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Additional resources (living document) version 1.3 GEECCO Gender Equality in Engineering through Communication and Commitment Additional resources (living document) Compiled by B-NK GmbH and Yellow Window, as WP8 partners “This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 741128. This handbook reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.” November 2020 GEECCO Page 1 of 127 Additional resources (living document) version 1.3 Table of contents Aim of the document .............................................................................................................................. 3 Glossaries and overview of definitions ................................................................................................... 4 Strategic and political background information ...................................................................................... 5 Structural change towards Gender Equality ........................................................................................... 6 Gender Equality Plans (GEP) .................................................................................................................... 8 Evaluation and monitoring a GEP (=WP10) ....................................................................................... 11 Decision-making and organisational change: processes and bodies (= WP4) ...................................... 15 Recruitment, career development of female researchers and female staff members (= WP5)........... 33 Gender dimension in research and teaching (= WP6) ........................................................................... 61 Gender Equality (GE) and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) ............................................ 73 Cross-cutting topics ............................................................................................................................... 77 Raising gender awareness – tackling unconscious bias .................................................................... 79 Sexism and Sexual violence and harassment .................................................................................... 87 Inclusive language and visual materials ............................................................................................ 92 Resistances and strategies against resistances ................................................................................. 97 Intersectionality............................................................................................................................... 103 COVID-19 and gender ...................................................................................................................... 108 Sister Projects funded under FP7 or H2020 (SwafS) - Publications and resources ............................. 110 Most recent funded projects – since 2020 ...................................................................................... 110 Ongoing funded projects ................................................................................................................. 112 Finalised funded projects ................................................................................................................ 118 November 2020 GEECCO Page 2 of 127 Additional resources (living document) version 1.3 Aim of the document This document provides additional resources, such as references to literature, best practices, web tools, and other sources relevant for the GEECCO consortium. Furthermore, for the interested (professional) public such as gender scholars, universities, organisations, political or institutional decision-makers, or just interested individuals and parties. The document is conceptualized as a “living document” and will be updated on a regular basis. It acts as a knowledge pool within the project team, so the information comes from the project participants itself, but they can also draw and transfer knowledge from it. In addition, the focus is on resources available online, therefore the links are listed in each case. The references to useful resources, instruments, videos, books, book articles and scientific articles are accompanied by a very brief annotation, directly cited abstracts or excerpts for more detailed information. The structure of the document follows the one of the GEECCO project: • decision-making and organisational change: processes and bodies (= WP4) • recruitment, career development of female researchers and female staff members (= WP5) • gender dimension in research and teaching (= WP6) • gender equality plans, evaluation and monitoring (= WP10) Additionally, strategic and political background information and cross-cutting topics are included as well as an overview of the sister projects funded under Framework Programme 7 or Horizon 2020 (Science with and for Society - SwafS) (including information about status, description, project lead, consortium, link to project website). November 2020 GEECCO Page 3 of 127 Additional resources (living document) version 1.3 Glossaries and overview of definitions The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) provides a Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus The resource is available online at http://eige.europa.eu/rdc/thesaurus, last checked on 3rd of August 2020. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) provides an overview of concepts and definitions related to Gender Mainstreaming The resource is available online at http://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/concepts-and- definitions, last checked on 3rd of August 2020. The project “Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment” provides an overview of key terms and concepts The resource is available online at http://genderedinnovations.stanford.edu/terms.html, last checked on 3rd of August 2020. November 2020 GEECCO Page 4 of 127 Additional resources (living document) version 1.3 Strategic and political background information European Commission (2020a): A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 “The EU Gender Equality Strategy delivers on the von der Leyen Commission’s commitment to achieving a Union of Equality. The Strategy presents policy objectives and actions to make significant progress by 2025 towards a gender-equal Europe. The goal is a Union where women and men, girls and boys, in all their diversity, are free to pursue their chosen path in life, have equal opportunities to thrive, and can equally participate in and lead our European society. The key objectives are ending gender-based violence; challenging gender stereotypes; closing gender gaps in the labour market; achieving equal participation across different sectors of the economy; addressing the gender pay and pension gaps; closing the gender care gap and achieving gender balance in decision-making and in politics. The Strategy pursues a dual approach of gender mainstreaming combined with targeted actions, and intersectionality is a horizontal principle for its implementation. While the Strategy focuses on actions within the EU, it is coherent with the EU’s external policy on gender equality and women’s empowerment. It is worth to mention that the EC is planning to make it an eligibility criterion to have GEPs under Horizon Europe: “In the field of research and innovation, the Commission will introduce new measures to strengthen gender equality in Horizon Europe, such as the possibility to require a gender equality plan from applicants and an initiative to increase the number of women-led technology start-ups. Funding for gender and intersectional research will also be made available.” (EC 2020: 17)” The strategy (and additional information) is available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice- and-fundamental-rights/gender-equality/gender-equality-strategy_en, last checked on 17th of June 2020. Pépin, Anne; Zemborain, Federico; Forson, Abigail (2015): Compendium of national initiatives on the integration of the gender dimension in research contents. GENDER-NET Report The report is available online at http://www.gender-net.eu/IMG/pdf/GENDER-NET_D3-9_- _Compendium_of_national_initiatives_on_the_integration_of_the_gender_dimension_in_resear ch_contents.pdf, last checked on 15th of May 2020. November 2020 GEECCO Page 5 of 127 Additional resources (living document) version 1.3 Structural change towards Gender Equality Buitendijk, Simone; Curry, Stephen; Maes, Katrien (2019): Equality, diversity and inclusion at universities: the power of a systemic approach. “This position paper by LERU examines the issue of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at universities. It is firstly a manifesto which makes the case for why universities should and how they can engage with EDI. It also analyses the opportunities and benefits for universities to engage with EDI and it contains several research-based contributions on specific EDI challenges. Finally, the paper has a section with many examples of what LERU universities are actually doing to build equal, diverse and inclusive organisations. The paper’s key message is that EDI can be more effectively promoted at universities by making use of a comprehensive approach. Such an approach needs to be holistic and systemic in 1/ addressing inclusion and enhanced representation of all under-represented groups; 2/ aiming at the entire academic community of staff and students together; and