Dr Rachel Palmén is currently senior researcher at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3 – UOC) in Barcelona, Spain where she forms part of the Gender and ICT research program. She gained her PhD in community participation from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University– which examined community engagement processes in Brazil and the U.K.
Her current research interests include gender equality and science – specifically looking at the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans and policies from an intersectional perspective. She has worked on various European Commission funded projects. She formed part of the EFFORTI project which developed an evaluation framework for promoting gender equality in R&I and coordinated 19 case studies of gender equality interventions in R&I throughout Europe. She worked on the TARGET project, the findings of which are available in the book she co-edited, A Reflexive Approach to Structural Change. She formed part of the ACT project, which established eight communities of practice for advancing gender equality in research and innovation, the findings of which are charted in the book she coedited, A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality in Research. She also took part in the FP7 GenPORT project, in which she coordinated work packages 2 and 4 that involved carrying out a European wide needs assessment in the field of gender and science.
She is currently coordinator of INSPIRE: The European Centre of Excellence on Inclusive Gender Equality in Research and Innovation, a Horizon Europe project for five million euros over four years with 14 partners in Europe and Latin America.
Contact
Email: rpalmen@uoc.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-3038-2807
Selected Publications
Digital Future Society. Palmén, R. [Rachel], & Pajares Sánchez, L. [Lorena]. (2024). Developing inclusive gendered innovations through deep tech venture-building programmes. Barcelona, Spain. https://digitalfuturesociety.com/report/guidelines-for-developing-inclusive-innovations-with-a-gender-perspective-through-deep-tech-venture-building-programs/
Caprile, M. [Maria], Bettachy, M. [Mina ], Duhaček, D. [Daša], Mirazić, M. [Milica], Palmén, R. [Rachel] & Kussy, A. [Angelina] (2022). Structural Change Towards Gender Equality: Learning from Bottom-up and Top-down Experiences of GEP Implementation in Universities. In A. Wroblewski and R. Palmén (Eds.), Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations – A Reflexive Approach to Gender Equality (pp. 161-179). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-119-820221010
Kalpazidou Schmidt, E. [Evanthia], Palmén, R. [Rachel], & Bührer, S. [Susanne] (2022). Policy-making and evaluation of gender equality programmes: Context, power, and resistance in the transformation process. Science and Public Policy, scac064. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scac064
Müller, J. [Jörg], & Palmén, R. [Rachel] (2022). Introduction: Reflecting on a Community of Practice approach to institutional change for a greater gender equality in R&I and HE – Policy and practice. In R. [Rachel] Palmén & J. [Jörg] Muller (Eds.), A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality in Research (1st ed.) (pp. 1-24). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003225546
Palmén, R. [Rachel], & Müller, J. [Jörg] (Eds.). (2022). A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality in Research (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003225546
Palmén, R. [Rachel], & Wroblewski, A. [Angela] (2022). Conclusions. In A. Wroblewski and R. Palmén (Eds.), Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations – A Reflexive Approach to Gender Equality (pp. 199-212). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-119-820221012
Palmén. R. [Rachel] & Caprile, M. [Maria] (2022). Relevance of a CoP for a Reflexive Gender Equality Policy: A Structural Change Approach. In A. Wroblewski and R. Palmén (Eds.), Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations – A Reflexive Approach to Gender Equality (pp. 53-69). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-119-820221004
Palmén, R. [Rachel], & Müller, J. [Jörg] (2022). Concluding remarks: Towards Communities of Practice for greater gender equality. In R. [Rachel] Palmén & J. [Jörg] Muller (Eds.), A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality in Research (1st ed.) (pp. 202-215). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003225546
Reiland, S. [Sonja], Palmén, R. [Rachel], & Kamlade, L. [Lisa] (2022). Disciplinary Communities of Practice for a greater gender equality in physics & life sciences. In R. [Rachel] Palmén & J. [Jörg] Muller (Eds.), A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality in Research (1st ed.) (pp. 118-132). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003225546
