Intersectionality

To better understand the complexity of YRIs’ career paths and experiences within research and innovations institutions, intersectionality is so far the most appropriate approach. The WG5 will (1) explore the multiples dimensions of each topic covered by the four thematic WGs (WG1 to WG4). It will examine how gender, interwoven with other systems of power linked to social categories such ethnicity, race, social class, disability, sexual orientation (the European Commission has recently launched its LGBTIQ Equality Strategy), produces specific vulnerabilities and obstacles for YRIs. To enable this first step, the WG will provide tools, invite experts, and share best practices on existing actions adopting an intersectional perspective through cross-cutting workshops. Its second objective (2) will then be to translate this co-created knowledge into concrete and implementable policy measures to provide recommendations to stakeholders.

  • Victoria Showunmi, Leader WG5
  • Nicole Haring, Deputy WG 5
  • Anna Hata, Community Officer
  • Jowita Radzińska, Ethnics Officer
  • Elifnur Terzioğlu, Communication Officer

Activities led by WG5

  • Networking and collaboration among the WORKING GROUP members, as WG5 was a cross-cutting working group. 
  • Regular online meetings with the group members to discuss and plan activities. 
  • Leadership Team development away day 
  • 1st Training School in Poland in 2022
  • Creating Writing retreat 
  • Mentoring to working Groups 
  • collaboration in conferences/seminars with WG6, WG2, WG3, WG4, WG1
  • Webinars for 1) STEM and Intersectionality 2) Mentoring 
  • Intersectionality Reading group 
  • Publications (Blogs, Journal articles, Special Edition, book) 
  • Keynote  / Oral speeches 

Additional FUNDED projects 

Additional project proposals have been submitted with success based on collaborations initiated thanks to VOICES : 

1) Global Engagement Project (1 year)  – ENS Paris -and UCL funded by UCL

2) EERA ( European Educational Research Association) (1 year)   – University College London, Universidade do Minho, Braga,  Ecole Normale Supérieure PLS Paris,  and  Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid

3) INCLUDE – EU HORIZON PROJECT (GEPS) https://include-geps.eu/ 

Publications 

Book

Showunmi, V., Hancock, S..& Külcür, R. (eds.) Intersectionality as a methodological and epistemological approach to research, practice, and conceptual analysis, Springer (in progress, to be published in 2026)  (COST Action to be mentioned) (peer review)

Book chapters

Showunmi, V., Godfroy, A., (in-progress)  Intersectionality in Flux: Conceptual Approaches to European Change and Post -Colonial

Showunmi, V. & Külcür, R. Turning Intersectionality on Its Head: The Hidden Voices of Early Career Researchers in Europe, in Social Movements in Previous and Contemporary Societies, IntechOpen (in press) (COST Action mentioned)  (peer reviewed)

Showunmi, V., (in-progress)  Refracting realities: Intersectionality in English Academia and European Contexts in Showunmi, V., Hancock, S..& Külcür, R. (eds.), Springer (in progress, to be published in 2026)  (COST Action to be mentioned) (peer review)

Journal papers

–   Külcür, R., Bonello, K., Baysan, S., Brown, M. Showunmi, V. & Novelskaite, A. 2025 Shaping Gender-Power Dynamics in Academia: The Role of Organisational Practices and Policies (Working Paper Series, University of Vienna) (in press) (COST Action mentioned) (peer reviewed)

–  Külcür, R., Bonello, K., Brown, M., Baysan, S., Demir, T., Patón-Romero, J. D., Grinevica, L. & Showunmi, V. (2024). Voices in academia and beyond: An exploration of European researchers’ narratives using a decolonising lens. Postcolonial Directions in Education, 13(1), 1-54. (COST Action mentioned) (peer reviewed, open access, scopus-indexed)

Findiki, M., Gunbey, M., Pruschak, G., Showunmi, V., Leisyte, L., (forthcoming) Women Leader’ Mentoring Experiences in Higher Education: A qualitative Meta-Synthesis through Transformative Learning and Intersectional Lenses,submitted to Journal of Higher Education 

Showunmi, V., Abbas, A., Baranovic,. (in progress)  (eds) Intersectional approaches to educational research through a gendered lens Special Issue European Research Journal.

Haring, N. (2025). Intergenerational Stories of Gender and Education: Identity Formation in Austria’s Educational System. transcript Verlag.

Haring, N. (2024). Digital Storytelling and Young Adult Literature: A Methodological Combination for the Language Classroom. Educazione Linguistica. Language Education.

Hata, A., Yuwono, J., Purwana, R., & Nomura, S. (2021). Embracing diversity and inclusion in Indonesian schools: Challenges and policy options for the future of inclusive education. Washington, DC: World Bank.

Hata, A. (2024). Intersectionality of critical consciousness in education: a case study in Nepal.

Special edition of the Gender Work and Organizations Journal proposal titled: Academia in Crisis Amplifying Early Career Researchers’ Voices for Gender and Inclusive Equality  Anne-Sophie  Godfroy & Victoria Showunmi