Final Report Summary - PROMETEA (Empowering Women Engineers Careers in Industrial and Academic Research)
The objectives of the project were as follows:
1) to better understand the gender issues in engineering and technology research;
2) to propose effective measures and recommendations to empower women engineers' careers in research;
3) to promote a diverse and creative research sector;
4) to explore the gender dynamics of male and female careers in different engineering organisations:
- to compare different fields of engineering
- to compare academic and industrial settings, private and public organisations
- to compare innovative and traditional companies and organisations;
5) to explore the effect of organisational cultures on male and female careers in different engineering organisations:
- differential effects of supportive cultures
- differential effects of negative cultures
- identification of different barriers to developing a successful career for men and women;
6) to explore the assessment and measures of excellence in engineering and technology research and the impact on male and female careers:
- to compare different arenas where excellence is defined and how actors assess and evaluate excellence
- to compare success rates in research funding and awards
- to compare salaries, bonuses and research budgets;
7) to identify and evaluate good practice in different organisations:
- to explore the factors that influence and motivate engineering organisations, in order to design and implement measures of equality
- to explore the factors likely to influence the sustainability of effective equality actions over time;
8) to draw recommendations aimed at promoting gender equality, for male and female careers in national and European engineering organisations.
Work performed
At the end of the first period the work performed is what had been planned:
1) the methodology has been defined, tested and is being successfully used.
2) a website is open: http//:www.prometea.info. It is divided into two parts:
- a public part for the presentation of the project to the general public
- a private part which contains all the instruments (methodology, guidelines, quality manual ...) results, reports, preliminary results.
3) The state of the art has been done, country by country. A collective work has been produced and is now available on the website but its use is restricted to members.
4) Instruments (guidelines) for the field work and the analysis of results are available; they have been designed collectively and are now in use. They are available on the website but restricted to members.
5) Today, 80 % of the field work has been done.
6) All the meetings planned have been held according to the planning. All the proceedings are available.
7) A quality manual has been written and is used by all partners. It is available on the website.
Dissemination
A great attention has been given to the dissemination of the project and networking activities:
- During the first period of the project, 46 presentations of the project were done in 14 different countries;
- 26 articles were accepted in reviews published in 8 different countries;
- Other dissemination efforts have been made: 33 different kinds of contacts were successfully conducted.
1) to better understand the gender issues in engineering and technology research;
2) to propose effective measures and recommendations to empower women engineers' careers in research;
3) to promote a diverse and creative research sector;
4) to explore the gender dynamics of male and female careers in different engineering organisations:
- to compare different fields of engineering
- to compare academic and industrial settings, private and public organisations
- to compare innovative and traditional companies and organisations;
5) to explore the effect of organisational cultures on male and female careers in different engineering organisations:
- differential effects of supportive cultures
- differential effects of negative cultures
- identification of different barriers to developing a successful career for men and women;
6) to explore the assessment and measures of excellence in engineering and technology research and the impact on male and female careers:
- to compare different arenas where excellence is defined and how actors assess and evaluate excellence
- to compare success rates in research funding and awards
- to compare salaries, bonuses and research budgets;
7) to identify and evaluate good practice in different organisations:
- to explore the factors that influence and motivate engineering organisations, in order to design and implement measures of equality
- to explore the factors likely to influence the sustainability of effective equality actions over time;
8) to draw recommendations aimed at promoting gender equality, for male and female careers in national and European engineering organisations.
Work performed
At the end of the first period the work performed is what had been planned:
1) the methodology has been defined, tested and is being successfully used.
2) a website is open: http//:www.prometea.info. It is divided into two parts:
- a public part for the presentation of the project to the general public
- a private part which contains all the instruments (methodology, guidelines, quality manual ...) results, reports, preliminary results.
3) The state of the art has been done, country by country. A collective work has been produced and is now available on the website but its use is restricted to members.
4) Instruments (guidelines) for the field work and the analysis of results are available; they have been designed collectively and are now in use. They are available on the website but restricted to members.
5) Today, 80 % of the field work has been done.
6) All the meetings planned have been held according to the planning. All the proceedings are available.
7) A quality manual has been written and is used by all partners. It is available on the website.
Dissemination
A great attention has been given to the dissemination of the project and networking activities:
- During the first period of the project, 46 presentations of the project were done in 14 different countries;
- 26 articles were accepted in reviews published in 8 different countries;
- Other dissemination efforts have been made: 33 different kinds of contacts were successfully conducted.
