Relevance of a CoP for a Reflexive Gender Equality Policy : A Structural Change Approach
Autor/in:
Palmén, Rachel; Caprile, Maria
Quelle: Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations. Angela Wroblewski (Hrsg.), Rachel Palmén (Hrsg.), Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. 2022, S 53–69
Inhalt: This chapter discusses the relevance of a community of practice (CoP) for a reflexive gender equality policy and reflects on the different approaches taken within TARGET. It is based on the literature on CoPs and structural change as well as on experiences in transferring this approach to the context of implementing gender equality plans (GEPs) within different types of research organisations. While the notion of the CoP was coined in the 1990s, literature on gender and such communities remained scarce until a recent wealth of research looked at the role played by inter-institutional CoPs in advancing structural change in research organisations. In this chapter, we examine whether and how an institutional CoP approach has been a useful vehicle for gender equality plan development and how the different configurations of internal and external stakeholders within the CoPs have impacted GEP implementation.
Quelle: Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations. Angela Wroblewski (Hrsg.), Rachel Palmén (Hrsg.), Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. 2022, S 91–111
Inhalt: Gender competence as part of engineering education can better prepare men and women to work on sustainable solutions that benefit entire societies. This chapter describes the framework and lessons learned of a community of practice (CoP) for gender equality facilitated by the Mediterranean Engineering Schools Network. Faculty and students from Mediterranean European, North African and Middle Eastern countries came together in this CoP, which was supported by the TARGET project, to develop a practical plan using a reflexive approach. The transfer of knowledge between generations is achieved by using participatory learning processes, facilitating mindful awareness, widening experiences, deepening understandings and building a gender-sensitive mindset. Students embarked on the journey to become change agents. The process led to the consolidation of gender equality knowledge, competence building and the development of change agents for gender equality. This CoP can inspire other institutions to undertake a participatory path towards gender equality – at local, regional, or global level.
Institutional Mechanisms for Combatting Sexual Harassment in Higher Education Institutions : The Case of the University of Belgrade
Autor/in:
Mirazić, Milica; Duhaček, Daša
Quelle: Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations. Angela Wroblewski (Hrsg.), Rachel Palmén (Hrsg.), Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. 2022, S 113–124
Inhalt: As a form of gender-based violence, sexual harassment represents one of the most serious obstacles to gender equality in higher education institutions. A systematic and institutional response is required in order for the problem to be regulated. This chapter provides a short overview of the existing institutional mechanisms adopted – with the support system built within the TARGET project – at the University of Belgrade and its member institutions, as a possible and good practice model of institutional interventions dealing with this issue. With three member faculties already having previously introduced their own rulebooks, the first University of Belgrade Rulebook on the Prevention of and Protection from Sexual Harassment was adopted university-wide in 2021. This document represents an important step forward and a substantial support to all the member institutions in the process of regulating the prevention of and protection from sexual harassment and thus contributes substantially to gender equality at all levels of the institution.
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Promoting Structural Change in Small Organisations : Strengths, Resistance and the Quest for Excellence
Autor/in:
Micheli, Barbara de; Vingelli, Giovanna
Quelle: Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations. Angela Wroblewski (Hrsg.), Rachel Palmén (Hrsg.), Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. 2022, S 181–198
Inhalt: Research-funding organisations (RFOs) and research-performing organisations (RPOs) are in a privileged position to significantly reshape the research and innovation landscape – not only by implementing gender equality plans (GEPs) as institutions but also in terms of the relationship and potential impact of these plans on the institutional context in which they are embedded. This paper reflects on the content and methodology of the GEP implementation at two RFOs and one non-university RPOs. Grounded in the knowledge base of each organisation, the analysis provides insights and expert feedback in order to understand to what extent and under which conditions GEPs are a systematic and comprehensive policy in promoting structural change that has a high potential impact on research policy definition and funding. Reviewing the internal assessment phase, the preliminary steps in the design process as well as the implementation and monitoring phase, the analysis detects both the strengths and challenges or resistance connected to external and internal factors as well as the specific strategies that small organisations employ to promote and sustain organisational and cultural change.
