MINDtheGEPs Final Conference

After four years of dedicated work, collaboration, and progress, we are excited to invite you to the Final Conference of the MINDtheGEPs project. Since 2021, we have worked to increase women’s participation in research and innovation, enhance women's career prospects, improve gender balance in decision-making bodies in research organisations, and integrate gender dimensions into research content. Together, we have taken important steps to increase the quality and societal relevance of knowledge, technologies, and innovations produced.

Now, it is time to reflect on our journey, celebrate our achievements, and most importantly, look ahead. What lessons have we learned? What challenges remain? And how can we ensure that the change we have initiated continues to grow?

Join us for a full day of collaborative discussions, hands-on workshops, and inspiring reflections, as we conclude our project and set the stage for the future of gender equality in research. We look forward to seeing you there!

Event details

Date: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Time: 09:00-18:00 CET
Place: Palazzetto Mattei, Villa Celimontana, via della Navicella 12 (Rome, Italy)

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Programme

09.15-09.45

Registration, networking & poster session

09.45-10.00

Institutional welcome
National Research Council of Italy, University of Turin & EU Commission

10.00-11.00

Modifying Institutions by Developing Gender Equality Plans: paths, results & challenges of the MINDtheGEPs project
Cristina Solera, Federica Turco & Angela Balzano, University of Turin

11.00-13.00

Roundtable discussion

Gender in research and science: a collective path for equality

Moderator:

Lucio Pisacane
National Research Council of Italy

Speakers:

Marcella Linkova
Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
 

Jade Iafrate
EU Commission, Directorate for Research and Innovation

Ross Woods
Higher Education Authority, Ireland and MINDtheGEPS advisory board

Piotr Stepnowski
Rector, University of Gdańsk

13.00-14.45

Light lunch, poster session & trainers desks

14.45-16.00

Parallel sessions
 

Multiple barriers, multiple actions: practicing collective reflection on key areas of GEPs

Group 1

Gender balance in leadership and decision-making bodies: quotas and economic incentives to break the glass ceiling?
Coordinators: Gema Antiquera (CTAG) and Aoife Ní Fhlatharta (Munster Technological University), with support from the MINDtheGEPs trainers network.

Group 2

Gender equality in recruitment and career advancement: de-gendering the glass door, work-life balance and excellence definition
Coordinators: Paulina Sekula (Jagiellonian University) and Nicolò Marchesini (ISTAT), with support from the MINDtheGEPs trainers network.

Group 3

Gendering research, publications and teaching: a contribution to the excellence of science?
Coordinators: Magdalena Żadkowska (University of Gdańsk), Aleksandra Drecun (ETF) and Claudio Colaiacomo (Elsevier), with support from the MINDtheGEPs trainers network.

Group 4

Fighting gender-based violence: a mix of cultural and structural actions?Coordinators: Federica Turco (University of Turin) and Ewa Stoecker (Jagiellonian University), with support from the MINDtheGEPs trainers network.

Group 5

Driving and assessing transformational change: challenges, strategies and solutions?
Coordinators: Claudia Colonnello (Knowledge & Innovation) and Josepine Fernow (Uppsala University), with support from the MINDtheGEPs trainers network.

16.15-17.00

Towards a better science in research organizations: insights on critical issues and lines of flights from afternoon workshops
Coordinators of the five groups, Cristina Solera and Angela Balzano, University of Turin

17.00-18.00

Aperitif and networking