Rabsch, K. [Kathrin], Palmén, R. [Rachel], Caprile, M. [Maria], Vinkenburg, C. [Claartje], & Kublickiene, K. [Karolina] (2022). Scaling up. From Communities of Practice to the three ERA gender equality and mainstreaming objectives: careers, decision-making and integrating the gender dimension into research and educational content. In R. [Rachel] Palmén & J. [Jörg] Muller (Eds.), A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality in Research (1st ed.) (pp. 187-201). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003225546
Wroblewski, A. [Angela] & Palmén. R. [Rachel] (Eds.) (2022). Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations – A Reflexive Approach to Gender Equality. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781802621198
Wroblewski, A. [Angela] & Palmén. R. [Rachel] (2022). Introduction. In A. Wroblewski and R. Palmén (Eds.), Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations – A Reflexive Approach to Gender Equality (pp. 1-11). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-119-820221001
Wroblewski, A. [Angela] & Palmén. R. [Rachel] (2022). A Reflexive Approach to Structural Change. In A. Wroblewski and R. Palmén (Eds.), Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organisations – A Reflexive Approach to Gender Equality (pp. 15-32). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-119-820221002
Buehrer, S. [Susanne], Kalpazidou Schmidt, E. [Evanthia], Rigler, D. [Dorottya], & Palmen, R. [Rachel]. (2021). How to Implement Context-Sensitive Evaluation Approaches in Countries with still Emerging Evaluation Cultures. Public Policy and Administration, 20(3), 368-381. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.20.3.28371
O’Connor, P. [Pat], Hodgins, M. [Margaret], Woods, D. R. [Dorian R.], Wallwaey, E. [Elisa], Palmen, R. [Rachel], Van Den Brink, M. [Marieke], & Schmidt, E. K. [Evanthia K.]. (2021). Organisational Characteristics That Facilitate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Higher Education? Administrative Sciences, 11(4), 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci11040138
Thomson, A. [Aleksandra], Palmén, R. [Rachel], Reidl, S. [Sybille], Barnard, S. [Sarah], Beranek, S. [Sarah], Dainty, A. [Andrew R. J] & Hassan, T. [Tarek M.]. (2021). Fostering collaborative approaches to gender equality interventions in higher education and research: the case of transnational and multi-institutional communities of practice. Journal of Gender Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2021.1935804
Bührer, S., Kalpazidou Schmidt, E., Palmén, R., & Reidl, S. (2020). Evaluating gender equality effects in research and innovation systems. Scientometrics. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-020-03596-1
Palmén, R., Arroyo, L., Müller, J., Reidl, S., Caprile, M., & Unger, M. (2020). Integrating the gender dimension in teaching, research content & knowledge and technology transfer: Validating the EFFORTI evaluation framework through three case studies in Europe. Evaluation and Programme Planning, 79. doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101751
Striebing, C., Kalpazidou Schmidt, E., Palmén, R., Holzinger, F., & Nagy, B. (2020). Women Underrepresentation in R&I: A Sector Program Assessment of the Contribution of Gender Equality Policies in Research and Innovation. Evaluation and Programme Planning, 79. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101749
Palmén, R., & Kalpazidou Schmidt, E. (2019). Analysing facilitating and hindering factors for implementing gender equality interventions in R&I: Structures and processes, Evaluation and Program Planning, 77. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101726
Palmen, R., Schmidt, E. K., Striebing, C., Reidl, S., Bührer, S., & Groo, D. (2019). Measuring gender in R&I – theories, methods, and experience, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 44(2), 154-165. doi: 10.1080/03080188.2019.1603873
Palmén, R., & De Micheli, B. (2015). Education and Training, GenPORT Research Synthesis 1.
Müller, J., & Palmén, R. (2015). Academic and Science Careers, GenPORT Research Synthesis 2.
Palmén, R., & Bitusikova, A. (2015). Institutional Practices and Processes, GenPORT Research Synthesis 3.
Pollitzer, E., & Palmén, R. (2015). Gender in Research Content and Knowledge, GenPORT Research Synthesis 4.
Palmén, R., Lipinsky, A., & Getz, L. (2015). Policy Setting and Implementation, GenPORT Research Synthesis 5.
Caprile, M., Palmén, R., Sanz, P., & Dente, G. (2015). Encouraging STEM Studies: Labour Market Situation and Comparison of Practices Targeted at Young People in Different Member States, European Parliament.
Caprile, M., Valles, N., & Palmén, R. (2012). Guia práctica para la inclusión de la perspectiva de género en los contenidos de la investigación. Barcelona, CIREM.
Sáinz, M., Palmén, R., & Garcia, S. (2012). Parental and Secondary School Teachers’ Perceptions of ICT and their Role in the Choice of Studies. Sex Roles, 66(3-4), 235-249. doi: 10.1007/s11199-011-0055-9
Müller, J., Castaño, C., González, A., & Palmén, R. (2011). Policy Towards Gender Equality in Science and Research. Brussels Economic Review, 54(2/3), Special Issue, Beyond the leaky pipeline- Challenges for research on gender and science, 295-316.