Swedish study of the culture in academic workplaces suggests that women and PhD students are most likely to be bullied.
To get a handle on the prevalence of bullying and sexual harassment at Swedish universities, a group of researchers sent a survey to a sample of university students and employees, to ask about their experiences. The team, led by Christina Björklund, who studies bullying at the Karolinska Institute in Solna, Sweden, received almost 39,000 responses between May and July 2021.
Of the entire group, 4% of respondents said that they had experienced sexual harassment over the past year, with male university employees and male PhD students reporting such experiences at half that rate. Björklund says that among all working people in Sweden, the rate of sexual harassment is about 3%, according to surveys.
These incivilities matter, says Björklund. “If you are interrupted all the time, what will happen to your opinions?” she asks. “We can see that if you have a good, inclusive work environment with support, it is related to higher performance, you will get more research money and write more publications,” she adds.
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