Gender and ICT (GenTIC) is an interdisciplinary research group analysing gender relations and inequalities across the life course, in education and the research and innovation ecosystem. We use a wide variety of research methods to advance knowledge on intersecting inequalities of contemporary societies from feminist and decolonial perspectives. Our work spans basic research to applied activities, offering new insights and policy recommendations to emerging societal challenges.
The group was established in 2006 in the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and is currently part of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Social and Cultural Transformations (UOC-TRÀNSIC).
Gender and ICT is a Consolidated Research Group of Catalonia (2021 SGR 01032) and is active in projects at regional, national and international level.
Main research lines:
- Gendered factors shaping young people’s motivations to choose ICT and STEM studies and occupations. The development of gender roles and stereotypes about ICT and STEM occupations during childhood and adolescence
- Co-design, analysis and evaluation/impact assessment of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies, particularly in the R&I system
- Feminist research design and methods in the digital age
- Health and care in the future society from a feminist approach
- Digitalization and gender
- Power relations and organisational change
Consolidated Research Group of Catalonia (2021 SGR 01032), funded by the Department of Research and Universities of the Government of Catalonia.
