Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations

By deciding to condition the access of research organizations to its €95.5 billion Horizon Europe funding programme (2021–7) on providing evidence of a gender equality plan, the European Commission has made the challenge of certifying the gender equality performance of research organizations extreme...

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Authors: Cacace, Marina, Pugliese, Francesca, TZANAKOU, CHARIKLEIA, Müller, Jörg, Denis, Alain, Sangiuliano, Maria
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Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
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http://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad069
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Keyword:gender equality
certification
complexity
gender equality plans
research organizations
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spelling Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizationsCacace, MarinaPugliese, FrancescaTZANAKOU, CHARIKLEIAMüller, JörgDenis, AlainSangiuliano, Mariagender equalitycertificationcomplexitygender equality plansresearch organizationsBy deciding to condition the access of research organizations to its €95.5 billion Horizon Europe funding programme (2021–7) on providing evidence of a gender equality plan, the European Commission has made the challenge of certifying the gender equality performance of research organizations extremely urgent, not least to avoid the risk that such plans become a mere formality (‘box-ticking’). This challenge should not be underestimated, considering the extremely complex nature of the dynamics surrounding gender equality. In this article, we analyse the feasibility of establishing a European certification scheme that would assess gender equality policies and outcomes of research organizations, and present four alternative scenarios for its set-up, co-created with a wide range of stakeholders in a participatory step-by-step process. The results of the two-stage validation process of the four scenarios are also presented, providing policy implications and recommendations to support the effective roll-out of the certification schemes.Oxford University Press202420262023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10609/151252http://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad069reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésScience and Public Policy, 2023, 51(2)51;2https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad069info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/872113© Oxford University Pressinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/1512522026-05-28T12:42:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations
title Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations
spellingShingle Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations
Cacace, Marina
gender equality
certification
complexity
gender equality plans
research organizations
title_short Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations
title_full Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations
title_fullStr Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations
title_full_unstemmed Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations
title_sort Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cacace, Marina
Pugliese, Francesca
TZANAKOU, CHARIKLEIA
Müller, Jörg
Denis, Alain
Sangiuliano, Maria
author Cacace, Marina
author_facet Cacace, Marina
Pugliese, Francesca
TZANAKOU, CHARIKLEIA
Müller, Jörg
Denis, Alain
Sangiuliano, Maria
author_role author
author2 Pugliese, Francesca
TZANAKOU, CHARIKLEIA
Müller, Jörg
Denis, Alain
Sangiuliano, Maria
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author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv gender equality
certification
complexity
gender equality plans
research organizations
topic gender equality
certification
complexity
gender equality plans
research organizations
description By deciding to condition the access of research organizations to its €95.5 billion Horizon Europe funding programme (2021–7) on providing evidence of a gender equality plan, the European Commission has made the challenge of certifying the gender equality performance of research organizations extremely urgent, not least to avoid the risk that such plans become a mere formality (‘box-ticking’). This challenge should not be underestimated, considering the extremely complex nature of the dynamics surrounding gender equality. In this article, we analyse the feasibility of establishing a European certification scheme that would assess gender equality policies and outcomes of research organizations, and present four alternative scenarios for its set-up, co-created with a wide range of stakeholders in a participatory step-by-step process. The results of the two-stage validation process of the four scenarios are also presented, providing policy implications and recommendations to support the effective roll-out of the certification schemes.
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