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Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 This is the sixth issue of the Genis Lab newsletter, a web-tool aimed to inform people involved in the project and partner institutions on project activities and on how and what Europe is currently carrying out in the promotion of gender equality in science. Genis Lab stands for GENDER IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LAB: a EU funded project, financed by the 7th Framework Programme. The aim of GENIS LAB is to create new working conditions in six European scientific organizations by using innovative methodologies of gender mainstreaming. IN THIS ISSUE 6 November Focus on dissemination 2014 NIC BTH INFN www.genislab-fp7.eu/ Save the date - The Final Conference PARTNERS ICTP/CSIC Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 Focus on dissemination Dissemination and raising awareness activities are an important part of the GENIS LAB process. Dissemination activities were planned in order to raise relevant stakeholders’ awareness on the need/possibility of structural organisational changes in scientific organisations in order to contrast the under representation of women in research institutes and universities. A dissemination plan was built at the beginning of the project, and has consisted in: • Definition of a consortium dissemination strategy and detailed work plan. • Definition of a project logo and other communication materials, such as a brochure translated in all the languages of the partners and a project presentation (ppt). • Designing and activation of a dedicated website containing a blog where all the participants could upload the results of their activities and could share their experiences. • Editing of a periodic newsletter - each 6 months. • National (in each partner country) launching conferences presenting to all relevant stakeholders (e.g. scientific organisations, trade unions, women associations) project’s aims, strategies and activities. • High level training seminars addressed to employees of the scientific partners’ organizations. • Networking and clustering with other similar initiatives, in order to create a critical mass on the issue (starting from the activation of links among GENIS-LAB and other EU projects focusing on gender mainstreaming in scientific organisations). • ransnational final conference: GENIS - LAB outputs and results will be presented. • Publication of final guidelines of efficient gender management tools tailored for scientific institution, in all partners languages. The present newsletter focuses on four scientific partners which have excelled for their work on the dissemination activities of the GENIS LAB project, namely: NIC, INFN, ICTP/CSIC and BTH. Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 NIC The National I nstitute of Chimics, Slovenia The National Institute of Chimics of Slovenia put a lot of effort in the TAP’s action Graphic campaign on stereotypes, where four campaign products have been produced: • the Genis Lab Slovenia’s promotional video, • the silicone wristband (Enclosure 8), • the slogan (“Ženske za znanost-Women for science”) • and the promotional poster (Enlosure 9, Enclosure 10). All activities for NIC’s graphic campaign have been started in May 2013 and included: development of ideas and conceptual design of the campaign, preparation of a scenario and a storyboard, collection of materials used in the campaign, coordination and preparation of various materials, etc. Final products of our campaign were presented and launched at the Genis Lab 3rd Transnational Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia on November 25th26th 2013. The promotional video has been published on the YouTube channel and spread via Facebook and LinkedIn. The aim of the campaign is to encourage and spread awareness on the issues concerning gender in science and to encourage women in/for their scientific careers. The main products of the campaign, the video and the wristband, are key parts of the communication campaign with the slogan “Ženske za znanost- Women for science”, with the aim of awareness raising of the need for more women in science. The Genis Lab Slovenia’s promotional silicone wristband is a purple silicone gel bracelet with the project’s logo and the slogan“Ženske za znanost-Women for science”, developed in collaboration with advertising agency (conceptual design, production and implementation of the campaign). It was launched Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 in October 2013 as an item of the project’s graphic and awareness-raising campaign. All products of the campaign are in the original purple colour shade of the Genis Lab project’s official logotype and every item of the campaign is accompanied with logotypes of NIC Slovenia, Genis Lab project and European 7th Framework Programme. Also as a part of dissemination and awareness campaign every employee got the promotional wristband and posters are hung up on walls of the NIC Slovenia. Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 On October 8th and 9th 2013 the NIC’s open day took place. The event was attended by more than 300 children from Slovenian elementary and high schools and by one group of children of NIC’s employees and one group of 40 visitors from the NIC’s industrial partners mainly from bigger pharmaceutical companies. All visitors visited laboratories and the new Pregl’s research centre of the Institute and had an opportunity to see the equipment. On this occasion, the Genis Lab project aims were introduced and as a part of dissemination campaign every visitor was given the wristband. The message was to encourage younger population to get involved in science, especially girls for their future career as scientists. On the 14th of August 2014, a children summer camp was visited to present project’s aim and spreadawareness on the issues concerning gender in science and to encourage young girls in/for theirscientific careers. The NIC’s Graphic campaign was presented in a children-friendly andunderstandable way and a discussion with youth on their perception and understanding ofgender equality has been carried out. Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 The summer camp was organized for elementary (primary)school children, aged 5-15, but the focus was on older part of this population, i.e. 13-15 yearolds,since they are deciding for a field of their further education at the end of elementary education. As in the year 2013, the NIC’s open day took place on October 7th and 8th 2014. The event wasattended by 318 children from Slovenian elementary and high schools. The programme was similar to the previous year’s and also on this occasion, the Genis Lab project collaborated at the event andsome Genis Lab Slovenia wristbands were distributed among children. The Genis Lab corner on the NIC Slovenia’s websitehasbeen kept up to date with information on carried out activities for the whole time of the projectduration. Some important updates, newsletters, interviews have been published with the aim ofinforming NIC’s employees on the project activities and invitation to collaborate and contact theproject team. Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 BTH Blek inge I nstitute of Technology, Sweden An introducing comment The research division of Technoscience Studies (ToS) belongs to the department of Technology and Aesthetics (DITE) at the Faculty of Computing at Blekinge Institute of Technology, a profiled University of Applied ICT and Sustainable Development. The activities at ToS began in 1998. A professor chair in ICT and gender research was filled the 1st July 1999. ToS is a new field of technology and engineering and is highly innovative in terms of development of gender research within technoscience, media technology, methodology for ICT related research and innovation system and cluster development. In addition to research, undergraduate and graduate education as well as PhD training, the activities embrace work with knowledge networks, campus development, external engagements, internal work at BTH and support work for external funding of research and research collaboration. One of the aims of ToS is to develop complex knowledges about ICT including media technologies as reality-producing technologies as well as of the transformations that follow in its wake. The researchers create theoretical bases and practices for developmental processes in ICT-related fields as well as in the context of innovation systems. This presupposes participation in the appurtenant processes of transformation and knowledge production. Seeing ICT as reality-producing technologies rest on the idea that all of us, researchers in the field included, are enmeshed in development processes. No innocent positions exist. The Research Division of Technoscience studies includes four profile areas namely: • Feminist Technoscience • Design for Digital Media • ICT for Development • Innovation System and Development Within BTH, ToS leads the activities under the GENIS LAB project, under a double strategy. The GenisLab interventions according to the BTH TAP include: 1) development activities (based on extensive and detailed studies of relevant facts about BTH) 2) an intertwined implementation/transformation process. Concrete results of this double strategy is: a new equality committee; a new BTH equality strategy and the2014-2016 plan mainly based on GenisLab TAP for BTH; the GenisLab TAP included in BTH score card; an externally funded R&D&I project concerning gender stereotypes. Dissemination activities • On the 16th December 2014, BTH has organized a final dissemination seminar with other nearby universities invited; • Execution of the R&D&I project “A norm-critical game culture”. The purpose is to identify norms and attitudes of future game developers among BTH students, increase the knowledge of a norm-critical perspective and experiment with the concept games in collaboration with the industry and the public sector. The pilot study is based on the project participants being the catalyzing assemblages. • Follow-up activities specifically concerning BTH scorecard and BTH leadership course • Disseminate information in the BTH information publication “Intranytt”. Dissemination material • BTH GenisLab final report “Gender Budgeting and Human Resources - Development of Methods at Blekinge Institute of Technology” • BTH Equality Strategy 2014 - 2016 “Equal Rights and Possibilities” (to be translated to English) - Report from the R&D&I project A norm-critical game culture • BTH score card (the new version after re-organisation of the whole university to be finalized) Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 INFN La sapienza - Roma, I taly INFN’s main activities in dissemination have been the organization of seminars and conferences, and the participation to external events where GENIS LAB was promoted. Here below, you can find a list of the main events which have seen an active involvement of INFN: “It is time for gender actions in research”: presentation of the GENIS LAB project, and two other projects related to the subject of women and science, namely: GENOVATE and GenderTime. The conference took place in Naples on the 25th of June 2013, at the University of Naples “Federico II”. Mariella Paciello presented the GENIS LAB project, on behalf of INFN. “Perchè promuovere le donne nella scienza” (Why promoting women in science?”): seminar held by Flavia Zucco (Associazione Donne e Scienza) in the INFN section of Roma Sapienza on the 8th of October 2013. Two ReAct activities took place in INF in December 2013. In particular, ReAct consists in learning activities which use theatre techniques and methodology to promote reactions on sensitive issues concerning stereotypes in science. It rises creative approaches concerning interpersonal cultural mechanisms in order to change conditioned behaviours. In particular, on the 3rd of December a Laboratory on Forum Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 Theatre took place involving a participatory meeting to collect stories and proposals in order to find the most common stereotypes present in INFN in order to facilitate the dynamics of collaboration in the work environment. On the 10th of December, a theatre performance was realized by professional actors, who have put in place stereotypes from the scientific world. Participants were free to intervene. On the 18th of June 2014, a focus group on the behavioural values and competences took place in the INFN section of Trieste. The focus group was aimed to present the competency model of INFN and the work performed by the GENIS LAB team on human resources management. Finally, on the 12th of November 2014, Mariella Paciello (INFN) presented “Valutazione e modelli di competenze, bilanci di genere; proviamo a realizzarli? Genis Lab Tailored Action Plan INFN: azionistrutturalisignificative” (“Evaluation and competency models, gender budgets: shall we carry them out? Genis Lab Tailored Action Plan: significant structural actions”) at a conference organized by the Science Museum of Trento. Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 Spanish Superior Council for Scientific Research Institute for Polymer Science and Technology In April 2013, ICTP/CSIC has started to organize periodical meetings with Mujeres y Ciencia and in particular with the president of the association Pilar Lopez Sancho. Together with this association; ICTP/ CSIC has organized a periodic seminar of scientific Spanish women, the first, in June 2013, with Inés Sánchez de Madariaga who is director of the Women and Science Unit (UMYC) of the Spanish Minister’s Office for Science and Innovation and tenured lecturer of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture of Madrid. On the 8th of May 2014, there was the last seminar with Dra. Concepció Rovira Angulo (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona CSIC). The conference took place in the ICTP. All speakers divided their talk in two parts the first part focuses on her carriers in particular the women carrier problems and the personal problems that they have during their work life. And during the second part talked about scientific works. Furthermore, in September 2013, the Genis Lab team of the ICTP/CSIC has implemented the Internet forum for gender problems discussion (ementoring) in the website of the institute. Once a student/employee enters in the intranet with his/ her username and password, it is possible to enter in the forum directly from the Genis Lab link. The active participation from ICTP people is an indicator of the good impact of this action. For the future (2014) thanks to Muyeres y Ciencia, it is planned to create a similar forum for all institutes of CSIC with the presence of a link in the website of CSIC. Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 Together with these activities, the three technical partners (FGB, ITC/ILO and ADS) have also been present in several conferences in the last years to present GENIS LAB activities and process. Here a list of the last meetings where they have participated: • FGB and ADS presented Genis Lab project at the Padova University, in occasion ofthe opening event of the Gendertime project, on June 12, 2013; • FGB and ITC/ILO informed about Genis Lab activities in Brussels, on 2 December 2013 “Gender Workshop. On the way to the top: providing equal opportunities for men and women in science and technology” organized by the European Research Council • Participation of FGB to the national congress of the “Donne and Scienza” Association in Trento, held in November 2014. Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 SAVE THE DATE Final Conference 12th December 2014 \\ Dresden The Final Conference will take place in Dresden on the 12th of December. The title of the conference will be: “Promoting Gender Equality in Research - the Genis Lab experience”. After the official welcomes from the IPF Managing Director, local authorities and German gender experts, the conference will be organized in three consecutive sessions. 1 2 3 The first session will be on “Gender Equality in Research in Europe – state of the art and further developments” The second session will be on: “Gender Equality in Research - Challenges and Resources” The last session on: The Genis Lab institutional change experience”. We strongly suggest to register to the conference on the project website. Within the website, you will also find the programme of the conference, which will be further presented in the next newsletter, foreseen for the beginning of December. Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014 Genis Lab goes social Genis Lab is now on Facebook and Linkedin! Join the discussion, be a part of our network and receive updates on our activities by following us on: https://www.facebook.com/GenisLab http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Genis-Lab-5171652 For further information please check out our website: www.genislab-fp7.eu CONTACTS PROJECT COORDINATION: Fondazione Brodolini Via Barberini,50 - 00187- Roma, Italy [email protected] Newsletter issue 6 // November 2014
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