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Gender equality and inclusion are key metrics by which performance is measured in industry today. Research is no exception. While there is no quick fix to eliminating gender disparities, the EU has identified the structural changes needed in policies and programmes to increase the participation of women in research and innovation and improve their career prospects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If you are a woman in scientific research and keen on climbing the promotion ladder, chances are your path will be long. It will also require an equal measure of confidence, commitment and courage. While there are many challenges to building a successful research career \u2013 for many women it can prove to be a real obstacle course.<\/p>\n

Promoting equality through institutional change<\/strong><\/p>\n

The importance of institutional transformation through instruments like Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) was highlighted recently by\u00a0Mariya Gabriel, the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth<\/a>. \u2018Horizon Europe, our \u20ac95.5 billion research and innovation programme, now has new eligibility criteria,\u2019 she said. \u2018To receive EU funding, public bodies, research organisations, and higher education institutions must have a Gender Equality Plan in place.\u2019<\/p>\n

Gender equality has been a key priority in the European Research Area for over a decade. To remove barriers, research funding and performing organisations, including universities, were invited to implement institutional change through GEPs, and support has been provided under the EU\u2019s research and innovation funding programmes FP7 and Horizon 2020.<\/p>\n

GEPs are \u201cdrivers\u201d for systemic institutional change, according to Dr Angela Wroblewski, a sociologist and senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna. This is why the European Commission\u2019s monitoring of the implementation of the GEP requirement is key to supporting gender equality within the research sector.<\/p>\n

As coordinator of the Horizon 2020 structural change project\u00a0TARGET<\/a>, her work takes an approach that goes beyond the formal adoption of a GEP. By initiating institutional change in seven gender equality innovating institutions in the Mediterranean basin, including universities and research funding organisations, the project introduced a reflexive policy (reflecting on what worked and what didn\u2019t work) and tools for each stage of the GEP \u2013 from planning and implementation to monitoring and self-assessment.<\/p>\n

\u2018When the project started in 2017, the countries where our institutions are located did not have established policies for gender equality in research and innovation,\u2019 said Dr Wroblewski. \u2018This has changed. Most importantly, our participating institutions managed to become visible as pioneers in the field of gender equality. I think this is a very important and interesting result because these pioneers may also influence the national discourse.\u2019<\/p>\n

The national context is important. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Any approach to institutional change needs to be tailored to fit the national context, as well as the nature, history, and mission of each organisation.<\/p>\n

\u2018The challenge is to find the best solution for each institution and to have a look at the national context,\u2019 explained Dr Wroblewski. \u2018Take the \u201cleaky pipeline\u201d phenomenon in which female researchers “leak” out from their career path. While it is very pronounced in Central European countries like Austria and Germany, the situation in Bulgaria and Romania, for instance, is different.\u2019<\/p>\n

In terms of the \u201cleaky pipeline\u201d phenomenon, an increase in the number of women among graduates does not automatically result in an increase in the share of women among researchers or top academic staff. Many women \u201cdisappear\u201d in the transitions from PhD student to post-doctoral fellow and to assistant professor. Others face obstacles that either slows their progression or blocks it completely. This combines with the \u201cglass ceiling\u201d or \u201csticky floor\u201d effects.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is a problem in most European countries,\u2019 said Dr Wroblewski.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the work carried out through TARGET, which ended in December 2021, she said: \u2018It\u2019s very impressive what the institutions managed to achieve even in difficult contexts. For instance, the Romanian Accreditation Agency ARACIS became the first Romanian institution to adopt a gender equality plan. And the University Hassan II Casablanca became the first university in Morocco to adopt a Charter for Equality.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Based on the feedback from our partner institutions, we learned it is very important to have targeted gender equality plans and to have the support to develop such plans,\u2019 she added. \u2018It is not an easy task!\u2019<\/p>\n

GEPs to fill the gender gaps<\/strong><\/p>\n

Entrenched gender stereotypes and gender bias are a big part of the difficulties encountered, according to J\u00f6rg M\u00fcller, a sociologist and coordinator of the\u00a0ACT\u00a0<\/a>project.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m especially interested in how gender imbalances are made durable and continuously reproduced over time,\u2019 he said. \u2018There are many types of gender imbalances. Among the most persistent are the under-representation of women in the decision-making positions or at the highest level in academia.\u2019<\/p>\n

Why does it exist? While the answer is complex, the main reasons stand out. \u2018The short answer is because we live in societies that have been and are still dominated by men,\u2019 explained M\u00fcller. Gender inequality is built into the very structure of our societies. It is men who hold positions of power, decide over resources and provide the blueprint for what is valued and what is not.\u2019<\/p>\n

