Project description DEENESFRITPL A closer look at gender rhetoric and populism Men and women have different needs, demands and fears related to their gender, which are diverse across social classes, ethnicities and ages. All these needs, demands and worries deserve to be adequately addressed by political representatives in our European democracies. However, many are disregarded by mainstream parties, while the radical/populist political actors currently addressing them go against the EU’s core values. The EU-funded UNTWIST project aims to find ways to unravel how particular needs, demands and worries related to gender can be addressed within the realm of the EU’s core values. Its primary working strategy will consist of empowering (non-radical/populist) parties to improve their representation of the gender-based interests of the citizenry through the definition, enhancement and dissemination of a policy recommendation handbook with evidence-based policy recommendations. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective UNTWIST aims to promote gender equality as a core value of the EU, defending it from the emerging threat that the oppositional gender rhetoric from extreme populist parties represents. By developing policy recommendations that uphold gender equality as both a value and a way of life, our project will contribute to shaping the global future, thus fulfilling relevant objectives in the EU’s political agenda for the period 2019–2024. By understanding if extreme populist parties are acting as niche parties, substantively representing (but also twisting) the needs and demands of citizens “at the margins”, who feel abandoned or disempowered by current mainstream feminist discourses and policies, it will co-create alternative ways of addressing those citizens. Thus, developing, and implementing new policies that can counter gender-equality-repressive strategies and the policies of extreme populist parties. Representative democracies will consequently be reinvigorated, and the citizenship empowered, by a better safeguarding of gender equality.UNTWIST’s main working strategy toward that end will consist of empowering (non-radical/populist) parties in Europe to improve their representation of the gender-based interests of the citizenry through the definition, enhancement and transfer of a policy recommendation handbook with evidence-based policy recommendations that: 1) help mainstream parties improve their substantive representation of sex- and gender-based needs and demands in ways that diminish the appeal of extreme populist messages (untwisting oppositional gender messages, particularly from right-wing populism); and 2) contributes to the widening horizon of gender expectations and overcomes current “gender fatigue” among citizens. The improvement in substantive democratic representation by these parties will decrease citizens' interest in the anti-feminist messages of radical or populist parties. Fields of science humanitieslanguages and literatureliterature studiesliterary genresessayssocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracysocial sciencessociologygender studiesgender equality Keywords extreme populist parties gender fatigue Programme(s) HORIZON.2.2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society Main Programme HORIZON.2.2.1 - Democracy and Governance Topic(s) HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-03 - Feminisms for a new age of democracy Call for proposal HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE Net EU contribution € 416 776,00 Address CARRETERA DE UTRERA KM 1 41013 Sevilla Spain See on map Region Sur Andalucía Sevilla Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 416 776,25 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSIDAD DE LA IGLESIA DE DEUSTO ENTIDAD RELIGIOSA Spain Net EU contribution € 926 052,50 Address AVENIDA DE LAS UNIVERSIDADES 24 48007 Bilbao See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Bizkaia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 926 052,50 UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES Germany Net EU contribution € 524 517,50 Address CAMPUS 66123 Saarbrucken See on map Region Saarland Saarland Regionalverband Saarbrücken Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 524 517,50 HUN-REN TARSADALOMTUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT Hungary Net EU contribution € 141 437,50 Address TOTH KALMAN U 4 1097 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 141 437,50 ROSKILDE UNIVERSITET Denmark Net EU contribution € 411 661,00 Address Universitetsvej 1 4000 Roskilde See on map Region Danmark Sjælland Østsjælland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 411 661,25 FUNDACIO VIT, VISUALITZACIO PER A LA TRANSPARENCIA Spain Net EU contribution € 168 748,75 Address CARRER MARFA 14 17006 Girona See on map Region Este Cataluña Girona Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 168 748,75 VEREIN DER EUROPAEISCHEN BURGERWISSENSCHAFTEN - ECSA E.V. 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