Gender and ICT Research Seminar 2024: Feminist intersectional perspectives on gender inequalities, power relations and well-being in the digital age
Science communication event organised by GenTIC to share its latest research findings and the work plan of ongoing projects. 8 October 2024, UOC’s Interdisciplinary R&I Hub, Barcelona, Spain, & online. READ MORE
Seminar: Analysing Intersectionality with QCA/Set-Theoretic Methods: An illustration with research
on loneliness
Organized by GenTIC as part of the ‘Intersectional Social Justice Seminar Series’ to share the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) applied to intersectionality analysis. Speaker: Keming Yang (University of Durham). 4 October 2024, UOC’s Interdisciplinary R&I Hub, Barcelona, Spain, & online. READ MORE
Seminar: Students’ academic well-being, socioemotional skills, and differences related to gender and other demographic factors
Organized by GenTIC as part of the ‘Intersectional Social Justice Seminar Series’ to discuss the use of latent profile/class analyses (LCA) applied to the study of students’ academic well-being in relation to gender, socioeconomic status and other demographic factors. Speaker: Katja Upadyaya (University of Helsinki). 4 June 2024, UOC’s Interdisciplinary R&I Hub, Barcelona, Spain, & online. READ MORE
Training sessions on the Gender Equality Audit and Monitoring Tool
The INSPIRE project is organising two workshops to introduce the GEAM tool framework. The sessions will guide participants through the preparatory process of conducting survey-based gender equality audits in academic organisations, covering both employee and student experiences. 29 and 31 May 2024, online. READ MORE
Seminar on Relief Maps: New visual methods for intersectional data collection and analysis on discriminations from a social, geographical, and psychological perspective
Organized by GenTIC as part of the ‘Intersectional Social Justice Seminar Series’ to get to know the Relief Maps tool and explore its potential for research and action on inequalities and discriminations. Speaker: Maria Rodó-Zárate (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). 6 May 2024, UOC’s Interdisciplinary R&I Hub, Barcelona, Spain, & online. READ MORE
Ceremony to acknowledge the winning applicants of the Cecilia Castaño 2023 Awards promoted by GenTIC, the Final Project with a Gender Perspective Awards of UOC’s Equality Unit, and the Equit@T Awards of UOC’s Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications. 16 February 2024, UOC Campus, U Building, Barcelona, Spain. READ MORE
Seminar “Individual and Institutional Barriers to Diversity in STEM”
Organized by GenTIC to explore recent research on the role of personal (particularly with regards to intellectual abilities) and institutional-level factors in perpetuating or closing gender and diversity gaps in STEM participation. Speakers: Andrei Cimpian and Joseph Cimpian (New York University). 20 November 2023, UOC’s Interdisciplinary R&I Hub, Barcelona, Spain. READ MORE
Cecilia Castaño Award 2023 for research on gender inequalities in science and technology (2nd Edition)
GenTIC announces the Second Edition of the Cecilia Castaño Award , aimed to promote gender equality both in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) and in science and technology (STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Doctoral theses or academic articles linked to doctoral thesis results, and master’s thesis (TFM) or academic articles linked to TFM results, are eligible for the award. Submissions deadline: 30 November 2023 (extended). Online. READ MORE
Understanding Gender Segregation in the Workplace: Research Seminar with Andrea Vial
Research seminar organized by GenTIC to share joint research lines and explore future collaborations with Andrea Vial, Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University Abu Dhabi. 18 October 2023, UOC’s Building U, Barcelona, Spain. Closed to the public. READ MORE
Seminar “Applications of the MAIHDA approach to intersectional analysis: illustrations using the UniSAFE survey on gender-based violence in research organisations in Europe”
Organized by GenTIC to explore how to address intersectional multilevel analysis using the MAIHDA approach. Speaker: Anne Laure Humbert (Oxford Brooks University). 10 October 2023, UOC’s Interdisciplinary R&I Hub, Barcelona, Spain. READ MORE
INSPIRE Conference “Inclusive Gender Equality in Research & Innovation: Creating Knowledge for Systemic and Sustainable Structural Change”
Gender equality researchers, policymakers, and experts in innovation and intersectionality will gather at this conference to discuss how to create more inclusive, intersectional Gender Equality Plans. Moreover, the INSPIRE Knowledge and Support Hubs will present their work and start a dialogue with potential communities of practice. 5 October 2023. Budapest, Hungary. READ MORE
Gender and ICT Research Seminar: Exploring Gender Gaps and Barriers Towards Inclusive Gender Equality in the Digital Society
