Friday, November 3, 2017 - 13:02
Lotta Strandberg on on the Gender Paradox in Science and Innovation in Nordic CountriesSenior adviser, NordForsk; Associate professor, Bergen University College, Norway. The “gender paradox” is a concept that describes that even if Nordic Countries achieve great rates at gender equality indexes, when focusing on the Research and Innovation field they rate at the European average (and sometimes below). In this video Strandberg addresses the causes of this phenomenon and the...
Monday, October 23, 2017 - 11:59
Professor Giampiero Favato, from Kingston University London (UK), is an specialist in Health Economics who argues that gender neutral health economic models create unsuccessful and expensive health policies. Taking as an example HPV vaccination he suggests adopting a gender approach to health economics discipline. In this video Prof. Favato expands on this argument and reflects on how health policies based on health economics can be better informed by a gender perspective. . ...
Friday, September 29, 2017 - 12:54
Jeff Hearn, Professor on Gender Studies at Örebro University (Sweden), partner of GenPORT (ST&I) analyses in this video what masculinities have to do with STI. According to him it is crucial, first, that boys and men recognise that they are gendered and socialised in masculinity. He then expands on how the STI field is contstantly sourrounded by the values of masculinity and what can be done in order to correct it.
Men and masculinities in Science Technology and Innovation (STI)"...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 19:42
On the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, 17th of May, Jeff Hearn, Professor on Gender Studies at Örebro University (Sweden), partner of GenPORT, offers this talk on sexualities in science, technology and innovation (ST&I).
Sexualities in Science Technology and Innovation from GenPORT Project on Vimeo.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - 11:53
Professor Kumie Inose,Vice-President of the Science Council of Japan, offers a first-hand overview of the situation of gender equality in science in her country. She speaks about both, the progress achieved so far through public policies as well as the key challenges that remain for making science truly gender inclusive in Japan.Her message is also an invitation to participate in the Gender Summit 10 Asia-Pacific “Better on Science and Innovation through Gender, Diversity and...
Friday, April 7, 2017 - 17:39
We would like to express our thanks to more than 450 registered users, who have uploaded more than 1000 high quality resources on GenPORT. GenPORT is an open collaborative portal on which everyone can create a personal account and share publications, videos, teaching materials, projects, practical measures or news on gender with the rest of the community. On GenPORT, you will find resources on how integrate the gender perspective in research contents in...
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 15:00
IntroductionAnalyzing gender in science has two levels: counting how many women are participating in science as a labour force and the second is critically examining the knowledge produced in science. The arguments supporting these developments are either using the efficiency in economic terms, human rights, and quality in terms of scientific excellence. Recent research explored how to measure those structural causes and how to implement structural change to improve women’s participation...
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 15:16
Preconceptions based on gender stereotypes are still present when it comes to the assessment of men and women in research. On account of the unconscious application of biased societal patterns, such processes may occur unintentionally and without awareness.But what does it take to eliminate implicit gender bias? The aim of this listicle is not to present an entire report on this topic, but to highlight a number of useful resources dealing with recognizing and reducing such bias. Please feel...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 17:48
This 8th of March of 2017, men and women across the world are claiming for recognition of women’s work and contributions to society. GenPORT supports these vindications by remembering 8 of the advancements in science led by women.Basis of Nuclear Physics (Marie Skłodowska-Curie) X-ray diffraction image of DNA (Rosalind Franklin) Programation with symbols what is basic for the artificial intelligence (Ada Lovelace) “Induced radioactivity” used for treatment...
Friday, March 3, 2017 - 16:08
In the following video interview, Lisbeth Øyum and Tove Håpnes both Senior Research Scientists at SINTEF in Norway explain their approach to introduce gender equality measures at SINTEF.Among other things, they talk about how to overcome resistance against the implementation of gender equality measures, about training programs for men and women from a gender inclusive perspective or actions to promote women researchers.
Lisbeth Øyum & Tove Håpnes on Implementing...
