Friday, October 7, 2016 - 15:20
Gender-based research, innovation and development for sustainable economies and societal wellbeing. Brussels, 8-9 Nov 2016Regsitration closes for the Gender Summit 9 Europe this Sunday. The event will be held in part at the European Parliament and in part at BEL in Brussels. We have 65 speakers coming from 20 countries coming together under the theme Gender-based research, innovation and development for sustainable economies and societal wellbeing. Brussels, 8-9 Nov 2016. "We need...
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 09:45
If you wonder how a gender dimension can be incorporated into R&D projects related to physics, please watch this interview with Prof. Dr. Ana Proykova who is a professor at Department of Atomic Physics at Sofia University (Bulgaria) and Vice-chair of Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks, EC Watch.Ana Proykova has a rich history of experiences with incorporating a gender dimension into natural sciences where gender issues have been ignored for a long...
Friday, September 2, 2016 - 10:34
Let's start the new academic year with the fascinating life and discoveries of Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) via the portrait and fictive letter created by the artist Jennifer Mondfrans.Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) is a Chinese American scientist in physics who made outstanding contributions to the cyclotron particle accelerator, one of the main tools for the current advances in physics. In the beginning of the twenty century she was one of the first women to have access to education in...
Monday, July 25, 2016 - 11:35
The GenPORT team are proud to announce that the policy briefs are now online. The GenPORT policy brief series is geared to national level policy makers and institutional science leaders in research performing organisations (RPOs) and research funding organisations (RFOs). It consists of twenty-five policy briefs. Twenty of these policy briefs are grouped around five themes: Recruitment and Promotion, Gender Equality Plans, Gender Dimension in Research Content (RPOs), Gender...
Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 12:20
The annual Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology (GEM-TECH) Awards, a joint ITU/UN Women prize recognizing outstanding efforts in using the power of information and communication technology (ICT) to empower women and girls, are only open for nominations for four more weeks.Companies, government offices, NGOs and individuals are urged to get their nominations in by 23:59 EDT on 31 July.Read more about the nomination process and the prize.- See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/...
Monday, June 27, 2016 - 13:33
Dear GenPORT colleagues,Horizon 2020 considers gender as a cross-cutting issue and it shall be adequately integrated in research and innovation content at the level of Work Programmes and projects. Applicants to Horizon 2020 calls are encouraged to include the gender dimension in their proposals. The European Commission is continuously looking for experts with gender expertise in all areas of Horizon 2020 calls to evaluate submitted research proposals.To find experts with relevant expertise who...
Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 11:26
GenPORT officially launched its Internet Portal at the European Parliament during a working breakfast hosted by the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel, and attended by MEPs representing the Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) committees, on the 21st April 2016 in Brussels. The breakfast was hosted by Terry Reintke MEP (FEMM Committee member) and Eva Kaili MEP (STOA First Vice-Chair) and chaired by Mairead McGuinness, EP Vice-President responsible for STOA who gave...
Friday, June 3, 2016 - 14:31
As a contribution to the European Maker Week we present the interview with Dr. Marike Kolossa on gender-sensitive environmental monitoring.Dr. Marike Kolossa is responsible for the German Environmental Survey and the German Specimen Bank which constitute two fundamental pillars of the the German system for health-related environmental monitoring. She works in the Department of Environmental Hygiene, Section Toxicology, Health related Environmental Monitoring at German Federal Environmental...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 19:01
An increasing amount of work in science, research and development happens collaboratively. The trend towards collective efforts in knowledge production is clearly visible by looking at the rise of co-authored papers over the last decades (Wuchty, Jones, & Uzzi, 2007). However, to which degree gender diversity affects these research collaborations is an open question currently addressed in Europe (the H2020 project GEDII) or planned to be addressed in the US (Valantine &...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 10:48
The integration of sex and gender analysis in research content, as well as gender balance among researchers are integral aspects of gender equality in research and innovation. In the following post we are highlighting a number of useful resources on gender in research policies and on the gender dimension in research content. These include resources that represent an overview of the landscape of research policies in Europe, and examples of practical measures, guidelines and advice papers...
