The promotion of gender equality in research is based on establishing the gender dimension as a criterion of RRI. The Horizon 2020 programme identifies two main lines of action where research projects are concerned:  

• Fostering gender balance in research teams.

• Integrating the gender dimension into all the different stages of research, involving collecting and analysing separate data for each sex and considering the implications of the biological, social and economic differences between men and women.

A commitment to science with, for and on women is reflected in various European and Spanish regulations, including Spain's Science, Technology and Innovation Law (Law 14/2011), as well as in the Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for 2013-2020 and Catalonia's different research and innovation plans.

Useful information specifically related to UPF

• UPF research groups whose work involves gender equality

• UPF teaching and research staff specializing in gender issues

• PhD thesis in gender issues

• Equality Unit

Other initiatives

• Effective equality of women and men commitment of the consolidated research group JOVIS.com

Further information

• New:  

• The Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: Implementation and checklist development. Gender in research

• COSME. Comité sobre la Situación de la Mujer en la Economía

• Gender Equality Strategy Monitoring Portal

• EU publications. Guidance to facilitate the implementation of targets to promote gender equality in research and innovation. Published: 2018-02-28 (15/3/18)

• Segones Jornades del Centre d'Estudis de Gènere UPF (29 de març de 2017)

• Llei 17/2015 d'igualtat efectiva de dones i homes. Article 28: Universities and research. Article 49: Research in health sciences and life.

• GenderSTE (Cost Action. Science, Technology, Environment) is a network of policy makers and experts committed to promoting a fairer representation of women and better integration of gender analysis in research and innovation.

• Módulos de formación e-learning en diferentes aspectos de igualdad de género en I+D+I

• The European Platform of Women Scientists is an international non-profit organisation that represents the needs, concerns, interests, and aspirations of more than 12.000 women scientists in Europe and beyond.

• Presentations of the Primeres Jornades del Centre d'Estudis de Gènere UPF (March 9, 2016)

  • Enriqueta Camps. El biaix de gènere i el treball infantil: Espanya, Amèrica Llatina i els països en vies de Despevolupament en un marc comparatiu en el llarg termini

  • Rosa Ferrer. Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers

  • Eva Gómez-Colell. La producció de la informació esportiva en femení

  • Libertad González. Sex selection and health at birth among Indian immigrants in Spain

  • M. José González. Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination: three studies on career paths of women with young children

  • Ana Tur-Prats. Unemployment and Intimate-Partner Violence: A Gender-Identity Approach

  • Tània Verge Mestre. Gendered political capital resources: The case of party office

• Report Gender Equality Policies in Public Research. Anàlisi detallat de les iniciatives per promoure la igualtat de gènere en recerca i innovació a la UE i països associats. (2014)

• Report on "La perspectiva de gènere en docència i recerca a les universitats de la Xarxa Vives. Situació i reptes de futur", prepared by Grup Treball d’Igualtat de Gènere de la Xarxa Vives d’Universitats. March, 2017.  (08/03/17) 

• European Parliament Resolution of 9 September 2015 on women's careers in science and universities, and glass ceilings encountered.

• Gender Equality in Academia and Research - GEAR tool

• Website Women and Science. Secretaria d' Universitats i Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

• Website of The Women and Science Unit of the Ministry of Science and Innovation. UMYC is responsible for putting the principle of gender mainstreaming into practice in the fields of science, technology and innovation 

• Website Promoting Gender Equality in Research and Innovation. Horizon 2020. EC

• Website Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. Gendered Innovations stimulate gender-responsible science and technology, thereby enhancing the quality of life for both women and men worldwide.  EC

• Website The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).The EIGE is an autonomous body of the European Union, established to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality, including gender mainstreaming in all EU policies and the resulting national policies, and the fight against discrimination based on sex, as well as to raise EU citizens’ awareness of gender equality. 

• II Workshop of the Centre for Gender Studies UPF (March 29, 2017)