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October 2022
Gender Summit Europe
The 22nd Gender Summit takes place as societies and economies are beginning to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and are facing intensified disruptions caused by the effects of climate change as well as global social economic upheavals caused by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The impact of COVID -19 on science, and what it revealed about gender and social inequalities, as well as gender gaps and biases in knowledge, has dominated the programme of GS21,…
Find out more »November 2022
Introductory training on Gender Equality Plans
This training aims at explaining the basic concepts of a Gender Equality Plan and its main stages. It will sensitise participants about key problems at stake regarding gender in Research and Innovation and raise awareness about the importance of institutional change for gender equality. The session will be offered for free to those interested in implementing GEPs in their research organisations: Gender equality officers/Focal persons; Equality/Diversity officers Human resources officers Researchers Middle managers aiming to start the path towards institutional change Organisational…
Find out more »Methods for Change: Social science methodologies for 21st century problems
Have you ever wondered how research can be useful beyond academia? Are you interested in knowing more about different ways to understand a particular issue or tackle a problem? The Methods for Change team is excited to invite anyone with an interest in creative, participatory, spatial, and mixed methods in social science research to our two Festival of Social Science events! The events are open to the public, students, academics, anyone working in business, public, third and policy sectors who…
Find out more »Roundtable: HEI Staff requirements and challenges for Digital Action
Higher Education Institution Staff Roundtable Event: “Understanding HEI requirements and challenges for Digital Action” Are you a staff member at an HEI (Higher Education Institution)? Are you interested in participating or organising activities such as citizen science, hackathons or makeathons - or are such activities part of your job? Do you have ideas about how Higher Education Institutions could support their staff or students in running such activities, or in improving their digital skills or communications in order to do…
Find out more »Webinar – #RESET your research project with gender
The Webinar “#RESET your project with gender” is open to a large audience, and aims to provide hands-on guidance and tools for integration of concepts of gender and diversity into research projects. Topics Gender integration into research project proposals and its impact Horizon Europe’s funding requirements concerning gender, inclusion, and diversity Project proposals: successful stories and useful tools This event will include interventions from representatives of the European Commission and researchers who succeeded in the submission of gender-sensitive project proposals…
Find out more »Workshop: Hive minds: funding a more participatory future for citizen science
At this online event, representatives from UKRI and The Young Foundation’s Institute for Community Studies will reflect on the findings of a new review of Citizen Science Exploration Grant-funded projects, and explore ways to support participatory research approaches, including through Citizen Science Collaboration Grants. Hear more about UKRI's story as a funder in this space, as we explore what works on funding and research design. Please note, the format will be one-hour webinar, followed by a one-hour networking space.
Find out more »Workshop: Implementing public involvement in research
A free public involvement workshop for health and social care researchers and professionals in London.
Find out more »RRI2SCALE & TeRRIFICA Final Conference: “Embedding RRI for smart and climate resilient European regions”
The two Horizon 2020 projects RRI2SCALE and TeRRIFICA are organising together their Joint Final Conference. RRI2SCALE (Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2022) explored future Research & Innovation development trajectories at the regional level, with a focus on the three fields of “smart cities – transport – energy”. The project has designed and piloted a solid multi-stakeholder approach based on complex foresight analysis, in order to assist four pilot European regions to sufficiently and sustainably address their regional dilemmas in these smart…
Find out more »Ending gender-based violence in academia
This high-level conference will address the persistent and damaging problem of gender-based violence in academia, including sexual harassment. Existing studies and policy documents identify the need for policy coordination in this area as well as building infrastructures to address the issue. Gender-based violence is one of the five recommended thematic areas of Gender Equality Plans under the Horizon Europe eligibility criterion, and is also one of the areas addressed in the Ljubljana Declaration on Gender Equality in Research and Innovation,…
Find out more »Open Science Communication Conference – OpenSciComm 2022
In a knowledge-based society, citizens are able to make decisions based on the reliable and relevant information delivered by science. Open Science and Science Communication refers to public communication presenting science-related topics, not only among scientists, but primarily targeting all social strata. The basis is in strengthening understanding of science and increasing scientific literacy as an indispensable part of everyday life. The OpenSciComm 2022 conference is initiated to present effective and reliable practices of science communication, to show their potential…
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