Making Young Researchers' Voices heard for Gender Equality - Final Conference 2025 - Cost Action

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Café de Bienvenue

Les participants à la conférence finale de la COST Action Gender Voices seront accueillis au 45 rue d'Ulm. Avant le début des sessions plénières, un café de bienvenue sera proposé.

9:00 - 9:30 (30min)

Discours d'inauguration par le directeur de l'ENS

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

9:30 - 10:00 (30min)

Discours d'introduction de la COST Action Gender VOICES

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

Anne-Sophie Godfroy

10:00 - 10:30 (30min)

“Unlocking knowledge, experience, and good practice in inclusive mentoring”

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

Marta Warat

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Keynote speaker en relation avec les sujets de Gender VOICES

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

Keynote de la COST Action Gender VOICES : Jennifer Redmond

11:00 - 11:30 (30min)

Pause café

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

11:30 - 12:15 (45min)

Plénière Working Group 3 : Research as a Gender Dimension

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

Anita Thaler ; Clemens Striebing ; Margarita Zachariou ; Jelena Grahovac ; Gul Kurtoglu Eskisar ; Vivian Stamou

12:15 - 13:00 (45min)

Plénière Working Group 1 : Employment, Career Development and Mobilities

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

› Inclusive mentoring as transformative practice: Reimagining early-career researcher support through intersectional and participatory approaches - Ola Thomson, Bournemouth University 12:15-12:35 (20min)

› Mapping Gendered Precarity in Neoliberal Academia: A Systematic Review (2000–2023) - María López Belloso, María López 12:40-13:00 (20min)

13:00 - 14:30 (1h30)

Déjeuner

14:00 - 14:30 (30min)

Pause café

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

14:30 - 16:00 (1h30)

Session Parallèle Working Group 2 : Leadership & Decision-Making

Salle Cavaillès Ecole Normale Supérieure

Ivana Nacinovic ; Vanya Rangelova

› Breaking Barriers: Early Career Researchers and Their Quest for Representation in the decision making bodies of the German Higher Education Institutions. - Panourgias Papaioannou, Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] 14:30-15:00 (30min)

› Leadership and Decision-Making Roles of Early Career Researchers: Insights from a Western Anatolian University - Baysan Sultan, Aydın Adnan Menderes University 15:00-15:30 (30min)

› Diversity of representation and voices of early career researchers in university decision-making: European comparative perspectives - Liudvika Leisyte, Professorship for Higher Education, Center for Higher Education, TU Dortmund University 15:30-16:00 (30min)

14:30 - 16:00 (1h30)

Session Parallèle Working Group 5 : Intersectionality

Salle Beckett Ecole Normale Supérieure

Victoria Showunmi

› Decolonising Researchers' Intersectional Lived Experiences: A Narrative Inquiry within the COST Action VOICES Network - Maria Brown, University of Malta [Malta] - Rakibe Külcür, University College London [London, UK] 14:30-15:00 (30min)

› Symposium: Sharing insights about WG5 Special Issue on Intersectional approaches to educational research through a gendered lens (European Education Research Journal) - Eleni Meletiadou, London Metropolitan University 15:00-15:30 (30min)

› Education, intersectionality and transition to basic vocational training from a gender perspective - Nadal-Masegosa Antonio, University of Malaga 15:30-16:00 (30min)

14:30 - 16:00 (1h30)

Session Parallèle Working Group 1 : Employment, Career Development & Mobilities

Salle Cavaillès Ecole Normale Supérieure

Ola Thomson ; Marta Warat ; Maria Lopez Belloso

› Confluence of Teaching, Research, and Family Life: Work-Life Balance in Academia Focusing on Gender - Theranda Beqiri, University Haxhi Zeka 14:30-14:50 (20min)

› In search of belonging. Women's experience in STEAM bachelor's, master's and PhD-programmes across European universities - Katalin Oborni, HÉTFA Research Institute - Hétfa Kutatóintézet Kft. 14:50-15:10 (20min)

› The Impact of ReMO COST Action on Researcher Mental Health on Policy in European Research Governance - Brian Cahill, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Bielefeld = Hochschule Bielefeld, Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology - Murat Güneş, Marie Curie Alumni Association, Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona (IMB) Centre Nacional de Microelectrònica (CNM-CSIC) 15:10-15:30 (20min)

