The Conference on “Structural Gender Change at Universities and Research Funding Organisations” will be held on the 16th November 2018 (9.30 h – 14.30 h) in Madrid. The venue is the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, in Paseo de la Castellana, 162.
The event is organized under the Horizon 2020 Project SUPERA: Supporting the Promotion of Equality in Research and Academia.
We look very forward to meeting you in Madrid: please confirm your participation sending an email with your name and institution to superaprojectoffice@ucm.es or complete the online form available at this link.
Here is the program of the event:
9.30 h – 10.00h. Opening
- Ángeles Heras Caballero, Secretary of State of Universities, Research and Innovation
- Carmen Fernández Chamizo, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid
- Mercedes Gómez Bautista, Vice-Rector for Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship, Complutense University of Madrid
10:00 h-10:30h EU Support to gender equality in research and innovation
- Mina Stareva, Head of Sector – Gender. DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
10.30h -11.00 h Networking Coffee Break
11.00 h – 12.15 h. Round table I. Gender Equality on Funding Research Organizations: Gender biases on evaluation of research
grant applications
Moderator: Ana Puy, Unidad de Mujeres y Ciencia, MICIU
- Pilar López Sancho. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid – CSIC. Gender bias in research funding: Recomendation for achiving gender equality
- Marcel Kraus. Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. The Experience of TA-CR in the promotion of Gender equality
- Leonora Harty, Irish Research Council (tbc). IRC experience in blind evaluations for postdoctoral grants
- María Bustelo. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Gender dimension in evaluation panels: What have we learnt through the Interim Evaluation of gender equality as a cross cutting issue in Horizon 2020
12.15 – 12.45 h Light Lunch
12.45 h -14.00 h Round table II. Gender Equality on Research and Academia: Key aspects for real equality at Universities
Moderator: Lut Mergaert, Yellow Window
- Jean‐Michel Monnot, All Inclusive. Diversity Management on Complex Organizations
- Anne‐Laure Humbert, Oxford Brookes University. Beyond numerical representation: Gender Statistics
- Miguel Lorente, Universidad de Granada. Sexual and Sexist Harassment
14.00 – 14.30 h Closing Remarks José Manuel Pingarrón. General Secretary for Universities