Johannes Klumpers

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Chancen im RP7 Forschungspolitische Massnahmen
zur Förderung von Frauen in der Wissenschaft /
Hinweise für Geschlechterforschung, Bonn Januar
16, 2007

• Johannes Klumpers
• RTD L4

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Content

• Short background information
• Gender mainstreaming
• Science in Society Programme Promotion of women
  scientists / Research on women scientists
• Gender research

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European Gender Equality Policy

• EC Treaty
• Art. 2 and 3 to promote equality between men
  and women in all activities, including research
  and technological development
• Art. 13combat discrimination based on sex
• Art. 137 equality between men and women with
  regard to labour market opportunities
• Art. 141 equal pay for male and female
  workers

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Relative share of women men in a typical
academic career for EU-25, headcount, 1999 and
2003
Definition of grades A-The single highest
grade/post at which research is normally
conducted within the institutional or corporate
system, B -Researchers working in positions not
as senior as top position (A) but more senior
than the newly qualified PhD holders, C-The first
grade/post into which a newly qualified PhD
(ISCED6) graduate would normally be recruited
within the institutional or corporate system.
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Relative share of women men in a typical
academic career EU-25, headcount, nat. science
and eng. fields, 1999 2003
Definitions Grade A - The single highest
grade/post at which research is normally
conducted, Grade B - Researchers working in
positions not as senior as top position (A) but
more senior than the newly qualified PhD holders,
Grade C - The first grade/post into which a
newly qualified PhD (ISCED6) graduate would
normally be recruited ISCED 6 Advanced higher
education programmes (PhD) ISCED 5A Basic
higher education programmes (Bachelors and
Masters) leading to access to advanced university
studies (PhD)
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Women researchers by sector in 2003
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Women Science actions at European level

• Policy Fora Helsinki group, EPWS, Expert
• groups

Monitoring (targets 40 25), mainstreaming
Research(scientific excellence, benefits)
Gender Equality in scientific research
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New Directorate  Science, Economy and Society
Programmes Science in Society, part of
Capacities Social Sciences and Humanities,
part of Cooperation

• Director Jean-Michel Baer
• Horizontal aspects and co-ordination D. Corpakis
• Social, Economic Sciences and Humanities P.
  Valette
• Governance and Ethics P. Zilgalvis
• Scientific Culture and Gender J. Klumpers
• Administration and Finances T. Arnold

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Content

• Short background information
• Gender mainstreaming
• Science in Society Programme Promotion of women
  scientists / Research on women scientists
• Gender research

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Legal framework

• General conditions of the model draft agreement
• Costs related to parental leave for persons who
  are directly carrying out the project are
  eligible costs provided that they are mandatory
  under national law.
• Participation rules
• Article 17 Appropriate measures shall be taken
  to ensure reasonable gender balance when
  appointing groups of independent experts.
• Art. 19 The model grant agreement shall reflect
  the principles laid down in the European Charter
  for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the
  Recruitment of Researchers. It shall address, as
  appropriate, activities to increase the
  participation and role of women in research and
  activities addressing socioeconomic aspects of
  the research.

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Principles of gender mainstreaming in FP7

• Gender dimension of research content will be
  addressed in the work programmes
• Evaluation 40 objective
• Negotiation raising awareness, informing and
  checking
• Reporting workforce statistics and gender actions

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Evaluation

• Evaluation of gender aspects, if specified in
  call/ work programme
• ST Quality
• Concept, objective, work-plan
• Implementation
• Individual participants and consortium as a whole
• Allocation of resources
• Impact
• Contribution to expected impacts listed in work
  programme
• Plans for dissemination/exploitation

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Evaluation

• Selection of experts
• The European Communities pursue an equal
  opportunities policy and aim in particular at
  achieving in the medium term at least 40 of
  members of each sex in each expert group and
  committee (2000/407/EC Commission Decision of 19
  June 2000 relating to gender balance within the
  committees and expert groups established by it)

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Groups, panels and committees
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Guide for applicants

