Project materials

In this section you will find a compilation of the outcomes (publications, reports, policy briefs, STSM reports, webinar recordings or videos) of the VOICES Cost Action.

VOICES Final report

Publications

WG1

Thomson, A., López Belloso, M., Warat, M., and Damala, A. (in press). ‘Towards gender equality in research and academia: conceptualising and practising inclusive mentorship through community building, co-creation and art-based methods’, Journal Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, DOI: 10.1108/EDI-12-2024-0619 (peer reviewed; COST Action funding acknowledged)

Thomson, A., López Belloso, M., Beqiri, T., Rotter, A., Guillopé, C., Schomakers, J., Szlavi, A., Kalaj, E. H., Bostenaru Dan, M., Demir Korkmaz, F., Grinevica, L., ONDER-OZDEMIR, N., Berisha Dranqolli, V., EROL, E., & PEHLİVAN, N. N. (2025). Mentoring programmes for women in research and academia in Europe [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17175658 (data set; COST Action funding acknowledged)

WG2

Joint publications of WG2 members:

Liudvika Leišytė, Ivana Načinović Braje, Almog Shulamit, Sultan Baysan, Teresa Carvalho, Dovilė Daunoraitė, Sara Diogo, Panourgias Papaioannou, Anna Farmaki, Shlomit Feldman, Rakibe Külcür, Inga Matijošytė, Sandra Pralgauskaitė, Vanya Rangelova, Dalia Šatkovskienė (2026) Early Career Researchers as Stakeholders in University Decision‐Making in Europe: Comparative Perspectives. Social Inclusion, Volume 14, Article 9683, https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9683

Leišytė, Cross, C., Nacinovic-Braje, I., Papaioannou, P., Matijošytė, I., Oras, E., Birindelli, G., A. Iannuzzi, A., Farmaki, A., Rojo Gallego-Burín, A., Rojo Gallego-Burínk, M., Pruschak, G., Kulcur, R., Baysan, S. (forthcoming, submitted), Early career academics’ representation in institutional decision-making in higher education: policies and practices from across Europe, Higher Education Quarterly.

Mergner, J., Pekşen, S., & Leišytė, L. (2025). Intersectionality at German universities: Teaching staff as change agents with higher education didactic workshops. Social Inclusion, 14, Article 9829. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9829

Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S. & Tönnes, L. (2022). The influence of university’s HRM practices on female academics’ progression to management positions. Journal of East European Management Studies, 27(4), 662–685. https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2022-4-662

Grech, E. , Pace, A., Attard Mallia, T., and S. Cuschieri. (2022) Gender Trends in Healthcare and Academia—Where Does the University of Malta Stand? Social Sciences 11: 463. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11100463

Karaduman-Oskay, E., Gürsel-Bilgin, G., Caner, H., Afacan Fındıklı, M., & Seggie, F. (2025). Views of Women Doctoral Students and Dropouts on Doctoral Education in Türkiye. Social Inclusion, 14, Article 9828. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9828

Findikli, M. A., Günbey, M, Pruschak, G., Showunmi,V., Leisyte, L. (forthcoming, submitted) “Women Leaders’ Mentoring Experiences in Higher Education: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis through Transformative Learning and Intersectional Lenses”, submitted on 12.08.2025 to the Journal of Higher Education.

Special issue in a journal:

The Call for papers in the Special issue of Social Inclusion journal has been opened and promoted among interested academics as a part of the issue “Diversity and Change Agents in Higher Education”. This special issue is edited by WG2 members, Liudvika Leišytė (TU Dortmund University), Rosemary Deem (Royal Holloway), and Ivana Načinović Braje (University of Zagreb), fully open access at https://doi.org/10.17645/si.i480

Papers by individual members of the WG 2 that have been published or presented at conferences:

Leišytė, L. (2025). The changing role of stakeholders in higher education. Keynote at the plenary session ‘Stakeholders: Beyond the state’ at the Wenner-Gren Foundations and the Academia Europaea HERCulES International Symposium ‘Institutional Perspectives on Universities: The Role of Leadership, Administration, Stakeholders and Risks’. Stockholm, Sweden, May 22.

Leišytė, L. (2024). Research productivity and time spent on teaching and research among early career academics in Europe: gender and higher education systems matter. Keynote at the VOICES Summer Training 2024, Bilbao, Spain, July 9.

Leišytė, L. (2024). Early career academics’ inclusion in decision-making. Presentation at the CHER 36th Annual Conference 2024 (Consortium of Higher Education Researchers), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, September 6.

Leišytė, L. (2024). Early career academics’ inclusion in decision-making. KiTeS colloquium, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, March 19.

