Why?
We found dozens of publicly available reports on discrimination and victimization at KTH Royal Institute of Technology between January 2019- June 2022. Many unreported cases from students while employees and PhDs are 191% and 344% over-represented respectively. Reports in connection with Gender and Ethnicity are most common. The latest discrimination cases that went to University Appeals are in connection with Ethnicity and Disability. A closer examination of the data reveals a troubling pattern in how KTH managed these reported cases under its then leadership and the policy of “Equal KTH“. Of the reported discrimination or victimization cases, only 17.07% were found to be “proven“. Among these, a mere 2.44% resulted in any definitive action following the investigation, and alarmingly, not a single case (0.00%) received any further follow-up. Additionally, we noted reporting inaccuracies and instances where incriminating evidence was escalated, which arguably should have been referred to the police or higher authorities. This statistical overview exposes factual deficiencies in KTH's institutional approach to preventing and addressing discrimination and victimization cases
“A large majority of the complaints about sexual harassment concern education” / ”En stor majoritet av anmälningarna om sexuella trakasserier rör utbildningsområdet”
— Rapport 2021:1/2022:2, Statistik 2015–2020/2021, Statistik över anmälningar som inkom till Diskrimineringsombudsmannen 2015–2020/2021, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen
”Largest number of complaints about discrimination in working life, education and goods and services” / “Flest anmälningar om diskriminering inom samhällsområdena arbetsliv, utbildning samt varor och tjänster“
— Rapport 2021:1/2022:2, Statistik 2015–2020/2021, Statistik över anmälningar som inkom till Diskrimineringsombudsmannen 2015–2020/2021, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen
“Largest number of complaints about inadequate accessibility concern education and goods and services” / “Flest anmälningar om bristande tillgänglighet rör områdena utbildning samt varor och tjänster“
— Rapport 2021:1/2022:2, Statistik 2015–2020/2021, Statistik över anmälningar som inkom till Diskrimineringsombudsmannen 2015–2020/2021, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen
“Complaints about discrimination on the grounds of disability or ethnicity most common”/ ”Vanligast med anmälningar om diskriminering som har samband med funktionsnedsättning eller etnisk tillhörighet”
— Rapport 2021:1/2022:2, Statistik 2015–2020/2021, Statistik över anmälningar som inkom till Diskrimineringsombudsmannen 2015–2020/2021, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen
“Complaints about harassment most often concern discrimination on grounds of ethnicity” / “Anmälningar om trakasserier handlar oftast om diskriminering som har samband med etnisk tillhörighet“
— Rapport 2021:1/2022:2, Statistik 2015–2020/2021, Statistik över anmälningar som inkom till Diskrimineringsombudsmannen 2015–2020/2021, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen
“Universities are not living up to the requirements of the Discrimination Act”/ “Lärosätena lever inte upp till diskrimineringslagens krav”
- Rapport 2022:5, “Undersök, åtgärda och utbilda”, En analys av universitets och högskolors arbete med aktiva åtgärder för att motverka diskriminering av studenter, Diskrimineringsombudsmannen
“Afrophobia is the most common motive among reported hate crimes“, see also reported hate crime at KTH to the police authority made by an afro-student concerning several KTH professors, year 2022/ I samband med ett anmält hatbrott till polismyndigheten av en afrosvensk avseende flera KTH:s professorer, år 2022: “Årligen polisanmäls omkring 1 000 hatbrott med identifierat afrofobiskt motiv […] afrofobi det vanligast förekommande motivet bland anmälda hatbrott”
Rapport 2022:7, “Afrofobiska hatbrott“, Myndigheten Brottsförebyggande rådet (Brå), 2022 och anmälan 5000-K65590-22 vid polismyndigheten.
Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) decided that the quality assurance work on Equality by KTH Royal Institute of Technology is unsatisfactory. / Universitetskanslersämbetet fattade ett beslut den 18 mars 2020. KTH fick omdömet ”godkänt med förbehåll” och omdömet ”inte tillfredsställande” för bedömningsområdet “jämställdhet“
Beslut 411-00484-18, Granskning av kvalitetssäkringsarbetet vid Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2020
“Today, I’d only recommend any of my colleagues to report cases of bullying, harassment, victimization, and discrimination just to show that KTH antidiscrimination system needs fixing. I want to wake up one day, when I’d recommend any of my colleagues to report cases believing that KTH will likely fix them”
— Association co-founder, Tage M.
Regardless of gender expression, belief, nationality/ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, or disability, everyone deserves to be treated equally and with respect.
We deserve to freely express our concerns without being subjected to disproportionate measures.
We deserve to pursue our work, studies, and inventions at KTH for a better future under secure, safe, and good conditions.
We need solidarity. We need to speak up. We need to act!
That is why we started the association for anti-discrimination at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
uppdaterad/updated: nov 2022