Previous EQSUS winners

Oscar Börjesson 

Oscar has, since the #metoo movement started, been
engaged with equality questions within the union,
above all within the committee “Chalmers sauna committee” (CBK).

Without being asked, Oscar has driven
changes in order for more people to be interested in
the committee, through working with changing the
reputation and to create a more inclusive climate. This
has been done through making sure that inappropriate
songs aren’t sung, that everyone is comfortable in the
sauna and through simply intervening when someone
is behaving inappropriately towards someone else. It
is worth mentioning that it has required courage to
take these conflicts in a strong group consisting of only
men. Thanks to the stubbornness of Oscar, courage and
drive the jury is convinced that Oscar has contributed
in creating a more inclusive culture that will attract a
broader variety of students in the future.

Hanna Svensson

Hanna knew that there was already a great gender
imbalance in the financial sector and amongst leaders
in particular.

It was important to her to inspire more
women to get involved in the society and understood
that women role models would be one of the keys.
Hanna has, together with her board, accomplished
astonishing results in creating gender balance between
invited lecturers in just one year. She used her presidency in the student union’s largest society Chalmers
Börssällskap, CBS, to ensure a better diversity among
those invited to talk to chalmerists and inspire them.
In just one year, the number of women lecturers went
from 18% to 45%. Although she was told the reason
for the low number was due to women being less
inclined to sponsor lunches, she was convinced that
this was not the problem. The work CBS has done
plays an important role, both to show chalmerists a
balanced range of role models but also that you can
work against old ideas. Therefore the jury want to
reward Hanna because she has used the opportunity
as a leader to create a positive change in Chalmers
largest society that will be felt and heard from now
on and into the future.