About the conference

The Centre for Gender and Science at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences organised this international conference under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, within the framework of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU.

With 140 participants and over 400 people attending online, the conference brought together representatives of student and early-career researchers, Research Performing Organisations and their umbrella organisations, Research Funding Organisations, and national authorities.

The goal was to advance the debate on the actions needed to improve the protection of students and staff from all forms of violence in academic settings, including issues of internationalisation, intersectionality, and epistemic injustices.

By signing a Call for Action endorsed by the Czech Minister of Education Vladimir Balas, anyone can join the effort for gender-equal, safe and inclusive research and higher education.

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Call for Action

The harmful impacts that gender-based violence in all its forms, including sexual harassment, has on victims, survivors, and bystanders have been known for more than fifty years. During that time, gender-based violence has moved from being an unnamed problem to one that is named and framed. Yet it persists as a part of academic culture. As a result, the well-being and participation of students and academics are being put at risk and this negatively affects the quality of research and teaching. Gender-based violence directly impedes access to academic freedom, which means that higher education and research as democratic institutions are consequently at stake.

Leaders and managers have a vital role to play. Those in positions of power need to take responsibility, accept accountability, and lead the way in creating and maintaining safe and inclusive study, training, and research environments built on respect, dignity, and recognition.

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Speakers & Moderators

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Programme

Day 1: Agenda setting & state of the art
Thursday 24. 11.

Moderators: Colette Schrodi, European Science Foundation & Zdeněk Sloboda, Palacký University Olomouc

09:00 – 9:30
Welcome addresses

  • Marcela Linková, Head of Centre for Gender and Science, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ (welcome address in pdf)
  • Vladimír Balaš, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, CZ
  • Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality, European Commission (video message)

09:30 – 11:00
Mobilisation and support for safe academia for all

Moderator: Colette Schrodi, European Science Foundation

Speakers:

  • Sara Pilia, Gender Equality Officer, Eurodoc, IT
  • Paula Polak, Promotion team of Sexual violence consultant (Student‘s ombudsman office), University of Warsaw, PL
  • Anna Schubertová, Initiative Out Loud, Charles University, CZ
  • CLASCHES, FR

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:00
Keynote: No More Excuses. Moving beyond Gender-Based Violence in Academia

(the slides are available here)

Speakers:

  • Fredrik Bondestam, Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, SE
  • Sofia Strid, Gothenburg University, SE

12:00 – 13:00
UniSAFE: prevalence, consequences and determinants of gender-based violence in academia and the tools to eradicate it

Moderator: Sofia Strid, Gothenburg University, SE

Speakers:

  • Anke Lipinsky, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, DE
  • Zuzana Andreska, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ
  • Anne Laure Humbert, Oxford Brookes University, UK
  • Alain Denis, Yellow Window, BE

13:00 – 14:30
Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

Gender-based violence and epistemic injustices

Moderator: Zdeněk Sloboda, Palacký University Olomouc

  • Barbara Biglia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, ES
  • Eva Janebová, Palacký University Olomouc, CZ
  • Moira Pérez, Hannover Institute for Philosophical Research, DE

16:00
End of Day 1

19:00
Networking dinner at Café Louvre (Národní 22, 110 00 Nové Město)

Programme:

  • Markéta Křížová, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Charles University, CZ – welcome address
  • Duo docentky ft. Anne Johnson  – stand-up
  • Proč jsme to nenahlásili (Why we didn’t report it) – exhibition of student testimonials
Day 2: Finding solutions
Friday 25. 11.

Moderators: Colette Schrodi, European Science Foundation & Zdeněk Sloboda, Palacký University Olomouc

9:00 – 10:30
Institutional change as a tool to end gender-based violence

Moderator: Colette Schrodi, European Science Foundation

Speakers:

  • Michaela Antonín Malaníková, Deputy Ombudsperson, Palacký University Olomouc, CZ
  • Anna Bull, Director of research, The 1752 Group, GB
  • Gemma Irvine, Vice-President for Equality & Diversity, Maynooth University, IE
  • Miguel Lorente Acosta, Advisor of the Equality, Sustainability and Inclusion Vice-rectorate, University of Granada, ES

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00
The steering role of RFOs in ending gender-based violence

Moderator: Moa Persdotter, Vinnova

Speakers:

  • Adrien Braem, Co-chair of the Gender Working Group, Global Research Council
  • Rhonda J Davis, Head of Office of Equity and Civil Rights, National Science Foundation, USA
  • Anne Taylor, Associate Director, Funding Operations and Governance, Wellcome Trust, UK

12:00 – 13:00
Lunch

13:00 – 14:00

The role of umbrella organisations in the ERA in combatting gender-based violence

Moderator: Zdeněk Sloboda, Palacký University Olomouc

Speakers:

  • Adrien Braem, Senior Policy Officer, Science Europe
  • Karin Gilland Lutz, Chair of policy group on diversity, equality and inclusion, LERU
  • Rona Jualla van Oudenhoven, Member of Gender and Diversity working group, The Guild
  • Věra Sokolová, Vice-Chair of Equality & Diversity Working Group, Coimbra Group
  • Dörthe Nickel, Co-chair of the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion working group, EU-Life

14:00 – 14:30
Coffee break

14:30 – 15:30

Policy frameworks and measures to end gender-based violence

Moderator: Marcela Linková, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences

Speakers:

  • Zulema Altamirano Argudo, Advisory Member, Cabinet of the Minister, Ministry of Science and Innovation, ES
  • Lukáš Levák, Director of Department for Research and Development, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, CZ
  • Alejandra Calvo Martínez, Gender and Universities expert, Cabinet of the Minister, Ministry of Universities, ES
  • Beate Eellend,  Deputy Director, Division for Research Policy, Ministry of Education and Research, SE

15:30 – 15:40
Call for action

  • Marcela Linková, Head of Centre for Gender and Science, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ

15:40 – 16:00
Final Remarks

Speakers:

  • Lesia Radelicki, Cabinet of Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli, European Commission
  • Joanna Drake, Deputy Director-General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
  • Radka Wildová, Deputy Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, CZ

16:00
Close of conference

Programme in PDF

Sustainability

Our aim is to make this conference as eco-friendly as possible.

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Resources

Here you can find policy documents and information about projects related to gender-based violence in academia.

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Scientific
committee

Local organising committee

Fredrik Bondestam, Uppsala University, SE
Ana Maria Fonseca de Almeida, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, BR
Jeff Hearn, Hanken School of Economics, FI
Ruth Lewis, Northumbria University, GB
Sara Pilia, Eurodoc, IT
Sofia Strid, Gothenburg University, SE
Kathrin Zippel, Free University of Berlin, DE

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For the Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences:

Marcela Linková, Head of the Centre for Gender and Science
Ananké Nebeská, CZ PRES Event Organiser, Centre for Gender and Science
Jana Gabrielová, Communication Coordinator, Centre for Gender and Science
Jarmila Lancošová, Team Assistant, Centre for Gender and Science

 

For the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports:

Lucie Núñez Tayupanta, Head of Unit of the European Research Area
Zuzana Weisgärberová, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Contact

e-mail: gbv2022@soc.cas.cz

 

Centre for Gender & Science
Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Jilská 361/1
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic