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<p>The article summarises the scientific debate on the strengths and weaknesses of the strategies adopted by the European Union to promote gender equality in academia and the adoption of a gender perspective in research.</p>
<p>The article focuses on introducing gender mainstreaming, promoting gender equality and structural change in research performing and financing organisations, and adopting gender action/equality plans. The discussion is structured around textual analysis of relevant EU acts, scientific literature, reports of EU funded research projects, communication and support actions. The authors discuss the critics of the various initiative and advance some considerations about what could support individuals and groups interested in promoting positive changes towards gender equality, diversity and inclusion in the academic field. The article relevance is linked to the innovation promoted by Horizon Europe, that requires all public institutions applying for Eu funding to have a Gender equality plan, and the risks that previous mistakes can be repeated hindering the process towards gender equality as in the recent past.</p>
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The article summarises the scientific debate on the strengths and weaknesses of the strategies adopted by the European Union to promote gender equality in academia and the adoption of a gender perspective in research.
The article focuses on introducing gender mainstreaming, promoting gender equality and structural change in research performing and financing organisations, and adopting gender action/equality plans. The discussion is structured around textual analysis of relevant EU acts, scientific literature, reports of EU funded research projects, communication and support actions. The authors discuss the critics of the various initiative and advance some considerations about what could support individuals and groups interested in promoting positive changes towards gender equality, diversity and inclusion in the academic field. The article relevance is linked to the innovation promoted by Horizon Europe, that requires all public institutions applying for Eu funding to have a Gender equality plan, and the risks that previous mistakes can be repeated hindering the process towards gender equality as in the recent past.

Gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in academia: successes and failures of the initiatives promoted by the European Union

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The article summarises the scientific debate on the strengths and weaknesses of the strategies adopted by the European Union to promote gender equality in...

Gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in academia: successes and failures of the initiatives promoted by the European Union

Published Online: Oct 26, 2021

Page range: 27 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gssfj-2021-0003

Keywords
gender equality, gender equality plan, gender mainstreaming, positive actions, Horizon Europe

© 2021 Rita Bencivenga et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in academia: successes and failures of the initiatives promoted by the European Union

Published Online: Oct 26, 2021

Page range: 27 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gssfj-2021-0003

Keywordsgender equality, gender equality plan, gender mainstreaming, positive actions, Horizon Europe

© 2021 Rita Bencivenga et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
gender equality, gender equality plan, gender mainstreaming, positive actions, Horizon Europe