Promoting Gender Equality in Academia and Research
The PLOTINA Project

In the European Union, gender balance has been achieved amongst PhD Graduates. Indeed, in 2012, women made up 40% to 60% of PhD Graduates in every European country. However, the under-representation of women in research positions and senior academic ranks is still persistent. In 2011, women in the EU accounted for only

This document illustrates the overall objective, the workpackages and the tools of the PLOTINA Project. It contains an explanation of the first case study on gendered research on food. Together with a poster, it was used to present the project during the Gender Summit on 8/9 November in Brussels. The Gender Summit is a platform for dialogue between scientists, policy makers, gender scholars and key

Brussels, 3-4 November 2016

Plotina was present at the Genovate final Conference with three people: Plotina Coordinator Prof. Tullia Gallina Toschi, Susi Poli as member of the Audit Team, of Bologna University and Maria Mantini Satta of Centro Studi Progetto Donna e Diversity Mgmt.

The Genovate project sub title Transforming Organizational Culture for Gender Equality in Research and Innovation tells us that

 (20 October in Brussels)

The European Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality presented the GEAR Tool for Gender Equality in Academia at the High Level Conference “Shift GEAR-Mainstreaming gender into academic and research organizations”.

The main issues presented and discussed were about the three EC objective strategy on gender equality in research and innovation policy:

Fostering equality in scientific careers
Ensuring gender

The Plotina Consortium met in July for three days in the Bilbao Berrikuntza Faktoria (BBF). This second workshop was held six months after the launch of Plotina Project and aimed at working on the Common Audit Tool and the Gender Audit.
The University of Warwick will host the next meeting of the Consortium on January, 11th, 12th and 13th 2017.
 
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