Since 2018, M\u00fcller has been investigating gender equality and institutional change. Through ACT, he has coordinated researchers from 17 institutions across the EU Member States in the creation of Communities of Practices \u2013 organic instruments of innovation in which groups of practitioners work together to solve concrete challenges.\u00a0ACT supported the implementation of 8 Communities of Practice<\/a>\u00a0(within 144 organisations in Europe and Latin America) to promote gender equality through institutional change.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is an extraordinary achievement and shows the commitment of those involved towards a more inclusive research and innovation environment,\u2019 said M\u00fcller. \u2018The Communities of Practices in many cases did allow practitioners to overcome their isolation and connect with others working in the field of gender equality. As a result, especially in Poland, many organisations made huge advances.\u2019<\/p>\n

This is one of the benefits of having a uniform framework to evaluate the organisational efforts. \u2018This is crucial in relation to the latest advances put forward by the European Commission, namely making Gender Equality Plans an eligibility criterion to access Horizon Europe funding. This is a huge step forward.\u2019<\/p>\n

A next step could be the creation of a European award scheme through the\u00a0CASPER\u00a0<\/a>project. \u2018If a European award and certification system for gender equality is implemented, there will be a uniform framework to evaluate institutional efforts in terms of gender equality plans by organisations across Europe,\u2019 explained M\u00fcller.<\/p>\n

To increase public awareness of the importance of addressing gender equality in academic and research organisations, the European Commission is launching the \u201cEU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions\u201d this year. Meant as a booster and to complement the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a GEP, it will be awarded to up to four academic or research organisations.<\/p>\n

The need to support gender equality plans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite some national differences, there is a common thread woven throughout all European countries: the design of successful GEPs requires both short-term and long-term commitment. This is the main goal of the\u00a0SPEAR<\/a>\u00a0project, launched in 2019 by the University of Southern Denmark. It assists European research organisations to design their own Gender Equality Plans. By doing so, it also initiated the necessary institutional change.<\/p>\n

\u2018My biggest \u2013 and happiest \u2013 takeaway from the first three years of SPEAR is how creative and effective our partners have been in applying the existing resources and knowledge to their specific contexts \u2013 and how far it is possible to go when we have access to competent guidance and time and support for qualified joint reflections,\u2019 said Eva Sophia Myers, SPEAR coordinator.<\/p>\n

In her role as leader of the Gender Equality Team at University of Southern Denmark, Myers knows all too well the challenges relating to gender equality, especially in the realm of scientific research. She underlines two types of challenges. The first set of challenges result from deeply embedded traditions, norms, practices, structures, systems and procedures. The second rests on competition, elitism, power and privileges.<\/p>\n

\u2018Both manifest in the \u201creal world\u201d and in each of our minds and cognitive systems \u2013 and the two mutually enhance each other,\u2019 she explained. \u2018This means all of us favour certain directions and our everyday behaviours and decisions are largely influenced by these biases, norms and stereotypes.\u2019<\/p>\n

Breaking free of stereotypes hinges on our willingness to \u201copen up\u201d to new understandings and different perspectives. According to Myers, however, resistance is inevitable. She explained: \u2018Academia is highly competitive and often the competition is about a limited pool of resources. All this gives rise to fierce power struggles and dynamics. Successful structural change brought about by gender equality approaches will inevitably challenge the status quo \u2013 including those in power positions\u2026 So, if members of academia are truly advocates of meritocracy, then working actively for inclusivity and gender equality is the only way forward!\u2019<\/p>\n

Rising through the ranks herself \u2013 from student assistant, research assistant, project coordinator, research administrator to inhouse organisational consultant to head of faculty administration and now head of her university\u2019s gender equality team, Myers is an advocate of the structural change approach. \u2018I find this approach to gender equality in academia to be very closely aligned with the beautiful and lofty values and ideals of academia,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018And in my experience, a deep integration of approaches that further inclusivity into daily practices in the universities, qualifies the efforts of university managers, PhD supervisors, teachers and researchers.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Gender equality<\/h3>\n

The European Commission is committed to promoting gender equality\u00a0in research and innovation and is taking concrete steps to address these challenges through Horizon Europe, in line with the Communication\u00a0A New ERA for Research and Innovation<\/a>\u00a0and the new\u00a0Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025<\/a>.\u00a0Additionally, efforts to address the underrepresentation of women in certain fields of study (such as STEM) and in decision-making positions at universities are outlined in the recent\u00a0European Strategy for Universities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Horizon Europe<\/a>\u00a0has set gender equality as a crosscutting principle and aims to eliminate gender inequality and intersecting socio-economic inequalities throughout research and innovation systems, including by addressing unconscious bias and systemic structural barriers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The research in this article was funded by the EU. If you liked this article, please consider sharing it on social media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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