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  • Item type:Publication,
    No data: No policies! The MINDtheGEPs approach to evidence-based policies for Gender Equality Plans
    (2023-03-31)
    Solera, Cristina
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    Balzano, Angela
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    Tuco Federica
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    Pisacane, Lucio
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    Fernow, Josepine
    Facts and figures strengthen our ability to undertake cultural and structural actions towards Gender Equality. We believe that sharing MINDtheGEPs knowledge on gender imbalances can contribute to sustainable change. This policy brief includes recommendations for how to build an evidence-based foundation for gender equality plans (GEPs) in research performing organizations, based on the assumption that without data, there will be no policy. We need several types of data to be able to capture the various push and pull factors that (de)construct gender inequalities during different phases of a research career (early, middle, late) and at different levels (individual, organizational, national). Why? Because gender is a social structure that is characterized by multiple intersected barriers, requiring multiple intersected actions to be removed. This policy brief was written for research performing organizations (public and private universities and research centres), European Commission and members of the scientific community. The recommendations in this policy brief are based on the MINDtheGEPs deliverable report 2.2 submitted to the European Commission. Data from this report will be made public in peer-reviewed publications and working papers from the project.
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    Focus “Le carriere femminili in ambito accademico”
    (2024)
    Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca [MUR] - Ufficio VI - Servizio Statistico
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    Gender Differences in International Research Collaboration in European Union
    (2025-07)
    Fontainha, Elsa
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    Araújo, Tanya
    This paper investigates International Research Collaboration (IRC) among European Union (EU) countries from 2011 to 2022, with emphasis on gender-based authorship patterns. Drawing from the Web of Science Social Science Citation Index (WoS-SSCI) database, a large dataset of IRC articles was constructed, annotated with categories of authorship based on gender, author affiliation, and COVID-19 subject as topic. Using network science, the study maps collaboration structures and reveals gendered differences in co-authorship networks. Results highlight a substantial rise in IRC over the decade, particularly with the USA and China as key non-EU partners. Articles with at least one female author were consistently less frequent than those with at least one male author. Notably, female-exclusive collaborations showed distinctive network topologies, with more centralized (star-like) patterns and shorter tree diameters. The COVID-19 pandemic further reshaped collaboration dynamics, temporarily reducing the gender gap in IRC but also revealing vulnerabilities in female-dominated research networks. These findings underscore both progress and persistent disparities in the gender dynamics of EU participation in IRC.
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    Effects of written self-promotion on gender bias and decision quality
    (2025)
    Römer, Nathalie
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    Schröder, Marina
    Written self-promotion is crucial in numerous decision-making scenarios, including job applications, securing funds for start-ups, or academic grant proposals. In two experiments, we study the effects of written self-promotion on decision quality and gender bias. We show that, if anything, written self-promotion slightly improves decision quality. Concerning gender bias, we find that self-promotion does not induce a gender bias that harms women. While women in our sample face adverse effects of written self-promotion due to lower performance beliefs, they can compensate for this disadvantage by applying a more modest writing style and by providing more informative written self-promotion. Finally, we show that the provision of self-promotion can mitigate pre-existing gender biases.
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    Gender quotas & positive action: An attack on meritocracy?
    (2025-08-28)
    Cipriani, Nastassja
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    Colonnello, Claudia
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    Holm Bodin Anna
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    Solera, Cristina
    Taking steps to address gender imbalances is essential to ensure women's career progress and promote diverse and inclusive research environments. Positive action (sometimes referred to as positive discrimination or affirmative action) is widely acknowledged as a crucial tool for achieving this goal. However, resistance persists, and opinions diverge about which are the most effective and valid strategies. Do gender quotas or economic incentives challenge meritocracy? Can balancing the numbers really improve institutions and knowledge?  This policy brief provides an overview of the multifaceted debate around positive action, the arguments for, arguments against, and pathways for implementation. The policy brief draws insight from the Gender Equality Plan development process of and interviews performed by MINDtheGEPs. It ends by presenting two case studies from Italian universities.
