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09/13/2016 LIBRA @ VITAE Conference 2016 1
LIBRA - Boosting gender equality in
researchSonja Reiland, Natalia Dave Coll @CRG Barcelona
Laura Norton @The Babraham Institute, Cambridge
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 665937.
Follow us: http://www.eu-libra.eu/Twitter: @libra_science
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DataAll data presented at the conference were deleted in this version. Once the whole consortium agreed on the dissemination of those data, they will be made available on our website. Thanks for understanding.
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LIBRA & EU-life
Gender Expert organisation
Areas of intervention• Recruit without Gender Bias• Support Career Development• Increase Work-Life Balance • Integrate Sex & Gender
Dimension in ResearchHow1. Assess Gender Equalities 2. Tailor Gender Equality Plans3. Implementation4. Sustainability
Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society Work Programme, call for “Promoting Gender Equality in Research and Innovation”.
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LIBRA - assessmentInstitutional data assessment
Implicit Association Test
Staff survey
Diagnostic Report (not public)
Staff bias
Staff perceptionCareer Dev.WLBSex/Gender dimension in research
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Implicit Association Test
Analysis how quickly and accurately you were able to categorize…
Gender-Science Task Gender-Career Task
… Natural science words with male compared to female
ANDLiberal arts words with female compared to male
…. Career words with male compared to female
ANDFamily words with female compared to male
Are you gender biased? To the test… www.eu-libra.eu
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Science
Men
Women
Implicit Association Test
Career
Men
Women
All participants
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Staff Survey
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Staff Survey - Career Development
1. Where do you see yourself working after your current position?
2. Based on your experience, what do you think makes a career in academia attractive?
3. Based on your experience, what do you think makes a career in academia challenging?
4. If you were to consider leaving academia, what might encourage you to remain?
5. What do you think is the one initiative that would enable a more equal gender representation in science?
6. Please answer the following statements on a scale of strongly agree to strongly disagree (see next slides)
7. Do you feel encouraged to pursue a career in academic research - if yes by whom?
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Sex and Gender dimension in Research
Sex is a biological variant.
This is often overlooked,
resulting in the result of
data that either has no been
segregated for sex, or is
representative of only one
sex. This hinders the
usefulness of data.
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Staff Survey - Work Life Balance
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LIBRA Survey- Work and Personal Life Integration
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LIBRA Survey- Work and Personal Life Integration
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WLB case study
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Methods for assessing WLB at Babraham Institute
• Civil service survey• Athena SWAN staff consultations• LIBRA staff survey• Uptake of facilities and policies• 6 monthly analysis of data• Committees (e.g. Post Doc committee, graduate committee, Athena
SWAN committee)
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LIBRA Data - Work and Personal Life Integration
In groups discuss what actions you could take forward to improve WLB
after looking at this data.
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Awareness: • Blog, internet, social media• Poster Campaigns• Role models• My life in Science seminar series• All GLs including a my life in science aspect to
seminars • Working with schools, nurseries, public
engagement • Sharing good practicePolicies, Entitlements• Reducing hours/increasing hours• Flexible working policy• Job sharing• Parental leave policies• Return to work policies• Funding (carers, conference travel- childcare)• Meeting times (core hours)
Actions- Work and Personal Life IntegrationFacilities:• Nursery, after school club, holiday clubs• Emergency childcare (recommendations, nanny, funding)• On site housing (subsidies, loans)• Remote access to computing facilities (support)• Food, canteen, healthy options• Sport, gym, clubs• Social clubs, bars, book clubs, • Shower facilities, • Bike sheds (travel to work loans, funding)• Shop/cash machine• Nappy changing facilities, lactation room • Allotments• Gardens
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LIBRA – Gender Equality PlansInstitutional data assessment
Implicit Association Test
Staff survey
Diagnostic Report (not public)
Staff bias
Staff perceptionCareer Dev.WLBSex/Gender dimension in research
Gender Equality Plan (GEP)
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LIBRA – Gender Equality Plans1. Template developed by ASDO
2. “Menu” of actions provided by WP
leader
3. Actions selected by institutional
GEP teams
4. Planning and implementation of
actions at the institutes
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LIBRA – Gender Equality PlansMenu of 84 actions categorized in 4 areas of intervention
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30 # recommended# coordinated# optional
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LIBRA – Gender Equality PlansArea of intervention
“Optional” actions frequently chosen by LIBRA partner institutes
Recruitment • Information sheet/brochure about work-life benefits, dual career opportunities etc. to be included when sending out offers or handed to candidates during on site interviews (7)‐
• Present statistics about gender relevant recruitment data to the Faculty of the institution (6)
Career Development
• Seminars for PhD students and postdocs about opportunities in non academic scientific sectors (7)‐• Participate in the mentoring program for young female PIs (6)
Work-Life-Balance
• Hosting “My life in science” seminars, highlighting challenges and benefits of maintaining a good WLB (4)
• Providing rooms for breastfeeding/milk pumping/nappy changing (4)
Sex/Gender dimension of research
• Identify research groups with experience on gendered research, in the field of the institute’s research topic. Organizing visits and working seminars for researchers to learn how to integrate sex/gender dimension into their project planning (4).
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LIBRA – Athena SWAN
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Athena SWAN
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LIBRA
• Collaborative
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LIBRA v Athena SWAN – Structural similarities
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LIBRA v Athena SWAN – Structural similarities
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LIBRA and Athena SWAN – benefits
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Discussion 2LIBRA achievements
1. Increased awareness2. Assessment of where we are
regarding Gender Equality3. Engagement of directors and
action plan to improve the situation for Gender Equality
Challenges we still face
1. Feedback from colleagues that they are saturated with the topic “Gender”
2. Less participation of men in survey and gender related events
3. Engagement of scientists
How can we address these challenges?
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The LIBRA - TeamAdvisory Board
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Thanks for your attention
Sonja ReilandLIBRA project [email protected]
Laura NortonLIBRA/Athena SWAN [email protected]
Natalia Dave CollLIBRA project [email protected]
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 665937.
Follow us: http://www.eu-libra.eu/Twitter: @libra_science