SKOK offers a three-hour course on gender perspectives in research. The course invites reflection on how analytical gender perspectives can be integrated into both on-going medical research and in future project development.
The inclusion of gender perspectives is gaining increasing importance in the evaluation of research quality – both with regards to project applications and the research itself. For example, both the Research Council of Norway and the European Union aim for projects to not only have gender balance, but also for gender perspectives to be an integral part of their research questions, methodology and analysis. Analytical and multidisciplinary approaches to gender can therefore contribute to strengthen project applications and provide new perspectives that enhance the quality of the research.
This course gives an introduction to the gender politics of external funding agencies, and to how gender perspectives can be integrated into ongoing research and future project applications. The course emphasises in particular examples from medical research.
Time and venue: 6 November 10.00 – 13.00, board room (styrerommet), 4th floor, Armauer Hansens hus
Seminar content:
- Welcome and presentations of participants
- Get an overview over EU and NFR policy on the integration of gender perspectives and gender equality in research.
- Gain insights on different meanings of gender, and on central concepts.
- Reflect on your own understandings of gender, and how it is reflected in your research projects.
11.30 – 12.00 Lunch
- Gender balance in methodology and knowledge production.
- Familiarize with examples of how gender mainstreaming in different areas of research has led to research innovation.
- Acquire methodological and analytical tools that can be used to integrate gender perspectives in research.
- Summary: why and how to address the requirements for gender balance and gender perspectives in research projects.
Please register for the course by sending an email to amra.grudic@uib.no by 2nd of November. If you cannot attend the course, we highly recommend to encourage someone (PhD, Postdoc, researcher) from your research group to participate.