Webinar Gender Equality in Research Funding

Host: FFG

Proposed Date & Place: 18 May 2016, 14:00 CET, online

Length: 1 hour (1 hour 20 min max)

Speaker: Judith Raffelseder, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy

Sabine Haubenwallner, FWF, Science Europe Chair of Gender and Diversity WG

Stephanie Rammel, Gender Expert in Horizon 2020 and ERA, FFG

Moderator: Birgit Steininger, FFG

Brief Description

The European Research Area (ERA) has a priority dedicated to gender equality and gender mainstreaming in research. This has effects on all levels of research and also on research funding in Europe.

Content

The webinar looked at the following questions:
- Why is gender equality in research funding important for the successful implementation of ERA on national and European level?

- How are the objectives for gender equality in HORIZON 2020 implemented and integrated at different stages of the Research and Innovation cycle?

- How is Science Europe dealing with challenges related to gender issues in science and academia?