11th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education
Call for abstracts
Advancing gender mainstreaming in Academia, Research and Innovation
Deadline for submission: 17 March 2021
The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Ministry of Universities, in collaboration with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (hosting institution), and the support of the European Network on Gender Equality in Higher Education and other Spanish stakeholders, are inviting researchers, professors, administrators, policy-makers, practitioners and students, to participate in the 11th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education taking place online during September 15-17, 2021.
The 11th European conference, with the theme “Advancing gender mainstreaming in Academia, Research and Innovation” welcomes high-level contributions (to be evaluated by our International Scientific Committee) in the following thematic areas:
• Gender approaches in fostering scientific-technical vocations, especially in STEM fields
• Integration of the gender dimension in university teaching (undergraduate, postgraduate and pre-doctoral training)
• Policies fostering the incorporation of the gender dimension into the content of research, knowledge transfer and innovation
• Policies fostering structural change for gender equality in the research, technology and innovation system
• Gender Equality Plans and strategies in research, technology and innovation institutions
New topic:
• Impact of the COVID-19 and the confinement on women’s research careers as well as the role of sex/gender analysis in transdisciplinary research on COVID-19
With two cross-cutting dimensions for all the conference areas:
• Gender and Intersectionality
• Application to Polytechnic Universities, including special focus on STEM fields and Women in STEM, as well as on STEM-SSH interdisciplinarity
Proposals are expected to present research-based analysis, good practices, evaluation and impact of strategies and measures on the above mentioned areas.
Once you receive email confirmation of acceptance by May 2021, we encourage you to proceed to our registration.
11th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education
Please login to the abstract submission portal through the following link:
https://www.qcongresos.es/gavti/fonline/cong/acceso_cong.php?idcgrs=550745&idioma=en
http://upm.genderequalityconference2021.com/
Guidelines for Abstract Submission
Submissions for oral communications and posters are subject to blind peer review. It is also possible to propose a symposium/colloquium/workshop on a specific theme-to be held online. All submissions must be made in English via the online submission platform (where only text is possible, images or graphics are not allowed). Abstracts sent by email will not be accepted.
Abstract submissions must be sent in one of the following presentation formats (maximum 2 submitted proposals per author or coauthor):
Oral communication: Summary (max. 500 words) and 2-3 references (max. 100 words). Key words (max. 5).
Poster: Summary (max. 500 words) and 2-3 references (max. 100 words). Key words (max. 5).
Symposium/Colloquium/Workshop (up to 2 coordinators plus 3-5 participants): Summary (max. 500 words) and 2-3 references (max. 100 words). Information about coordinator(s) and planned participants: max 50 words per each one including e-mail address. Key words (max. 5).
For further information
Please contact [email protected]