Research seminar organized by GenTIC to discuss its recent research findings and share ongoing project activities with students, researchers, academics, and anyone interested in addressing gender inequalities to overcome existing barriers to equity and inclusion in the digital society. 2 October 2023, UOC’s Interdisciplinary R&I Hub, Barcelona, Spain. READ MORE
III Encuentro Intercongresual del Comité de Sociología del Género. Sociología del Género: de la Teoría a la Práctica [III Inter-Congress Meeting of the Gender Sociology Committee. Gender Sociology: From Theory to Practice]
Third meeting organized by the Gender Sociology Committee of the Spanish Federation of Sociology, with the contribution of GenTIC researcher Jörg Müller. 10 July 2023. Online. READ MORE
Webinar: How to integrate the gender perspective in final degree projects? (2nd Edition)
Webinar for UOC students to get an overview of how to integrate the gender dimension with an intersectional approach in final degree projects. Speakers: Jörg Müller and Milagros Sáinz. 21 March 2023. Online. 15:00 – 17:00 h CET READ MORE
Webinar: How to integrate the gender perspective in final degree projects? (1st Edition)
Webinar for UOC students to get an overview of how to integrate the gender dimension with an intersectional approach in final degree projects. Speakers: Jörg Müller and Milagros Sáinz. 8 March 2023. Online. 15:00 – 17:00 h CET READ MORE
Seminar: Gender Perspective Integration in Horizon Europe Research Proposals
Event aimed at the UOC academic and research staff with the objective to learn about how to integrate the gender dimension in research proposals and the Horizon Europe gender equality requirements. Co-organized by GenTIC, UOC’s Gender Equality Unit and UOC’s R&I Unit. 27 February 2023. Can Jaumandreu UOC Building (C/ Perú, 52 Barcelona). 09:00 – 13:30 h CET READ MORE
Cecilia Castaño Award Ceremony 2022
Ceremony to acknowledge the winning applicants of the first edition of the Cecilia Castaño Award for research on gender inequalities in science and technology, launched by GenTIC at the UOC to promote gender equity and equal opportunities for women and girls in ICT and STEM. Can Jaumandreu UOC Building (C/ Perú, 52 Barcelona). 20 January 2023. 15:00 – 16:00 h CET READ MORE
Lecture: A brief introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Its methodological foundations and practical use cases
Public lecture by Ioana-Elena Oană, Research Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute (EUI), organised by GenTIC to provide an overview of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and fuzzy sets. Can Jaumandreu (C/ Perú, 52 Barcelona). 14 November 2022. 17:00 – 18:00 h CET. READ MORE
Cecilia Castaño Award for research on gender inequalities in science and technology (1st Edition)
GenTIC announces the First Edition of the Cecilia Castaño Award 2022, aimed to promote gender equality both in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) and in science and technology (STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Individual or collective monographs, master’s thesis (TFM) and doctoral theses, either unpublished or published after January 1, 2020, are eligible for the award. 25 October – 25 November 2022. Online. READ MORE
Seminar: “On complex problems and unnamed problems”
Research seminar by Andrea Vera Gajardo on the low participation of women in STEM areas and its impact on different spheres. Can Jaumandreu (Room 2 – C/Perú, 52 Barcelona). 19 July 2022. 12:00 – 13:00 CET READ MORE
+RESILIENT High Level Policy Event: Through Transitions with +RESILIENT
Final event of the +RESILIENT project, aimed at delivering in the European Parliament a number of policy briefs and a White Paper that summarizes the policy relevance of the +RESILIENT partners joint on various dimensions of social innovation. In this event, GenTIC researcher Lídia Arroyo is presenting the +RESILIENT Policy Brief on Skills and Organizational Measures for Social Digital Innovation and Resilient organizations. European Parliament, Brussels. 20 April 2022. 08:30 – 13:30 h. READ MORE
CASPER Final Conference
The closing event of the CASPER project will focus on the main findings, related policy recommendations and support tools resulting from the CASPER mapping and assessment about a potential Europe-wide certification/award system for gender equality in research organizations. 14 and 21 March 2022. READ MORE
+RESILIENT Final Conference: Beyond Resilience, Towards Transitions
The final event of the +RESILIENT project is open to partners, stakeholders, experts and participants to get to know the project results and discuss how social innovation can foster MED regions in ecological and digital transition. Venice, 10 March 2022. READ MORE
FECYT Journal Club “La trampa de la ciencia y las niñas”
The director of GenTIC, Milagros Sáinz, is the invited expert at the 6th edition of FECYT Journal Club, a scientific communication event co-organized with the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) to discuss the findings of social science research on how to foster girls’ interest in science and technology. 15 February 2022. READ MORE