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
Course Content
Gender in R&I: Introductory concepts
Building blocks and basic keys to design and implement Gender Equality Plans
Work-life balance and organisational culture
Gender balance in leadership and decision-making
Course 5
Gender in research and teaching contents
How to fight gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual harassment