May 2022
“I would like to be able to transfer to my university a different spirit and approach on the topic of gender equality” Lorenza Perini, Vice-Chair.
Lorenza Perini is researcher at the department of Political Science (Spgi) of the University of Padua. Since 2013, She has been teaching “Gender, Eu policies and Globalization” (master’s degree) and “Gender policies” (three-year degree). In 2011 she had a PhD in History and geography of modern and contemporary Europe at the University of Bologna. In 2015 she obtained her second PhD, in Territorial planning and public policies, at the IUAV University of Venice, both with [...]
April 2022
2nd MC Meeting online is held
On 29th April 2022, it was held in an online format the 2nd MC Meeting. Anne-Sophie Godfroy (chair) reminded the highlighted objectives of the project: visibility and voices for precarious academic workers; attention to gender equality plans, networking with stakeholders inside and outside academia. Marian Blanco (Science Communication Coordinator) presents the launching of the website and twitter account (follow us at @gender_voices). The Working Groups presented how they were formed, their first meetings and the [...]
“I hope my involvement will lead to an increase in the visibility of inequalities faced by ECIs from a gender perspective”, Christine Cross leader of WG 2.
Professor Christine Cross works in the Department of Work & Employment Studies at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick (UL). Prior to joining UL, she worked for a number of multinational organizations in both management and human resource management roles, in the IT, Banking and Retail sectors. Her research, consultancy and publication interests include the broad area of diversity, in particular, gender inequality and the workforce experiences of immigrants. Her work is published in [...]
Third Core Group meeting in Paris concludes successfully
On 6th and 7th April, it was held in a mixed format (face-to-face and online) at the PSL University in Paris (France). The meeting was hosted by the Action Chair, Anne-Sophie Godfroy, who gave an overall view of the action progress and proposed next steps for the coming months. Anne-Sophie Godfroy (chair) reminded the highlighted objectives of the project: visibility and voices for precarious academic workers; attention to gender equality plans, networking with stakeholders inside [...]
“I am interested in an approach that problematizes actors and situations in broader globalized social dynamics”, Maria Brown leader of WG 6.
Maria Brown holds a Ph.D. in the Sociology of Adult and Non-Formal Education and Community Development, a Master of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Italian. She lectures adult education and community-based education within the Department of Arts, Open Communities & Adult Education (Faculty of Education, University of Malta). Her research interests include adult education, education, community action and community development, social equality, sociology, social policy, Europeanisation, sustainable development, methodology [...]
March 2022
VOICES: COST Action that aims to give Young Researchers a voice
Over the last decades, European higher education and research systems have been characterized by deep changes, due to globalization and marketization, that have dramatically transformed research careers. While doctoral and postdoctoral researchers constitute a fast-growing workforce, their working conditions have become increasingly precarious and their career prospects uncertain. Those processes tend to exacerbate and create new forms of gendered inequalities for young researchers, first and foremost women – that have been magnified by the COVID-19 [...]