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cecilia

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About you (please use English)
Full Professor of Applied Economics and Director of a Masters Program on Gender Equality at the Complutense University (Madrid ). Researcher in Gender and Science issues, participating in different initiatives at the International, European Commission and Spanish level.
Since 1996 I have adopted for my studies and research the gender perspective. In a first stage, about industrial gender gaps in Spanish labour market. From 2005on, on the analysis of the digital gender gap, differences in access, use and skills among women and men in relation to information technology and the difficulties of access and permanence of women studies and ICT-related jobs. Since 2008, to the field of gender and science, and particularly STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
Stakeholder group
Area of Gender Expertise
Country coverage
Spain
Skills and track record
Creator and Director (2006-2011) Research Group Gender and ICT -at present GENTIC gRoup, Internet Intedisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Member of the Scientific Commission and Director of the Topic Report 7 “Policies for Gender Equality in Science and Research” of the Meta-analysis for gender and science research (7th Framework Program, European Commission).
‘Invited Speaker’ at the Conference Equality between women and men, (DG Justice, Brussels, 19-20 2011) on the topic “The contribution of gender equality to the 'Innovation Union' flagship initiative through women's participation in research”
Member Expert Expert Group "Impact Assessment Gender in Research", European Commission, DG Research and Innovation, 2012-2013
City
Madrid
Street
C/ General Pardiñas, 41 2º A
ZIP
28001
Phone
++34 654212243

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11 years 1 month