Gender Equality Plans in Practice: Towards Sound and Sustainable Change Processes in Research Organizations

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Gender Equality Plans in Practice

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

Course 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