• a section relating to gender has been included in
  the proposal template, to help applicants prepare
  for discussions on these issues in any subsequent
  negotiations
• You may give an indication of the sort of actions
  that would be undertaken during the course of the
  project to promote gender equality in your
  project, or in your field of research. (These
  will not be evaluated, but will be discussed
  during negotiations should your proposal be
  successful).
• These could include actions related to the
  project consortium (e.g. improving the gender
  balance in the project consortium, measures to
  help reconcile work and private life, awareness
  raising within the consortium) or, where
  appropriate, actions aimed at a wider public
  (e.g. events organised in schools or
  universities)

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Negotiation

• Indicate/Inform
• The project co-ordinator/consortium that the
  Commission attaches importance to gender equality
  in research. Inform that reporting on gender
  actions and workforce statistics will be
  required.
• Encourage
• The project to achieve a good gender balance in
  their research team (frequently PhD students are
  not employed yet at the negotiation stage)
• Verify research content
• Fair treatment of women and men, especially
  important if human beings are involved as
  research subjects or when consumer/user/patient/cl
  ient aspects are important

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Negotiation

• For (large) CP and NoE
• Special Gender Actions are possible and can be
  re-imbursed as part of the project (see section
  on gender in proposal template). This can
  include
• Establishment of networks, management courses,
  training or mentoring activities, measures to
  facilitate work/life balance, outreach activities
  (schools, universities) and collaboration with
  industries
• The Science in Society programme will establish a
  help desk where projects can get advice on the
  type of activities that could be included

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Content

• Short background information
• Gender mainstreaming
• Science in Society Programme Promotion of women
  scientists / Research on women scientists
• Gender research

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Science in Society part of SP CAPACITIES
(deadline 23 May 2007)

• Action line 1 A more dynamic governance of the
  Science and Society relationship
• 5.1.1.4 The role and image of scientists (no
  activity in 2007)
• 5.1.2.1a Capacity building activities for civil
  society organisations and development of
  co-operative research activities
• 5.1.4 The establishment of University-based
  Research (UBR) expert groups (modernisation
  agenda for universities, evaluation, profiling
  and ranking)
• Action line 2 Strengthening potential,
  broadening horizons
• 5.2.1 Gender and research
• 5.2.2 Young people and science
• Action line 3 Science and Society communicate
• 5.3.0.3 Encouraging a European dimension at
  science events targeting the public
• 5.3.0.6 Research aimed at enhancing science
  communication in its methods and its products.

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Strenghtening potential, broadening horizons

• Meta analysis of gender research in relation to
  the advancement of women in scientific careers
• Comparative study (US/CAN/EUR) on positive
  action schemes in the area of research decision
  making (WP SiS 2007)
• Help desk for gender mainstreaming
• 14th International Conference of Women Engineers
  and Scientists, Lille, 2008 (named recipient)
• Expert groups
•  Women in research decision making ,
•  Gender and scientific excellence  (not
  established)

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Strenghtening potential, broadening horizons

• 5.2.21.2 Teaching methods
• Actions for promoting the use of context and
  inquiry-based science teaching techniques
  actions for bridging the gap between the science
  education research community and science teachers
  to facilitate the uptake of new science teaching
  methods.
• 5.2.2.2.1 Images of Science
• Actions to combat stereotypical images of science
  and scientists to promote interest in science
  among young people and to promote realistic role
  models. Special attention should be paid to
  gender specific differences and to the needs of
  young people from disadvantaged,
  under-represented or underperforming groups.
• 5.3.0.6.1 Cultural differences in Europe related
  to the relationship of the public with TV and
  radio science programmes
• Research to gather data from Member States and
  associated countries and to provide an analysis
  of how Europeans, according to their nationality,
  gender, socio-cultural background (including
  young people), perceive existing audiovisual
  science programmes.

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Socio-economic sciences and the Humanities
Activities in the near future

• Research on growth, employment, competitiveness,
  demography, youth and exclusion, participation,
  multiculturalism, creatitivity,
• Womens participation and gender aspects in
  research content are recalled in the Work
  Programme
• Gender is integrated in many topics
• Gender research can be proposed under almost all
  activities

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Evaluators needed!

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