Schlagwörter:Communities of Practice; Cyprus; gender equality plan; Gleichstellungsplan; Greece; Griechenland; institutional change; institutioneller Wandel; Italien; Italy; research and innovation; research funding organisation; research performing organisation; Zypern
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Conclusions
Autor/in:
Palmén, Rachel; Wroblewski, Angela
Quelle: Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations. Angela Wroblewski (Hrsg.), Rachel Palmén (Hrsg.), Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. 2022, S 199–212
Inhalt: This chapter provides some concluding reflections on the different experiences of structural change encountered by the TARGET partners. The various TARGET partners had different roles in the structural change processes: seven organisations designed, implemented and monitored gender equality plans (GEPs) for the first time, two organisations provided tailored support to implementing institutions and one organisation evaluated GEP implementation. This edited volume provides an account of these diverse experiences of engaging with and catalysing structural change in very different research organisations operating in extremely different contexts both within the EU and beyond. The volume thus contributes to the growing body of literature generated from structural change projects by offering a specific focus on the TARGET approach. The TARGET process of structural change – undertaken through the development and implementation of tailored, evidence-based GEPs – was found to be strengthened through formal top management commitment and by taking a reflexive approach that was powered by communities of practice and supported by financial resources, gender expertise as well as gender and organisational change competences. Engaged institutions thus managed to overcome unfavourable conditions and implement tailor-made, context-specific interventions, some of them in areas at the cutting edge of topics and issues linked to gender equality in research and innovation such as tackling sexual harassment, sustainability and integrating the gender dimension into research content and curricula.
Schlagwörter:Communities of Practice; europäischer Forschungsraum; european research area; gender equality plan; Gleichstellungsplan; research and innovation; research funding organisation; research performing organisation; structural change; Strukturwandel
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Schutz vor sexueller Belästigung an Hochschulen
Autor/in:
Schlenzka, Nathalie
Quelle: Sexualisierter Belästigung, Gewalt und Machtmissbrauch an Hochschulen entgegenwirken. Lisa Mense (Hrsg.), Heike Mauer (Hrsg.), Jeremia Herrmann (Hrsg.), Essen. 2022, S 18–23
Inhalt: Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Schutz vor sexueller Belästigung im Hochschulkontext. Hierzu werden
zunächst einige Studienergebnisse zum Vorkommen und Umgang mit sexueller Belästigung vorgestellt
und Forschungsdesiderate diskutiert. Im Anschluss daran erfolgt eine – anonymisierte – Analyse von
Beschwerden, die bei der Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes (ADS) hierzu eingegangen sind.
Schlagwörter:Belästigung; Handlungsansätze; higher education; Hochschule; Prävention; prevention; sexual harassment; Verantwortlichkeit
EU Policy and Gender Mainstreaming in Research and Higher Education : How Well Does it Travel from North to South?
Autor/in:
Anagnostou, Dia
Quelle: Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations. Angela Wroblewski (Hrsg.), Rachel Palmén (Hrsg.), Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. 2022, S 73–89
Inhalt: Over the past 20 years, the European Union has developed a comprehensive policy on gender equality (GE) in the fields of research, innovation and higher education. While North European countries have actively implemented policies in this direction, South and East European countries have been far less active and made limited progress, resulting in widening policy gaps across countries. Drawing from the experience of a capacity-building project (TARGET), this chapter explores the factors that impede the implementation of gender equality plans (GEPs) in research and higher education institutions across five countries – Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Italy and Serbia. It argues that the lack of a coherent GE discourse in research and innovation policies that sheds light on structural barriers and implicit bias is a central impediment: it severely limits the potential of GEPs and the power of change agents in research and higher education organisations in Southeast Europe to stimulate institutional change.
Zeitknappheit, Konkurrenz und Leistungsdruck : Auswirkungen von Hochschulkultur auf Alltagspraktiken von Juniorprofessor*innen
Autor/in:
Altenstädter, Lara
Quelle: Konkret gestaltet: Chancengerechtigkeit und Vielfalt. Jahresheft 2020 der Rektoratsstabsstelle. RWTH Aachen (Hrsg.). 2021, S 10–25
Inhalt: "Es ist auffällig, dass Juniorprofessor*innen kollektiv die Erfahrung von Zeitknappheit teilen und diese als belastend deklarieren Dabei haben die Zeitnormierungen nicht nur einen normativen, sondern auch einen Konstruktionscharakter, indem bestimmte Vorstellungen einer wissenschaftlichen Persona hierin impliziert sind Als übergreifende Passung zwischen professoralem Habitus und institutionellen Normen wird eine wissenschaftliche Persona entworfen, die sich vollumfänglich einzig und allein der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisproduktion widmet und dabei selbstlos jedes andere Bedürfnis – und sei es noch so grundlegend wie zu essen – in den Hintergrund stellt." [Auszug aus: Resümee, S. 21]