  • Item type:Publication,
    Building inclusive research organisations: How to use a data-driven approach to designing, implementing & sustaining Gender Equality Plans
    (2025-11-14)
    Pisacane, Lucio
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    Marini, Sara
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    Colonnello, Claudia
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    Fernow, Josepine
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    Holm Bodin Anna
    esearch organisations: How to use a data-driven approach to designing, implementing & sustaining Gender Equality Plans provides a comprehensive, evidence-based framework for designing, implementing, and sustaining Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in research-performing organizations (RPOs) across Europe. Developed within the Horizon 2020 MINDtheGEPs project, the document draws on lessons learned from seven partner institutions in five countries with traditional gender regimes—Italy, Poland, Ireland, Spain, and Serbia—spanning universities, public research bodies, and private sector R&D centers. The White Book promotes systemic institutional transformation by addressing gender inequality at three interconnected levels: the individual (micro), organizational (meso), and cultural/policy (macro). Central to its approach is the shift from “fixing the women” to “fixing the system,” recognizing that lasting change requires restructuring institutional norms, governance, and practices rather than adapting women to pre-existing models of academic excellence and productivity. The document embraces feminist theoretical frameworks and intersectionality to analyze how structural barriers— such as the ideal of the “unconditional worker”—continue to marginalize not only women, but also other underrepresented groups in research environments. Through extensive qualitative and quantitative data collection, participatory workshops, interviews, and comparative policy analysis, the project developed a stepwise approach to GEP implementation. Key pillars include: data-driven assessment and monitoring, participatory governance structures, dedicated training and capacity-building initiatives, strategic communication, and evaluation mechanisms designed to ensure long-term impact. The White Book also outlines methods for aligning GEPs with EU policy requirements, particularly the five mandatory thematic areas: work-life balance and organizational culture; gender balance in leadership and decision-making; gender equality in recruitment and career progression; integration of the gender dimension in research and teaching; and prevention of gender-based violence and sexual harassment. As a practical guide, the White Book offers actionable recommendations, tools, and checklists aimed at practitioners, policy makers, and institutional leaders committed to building more inclusive, equitable, and effective research and academic institutions. By leveraging data, stakeholder engagement, and context-sensitive strategies,  MINDtheGEPs provides a model for embedding gender equality as a core value and operational principle across Europe’s research and innovation landscape.  The design and the concept of this document have been a collaborative effort of the MINDtheGEPs research consortium that meet in a dedicated workshop in Rome on 23th and 24 January 2025.
  • Item type:Publication,
    Fighting for gender equality in research & science: What works?
    (2025-11-26)
    Solera, Cristina
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    Balzano, Angela
    Achieving gender equality in research and science is a long-term, systemic process. It requires reliable data, strong leadership, and the combined use of top-down and bottom-up approaches. It also depends on the active involvement of management and decision-makers, collaboration with gender experts, a reflexive and participatory approach to opening up dialogue across disciplines, genders, and career levels, and alignment with national and institutional contexts. Drawing from MINDtheGEPs experience, this policy brief offers a roadmap for organisations to make their gender equality efforts last, ensuring that they strengthen both wellbeing and research excellence producing ”happier” organisations and researchers. MINDtheGEPs supported the design and implementation of Gender Equality Plans across 5 countries and 7 research-performing organisations from 2021 to 2025. The project used a feminist framework, guided by standpoint theory and intersectional approaches, conceptualising gender as a social structure. Through participatory training and self-reflection initiatives (within and across organisations), datadriven strategies, and the establishment of dedicated governance structures, the project promoted inclusive and sustainable approaches to gender equality. MINDtheGEPs shows that achieving structural transformation requires more than policy instruments — it demands cultural shifts, organisational commitment, resources, and an integrated, participatory process to breaking down resistance and build consensus around the why and how of gender inequalities. This policy brief was written for research performing organisations, the European Commission & the scientific community.
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    Gender Equality in Academia and Research - GEAR tool
    (2023)
    European Institute for Gender Equality
    The Gender Equality in Academia and Research (GEAR) tool