On June 28th, the University of Bordeaux’s Gender Equality Officer organised with the RESET team a webinar to raise awareness of the university’s personnel on gender-based violence and discrimination. Part of the attendees are members of the network of referents – who are responsible for informing and raising awareness of their colleagues on environmental and […]
RESET U.Porto team presented “Gender Equality Plan: a tool to act upon work-life articulation in Higher Education Institutions” at the 11th Conference of European Society on Family Relations which took place in Roskilde, Denmark, between 14th and 16th June. The conference focused on family relations and all subjects around this concept. In this regard, the
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Marisa Matias and Isabel Dias participated last week (12.14 June) at the EUGLOH Annual Summit 2023 at the University of Lund. Their talk was intitled “Gender equality, inclusion and diversity in education, research & innovation” and RESET project and U.Porto Gender Equality Plan was addressed. The talk was included under a track devoted to the
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At the University of Oulu a task force on parenting has been established by the RESET project. Here, the task force presents the outcomes from a cultural probes study with personnel diaries of the task force members. The contribution shows personal impressions of caring for sick children while navigating scientific work. Children get sick quite
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At the University of Oulu a task force on parenting has been established by the RESET project. Here, the task force presents the outcomes from a cultural probes study with personnel diaries of the task force members. The contribution shows personal impressions of mobility and questions around navigating scientific work and family life. Research mobility
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U.Porto team conducted a meeting with U.Porto’s GEB to draw an overview about all worked conducted in the RESET project. Maxime Forest, the external evaluator of the project, conducted part of this meeting highlighting the role of GEB members as agents of change in gender equality at HEI’s. The challenges faced thus far and the
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This 4-hour session aimed to help participants understand the concepts of sex and gender and their relevance for research – focusing STEM related topics. Furthermore, the importance of including the sex and gender dimension into research projects and designing more gender sensitive projects were emphasized. Participants had different academic and professional approaches enriching the session
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In 2022, the General Direction of the Administration and Public Service in France launched a call for projects with a goal to select and finance projects related to the issues of work-life balance. The University of Bordeaux was part of the selected institutions in this call with a project focusing on parenthood. Anne-Lise Calandot is
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How is support for families organized at universities? We spoke to Kerstin Tepper and Sarah Rittmann from the Staff Unit Family-friendly University at the Ruhr University Bochum and got an impression of the work and support provided by the unit. Reconciling work, study and family life presents many challenges. For example, parents-to-be have questions about
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“Conciliação4UPorto” is an internal project of the University of Porto that aims to improve the quality of life of the institution’s teachers, researchers and technicians by creating conditions that promote a better balance between professional responsibilities, family time and personal activities by implementing a Conciliation Management System. This project is part of the Government’s “Três
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