Certification-Award Systems to Promote gender Equality in Research

Project Information

CASPER

Grant agreement ID: 872113

DOI 10.3030/872113

Project closed

EC signature date 26 November 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 31 March 2022

Funded under

• Promote gender equality in particular by supporting structural change in the organisation of research institutions and in the content and design of research activities

Total cost € 1 499 280,00

EU contribution € 1 499 280,00

Coordinated by

FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE
France

Deliverables

Documents, reports (9)

Policy framing report

This report will present a conceptual map of the policy frames on quality and excellence in research and education and a preliminary screening of existing certification systems.

Validated version of the 4 scenarios

A final version of the document describing the 4 scenarios D55 refined after the validation process

Report on the use of an innovative potential tool to assess the sustainability and impact of institutional change towards more gender equality

The report will contain the description of the tool and instructions for its use

Report on policy workshop

Summary report of final project workshop including participants and main outcomes Includes photos

Consolidated report of outreach, dissemination and exploitation activities

Second update on dissemination activities final impact assessment of dissemination strategy

Policy recommendations on the certification/award system

Policy recommendations related to the perspectives connected to the implementation of a European certificationaward system for gender equality in research organisations

Analytical template and interview questions to collect stakeholders’ assessment of existing systems

This deliverable will consist of a methodological report providing the interview questions (qualitative assessment) used and detailing how these were designed, tested and piloted. It will also provide an overview of the indicators used for the quantitative assessment.

Report of key prerequisites for effective award/certification system

This deliverable will provide a summary report of the outcomes of WP4 by outlining the set of prerequisites musthaves nicetohaves distilled as well as documenting the process used to arrive at these outcomes eg agenda of the meeting summary of discussions and contributions etc

State of the Art Analysis: mapping the awarding certification landscape in HE/Research

The report provides an analysis of results of the State of the Art research, including both Country Fact Sheets and specific Fact Sheets on specific certification/awarding initiatives and systems.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (3)

Gender Equality Impact Drivers Revisited: Assessing Institutional Capacity in Research and Higher Education Institutions

Author(s): Lut Mergaert, Marina Cacace & Marcela Linková
Published in: Social Sciences, Issue 20760760, 2022, ISSN 2076-0760
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/socsci11090379

Challenges and Opportunities for a European Gender Equality Certification Scheme for Research Performing Organisations

Author(s): Marina Cacace, Francesca Pugliese, Charikleia Tzanakou, Jörg Müller, Alain Denis & Maria Sangiuliano
Published in: Science and Public Policy, 2022, ISSN 1471-5430
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Certifying Gender Equality in Research: Lessons Learnt From Athena SWAN and Total E-Quality Award Schemes

Author(s): Charikleia Tzanakou; Kate Clayton-Hathway; Anne Laure Humbert
Published in: Frontiers in Sociology, 2021, ISSN 2297-7775
Publisher: Frontiers in Sociology
DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.784446

Other (8)

Policy Framing Report

Author(s): Giulia Nason, & Maria Sangiuliano
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4561607

Validated version of the 4 scenarios

Author(s): Alain Denis, & Vasia Madesi
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6325078

Policy recommendations on the certification/award system

Author(s): Marina Cacace, Federico Marta, Francesca Pugliese, & Gabriele Quinti
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6393146

Report on the CASPER final conference

Author(s): Jörg Müller
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6394527

State of the Art Analysis: mapping the awarding certification landscape in Higher Education and Research

Author(s): Giulia Nason, & Maria Sangiuliano
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4561664

Consolidated report of outreach, dissemination and exploitation activities

Author(s): Jörg Müller
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6411806

Key prerequisites for a Europe-wide gender equality scheme

Author(s): Charikleia Tzanakou, Shireen Chilcott, Kate Clayton-Hathway, & Anne Laure Humbert
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4428168

Report on the use of an innovative potential tool to assess the sustainability and impact of institutional change towards more gender equality

Author(s): Lut Mergaert, & Aart Kerremans
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6394073