og leder af Center for Humanistisk Sundhedsforskning (CoRe) ved Saxo-Instituttet
• Morten Sodemann, professor og overlæge ved Indvandrermedicinsk Klinik på Odense Universitetshospital
• Anne Kølbæk Iversen, postdoc ved Institut for Kunst og Kulturvidenskab på KU og O – Overgaden, Institut for Samtidskunst med projektet Crip Time: Art of Impairment, Withdrawal, and Impatience.
• Tobias Sønderby Jørgensen, ph.d.-stipendiat ved Sociologisk Institut med et projekt om LGBTQ+-personers oplevelser med adgangen til familiedannelse og forældreskab.

Paneldebatten modereres af Ditte Damsgaard, fagbladsjournalist ved Teknisk Landsforbund. Ditte har tidligere været sundheds- og videnskabsjournalist ved Ugeskrift for Læger.

Arrangementet afholdes på engelsk. Der er dog mulighed for at stille spørgsmål til paneldeltagerne på både dansk og engelsk.

Arrangementet præsenteres i samarbejde med Mangfoldighedsteamet i KU HR og Koordinationen for Kønsforskning.

Vær opmærksom på, at mens arrangementet markerer den 8. marts, foregår det fredag den 6. marts.

Tilgængelighed
Bygningen har en bagindgang med en rampe via Port B fra Frue Plads. Desuden er der en elevator i bogsalen, der giver adgang til 1. sal og til handicaptoilet i kælderen.
Hvis du har spørgsmål til tilgængelighed, kan Mangfoldighedsteamet kontaktes på diversitet@adm.ku.dk.

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How has it affected our society that large parts of the population’s bodies have historically been left out of health research? For decades, women in particular—along with people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and sexual minorities—have been significantly underrepresented in medical studies, architecture, and data. The result is knowledge gaps that not only reflect an equality problem, but also have very real consequences for our infrastructure and healthcare system.

This event marking International Women’s Day focuses on the forgotten and invisible bodies as we explore how these blind spots can influence both research and people in practice—and we discuss what a more inclusive and diversity-oriented research practice might look like, and how it could hopefully strengthen the future for everyone. What does diversity mean for the future of health research?

UCPH’s Diversity Team and the Coordination for Gender Research at UCPH will open the event with an introduction to UCPH’s new strategic framework for diversity, equity, and inclusion 2025–2030 and to the keynote speech.

In her keynote Evidence in health research: Have we forgotten diversity and context? Professor Naja Hulvej Rod, Director of the Copenhagen Health Complexity Center​, will explain how a focus on one specific type of evidence within health research has consequences for which bodies are (or are not) ultimately represented. She will also describe how using a complex-systems approach can elicit a broader perspective on diversity and context in health research.

The keynote sets the stage for a panel discussion between researchers from different corners of both the University of Copenhagen and the Danish university sector. Each will begin with a presentation of their own research in the intersection of health and underrepresentation in research, data, and society:

• Astrid Pernille Jespersen, Professor and Director of the Copenhagen Center for Health Research in the Humanities (CoRe) at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen
• Morten Sodemann, Professor and Chief Physician at the Migrant Health Clinic at Odense University Hospital
• Anne Kølbæk Iversen, postdoc at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at UCPH and O–Overgaden, Institute for Contemporary Art with the project Crip Time: Art of Impairment, Withdrawal, and Impatience.
• Tobias Sønderby Jørgensen, PhD Fellow at the Department of Sociology, working on a project on LGBTQ individuals' experiences on access to parenthood through the Danish health system​.

Moderator: Ditte Damsgaard, journalist at The Danish Association of Professional Technicians. Ditte has previously been a health, science and news journalist at The Journal of the Danish Medical Association. 

The event will take place in English. There will be an opportunity to ask questions to the panelists in both Danish and English. 

The event is organised in collaboration with The Diversity Team, UCPH HR and The Coordination for Gender Research, UCPH.

Please keep in mind that while the event marks International Women’s Day on 8 March, the event itself takes place on Friday 6 March.

Accessibility
There is an entrance on the side of the building with a ramp. There is an elevator inside the library for access to the upper floor.

For questions about accessibility, please contact the Diversity Team at diversitet@adm.ku.dk.