Papaioannou, P. (2024). The participation of early career researchers in the decision-making bodies of a German university. Postcolonial Directions in Education, 13(1), 188–213. Online available

Leišytė, L. (2023). Precarity, recruitment and promotion in academia. Invited talk at the international conference “The situation of young researches in the Baltic States: development or waste of future scientific potential?”, Lithuanian Parliament, Vilnius, Lithuania, 23 November.

Leišytė, L. (2023). Academic working conditions in the Netherlands and Lithuanian higher education system – country comparison by academic rank. Presentation at the 1st Annual Conference of the COST ACTION CA20137 (VOICES) ‘Voicing young researchers for the future of Europe: Trends, challenges and policies’, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta, February 14.

Papaioannou, P. (2023). The participation of ECRs in the decision-making bodies of the German Universities: The case of the Technical University Dortmund. Presentation at the 1st Annual Conference of the COST ACTION CA20137 (VOICES) ‘Voicing young researchers for the future of Europe: Trends, challenges and policies’, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta, February 14.

WG3

a Call for Papers edited by Anita Thaler (WG3 Co-Lead) for the Queer STS Forum (Call for Contributions: Queer STS Forum #9: Queer-Feminist Solidarities in Times of Social and Political Turbulences – Queer STS)
a call for papers edited by Anita Thaler and Clemens Striebing (WG3 co-leads) for a special issue of the Nature journal Humanities and Social Science Communication (Breaking the bias: standardized methods, teaching, and governance for sex, gender, and intersectional analysis)

In particular, the Nature Call for Papers is a direct result of the work of WG3. The call will run until mid-November 2025 and, as things stand, several WG3 members have submitted papers. In addition, numerous other scientists have made submissions on the topic of WG3.

WG5

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

WG6

Postcolonial Directions in Education Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024)

Special issue with 8 articles (led by Maria Brown, Gilda Hoxha and Anneleen Mortier, WG6) about (In)visibility of ‘young’ researchers in Europe: a Postcolonial perspective

Chapters

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

Journal papers:

– Bonello Rutter Giappone, K. (2025). Precarious work in Malta’s public higher education sector in L. A. Fiorini, (ed.), Centre for Labour Studies: Biennial Report: 2023-2024 (Malta: University of Malta), pp. 30-42. (COST Action mentioned) (peer reviewed, open access, scopus-indexed)

– 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)

– Leišytė, L., Načinović Braje, I., Almog, S., Baysan, S., Carvalho, T., Daunoraitė, D., Diogo, S., Papaioannou, P., Farmaki, A., Feldman, S., Külcür, R., Matijošytė, I., Pralgauskaitė, S., Rangelova, V., & Šatkovskienė, D. (2025). Early Career Researchers as Stakeholders in University Decision‐Making in Europe: Comparative Perspectives. Social Inclusion, 14, Article 9683. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.9683 (COST Action mentioned) (peer reviewed)

– Brown, M., Hoxha, G., & Mortier, A. (Guest Editors) (2024). Postcolonial Directions in Education: Special Issue: (In)visibility of ‘young’ researchers in Europe: a postcolonial perspective 13(1). (COST Action mentioned) (open access, scopus-indexed, peer reviewed)

Conference papers:

– Külcür, R. 2025 Narrative Research Study within VOICES WG6- Monitoring & Evaluation (2023-2024) (Plenary session, Final Conference Gender VOICES at the Ecole Normale Supérieure ENS-PSL, Paris, France on 10 July 2025)

– Baysan, S. and Külcür, R. 2025 Leadership and Decision-Making Roles of Early Career Researchers: Insights from a Western Anatolian University (Final Conference Gender VOICES at the Ecole Normale Supérieure ENS-PSL, Paris, France on 10-11 July 2025)

– 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 (Gender and Diversity Conference University of Vienna – 20 March 2025)

– Novelskaite, A.; Külcür, R. Bonello, K., Baysan, S., Brown, M. Showunmi, V. 2025 Shaping Gender-Power Dynamics in Academia, March 2025 (Voices Symposium for Early Career Researchers – Vilnius, 3-4 March 2025)

– Külcür, R. Brown, M. Showunmi, V., Satkovskiene, D., Novelskaite, A. & Bonello, K. 2023 VOICES in academia and beyond: A narrative-based demystification of the ‘public-private divide’ (Conference at Malta University, 14-15 Feb. 2023)

– Külcür, R., Güneri, F & Gül, P. 2023 Analysis of gender equity from the perspective of academic culture (Conference at Haifa University, Israel – January 2023) (Conference Grant received from the EU COST Action)

Special issue WG5

Special issue (led by Victoria Showunmi) about Intersectionality

Book WG5

Intersectionality as a Methodological and Epistemological Approach to Research, Practice, and Conceptual Analysis

Project materials

VOICES Final report

Publications

WG1

WG2

WG3

WG5

WG6

Postcolonial Directions in Education Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024)

Special issue WG5

Book WG5

Video library

Disemination materials

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