Integrating gender and intersectionality in research: from policy to practice 

The integration of the gender dimension is increasingly required in research funding and evaluation – yet implementation varies widely. Many researchers and research professionals across Europe face challenges in understanding what it means in practice and how to apply it effectively, particularly from an intersectional perspective.

Join us at an online event on Wednesday, 28 May at 14:00 – 16:00 CET to discover new tools, discuss benefits and learn how to integrate the gender dimension and intersectional analysis into research and innovation content – a key objective of the European Research Area (ERA).

This event brings together key actors from EU-funded initiatives, including the ERA Forum Sub-group on Inclusive Gender Equality and the Horizon Europe GENDERACTIONplus project, to share new tools, policy frameworks, and real-world examples that support inclusive and impactful research.

Whether you’re involved in designing research proposals, evaluating projects, or advising on content, this event offers valuable insights, examples, and guidance to support your work.

What you’ll gain from the event:

• Understand the policy rationale and current requirements for integrating the gender dimension in R&I.
• Discover new EU-level tools and resources developed by the ERA Forum Sub-group and GENDERACTIONplus.
• Find out how intersectional analysis can improve research outcomes and relevance through a real-world example.

Register to attend here!

Organised by INSPIRING ERA in collaboration with the GENDERACTIONplus project as part of a series of online events to support the implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda.

Programme

• Welcome from the INSPIRING ERA project

• Presentation of the ERA Forum sub-group Framework for the Integration and Evaluation for an Inclusive Gender Analysis in research and Innovation Content
  • Lydia González Orta, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and Spanish National Contact Point of Horizon Europe for cross-cutting gender issues and Sophia Ivarsson, Gender and innovation expert at Vinnova – Sweden’s innovation Agency and Head of the GENDERACTIONplus RFO Community of Practice

• Q&A

• Presentation on The intersectional hallucinations of synthetic data
  • Ericka Johnson, Professor of Gender and Society at Linköping University, Sweden

• Q&A

• Presentation of new tools to support inclusive gender analysis in R&I.
  • Lydia González Orta, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and Spanish National Contact Point of Horizon Europe for cross-cutting gender issues.

• Close

This online event is organised by INSPIRING ERA supporting the implementation of the ERA Policy Agenda in collaboration with the GENDERACTIONplus project.

Organised by INSPIRING ERA in collaboration with the GENDERACTIONplus project as part of a series of online events to support the implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda.