Gender Equality in research and Innovation. The journey towards institutional change (GE Academy course)

Who is it for?

  • Human resource officers
  • Researchers
  • Gender equality officers / focal persons; Equality / diversity officers
  • Middle managers aiming to start the path towards institutional change
  • Gender experts and trainers, organizational change consultants working with and for research organizations

Learning objectives

  • Identify the main issues and problems at stake as far as gender inequalities in research, higher education and innovation are concerned
  • Know about the main EU policy frameworks and priorities to promote gender equality in research and innovation
  • Use a multiplicity of arguments to engage and advocate on gender equality in research
  • Understand the institutional change concept and the steps to foster it by designing, implementing and monitoring Gender Equality Plans
  • Become aware of actions and measures which have been implemented by Research Organisations across Europe and beyond to promote gender equality
  • Know how to integrate gender in the content and methodological choices of scientific research across a variety of disciplines learning from researchers themselves presenting their research projects
  • Comprehend the concept of intersectionality and use it to promote inclusive institutional change and excellent research
  • Recognize the interlinkages between promoting gender equality in scientific research and broader innovation

Gender Equality Plans in practice. Towards sound and sustainable change processes in research organizations (GE Academy course)

Who is it for?

  • Gender Equality Plan (GEP) team members in academic/research institutions
  • Researchers
  • Human Resources officers in academic/research institutions
  • Gender equality officers / focal persons; Equality / diversity officers in academic/research institutions
  • Middle managers aiming to start the path towards institutional change
  • Gender experts and trainers, organizational change consultants working with and for research organizations

Learning objectives

  • Sensitise about key problems at stake regarding gender in Research and Innovation
  • Raise awareness about the importance of institutional change for gender equality
  • Familiarise with the concept of a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) and its main stages
  • Know about the main EU policy frameworks and priorities to promote gender equality in research and innovation and the by new requirements introduced HorizonEurope
  • Sensitize about the interaction between gender equality and work-life balance in academic environment​
  • Comprehend the value of gender-sensitive decision-making processes and highlight some common pitfalls in promotion and recruitment
  • Familiarise with methodologies to integrate a gender + and intersectional approach in the content and methodological choices of scientific research across a variety of disciplines learning from researchers themselves presenting their research projects
  • Recognize the interlinkages between promoting gender equality in scientific research and broader innovation
  • Raise awareness about the importance of policies to fight gender-based violence

 

Trainers

  • Lorena Pajares, Trainer and gender and development consultant, Complutense University of Madrid
  • Yvonne Galligan, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Comparative Politics, Technological University Dublin
  • Nathalie Wuiame, Independent gender equality consultant, Yellow Window; lecturer at Rennes University
  • Noirin MacNamara, EDI Analyst in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Directorate, Technological University Dublin
  • Anne Laure Humbert, Director – Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice, Oxford Brookes University
  • Ana Belén Amil, Gender Equality Officer, Central European University
  • Vasia Madesi, former GE Academy coordinator and gender trainer