Policy Setting and Implementation - GenPORT Research Synthesis 5

This research synthesis will look at the key steering strategies used by Member States for institutional change and those in place in three main areas: recruitment, promotion and re-entry; the gender dimension in research content; and gender balance in decision-making. It will attempt to identify the types of steering mechanisms used in each of these areas and the presence of these policies throughout different Member States. This synthesis is mainly based on systematic research carried out in this field:  the European Commission’s 2014 report “Gender Equality Policies in Public Research” – based on a survey among members of the Helsinki Group on Gender in Research and Innovation, 2013’ (EC, 2014); the ERA Facts and Figures (2014) Report (EC, 2015), and the GenPORT Policy Environment Report (Lipinsky et al., 2015).