› Teaching while Black and Female: Navigating Mental, Curricular, and Professional Aggression - Victoria Showunmi, UCL - Stephen D. Hancock, North Carolina A&T State University 15:30-15:50 (20min)

14:30 - 16:00 (1h30)

Session Parallèle Working Group 4 : Gender Based Violence

Salle Celan Ecole Normale Supérieure

Elif Kaya ; Philippe Liotard

› "Collaborative Institutional Approaches and Legal Frameworks: Strengthening Gender Equality and Protection in Higher Education" - Anja Vervoorts, Central Equal Opportunities Officer, Landeskonferenz der Gleichstellungsbeauftragten der Hochschulen und Universitätsklinika des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen 14:30-15:00 (30min)

› Institutional Challenges for Addressing GBV and Precarity among Early Career Researchers - Mirelur González-Oronoz, University of Deusto 15:00-15:30 (30min)

› Sexual Harassment of Students by Lecturers in Universities of Tirana - Roland Lami, Roland Lami 15:30-16:00 (30min)

16:00 - 16:30 (30min)

Pause café

16:30 - 18:00 (1h30)

Session Parallèle Working Group 1 : Employment, Career Development & Mobilities

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

Ola Thomson ; Maria Lopez Belloso ; Marta Warat

› From Margins to Mainstream: Advancing Gender Equality for Young Researchers through Policy, Regulatory Science, and Funding Gateways - Theo Zacharis, Greek Scientists Society 16:30-16:50 (20min)

› How Precarious Work Widens the Gender Gap in European Academia – And How to Fix It - Gül Ertan Özgüzer, Izmir University of Economics, Department of Economics 16:50-17:10 (20min)

› Economic instability in social sciences: Insights from qualitative data in Romania - Ana Maria Preoteasa, Research Institute for Quality of Life 17:10-17:30 (20min)

› The impact of female employment in academia on the well-being of researchers and the sustainability in Latvia - Liva Grinevica, Ph.D, Liva Grinevica, Latvian Council of Science - Anete Hofmane, Riga Technical University 17:30-17:50 (20min)

16:30 - 18:00 (1h30)

Session Parallèle Working Group 4 : Gender Based Violence

Salle Celan Ecole Normale Supérieure

Elif Kaya ; Philippe Liotard

› Enhancing Protective Policies to Combat Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education: Challenges, Barriers, and Strategies for Strengthening CİTÖB Units in Turkey - Asuman Özgür Keysan, Asuman Özgür Keysan 16:30-17:00 (30min)

› Evaluation of Theses on LGBTI+ Issues in Higher Education in Turkey - Özgün Pehlivan, Corum Central Community Health Center 17:10-17:40 (30min)

16:30 - 18:00 (1h30)

Session Parallèle Working Group 5 : Intersectionality

Salle Beckett Ecole Normale Supérieure

Victoria Showunmi

› Gender and Intersectional Belonging in Software Engineering - Anna Szlavi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Jennifer Dahmen-Adkins, RWTH Aachen University 16:30-17:00 (30min)

› Transatlantic Transformations: Black Women Reimagining Identity Through Study Abroad - Kimberley Aparisio, Institute of Education, University College London 17:00-17:30 (30min)

› “Surviving in the ableist ivory towers”: Exploring neurodiverse precarious female early career academics' experiences through an intersectional lens to build supportive and inclusive Higher Education Institutions in Europe - Eleni Meletiadou, London Metropolitan University 17:30-18:00 (30min)

16:30 - 18:00 (1h30)

Session Parallèle Working Group 2 : Leadership & Decision-Making

Salle Cavaillès Ecole Normale Supérieure

Ivana Nacinovic Braje ; Vanya Rangelova

› Representation of women in research and innovation. The Republic of Moldova case - Diacon Maria, Moldova State University 16:30-17:00 (30min)

› An autoethnography of a female researcher:Rise Like a Phoenix - Şerife Durna, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University 17:00-17:30 (30min)

› THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSOs) IN COMBATING ANTI-GENDER POLICIES IN MOLDOVA - Victoria Lisnic, Legal, Political and Sociological Research Institute of Moldova State University 17:30-18:00 (30min)

18:00 - 18:30 (30min)

Pause

18:30 - 19:00 (30min)

Plénière Working Group 6 : Data Collection, Monitoring and Evaluation

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

19:00 - 20:00 (1h)

Plénières

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

Anne-Sophie Godfroy : Roundtables with Young Female Researchers

20:00 - 21:30 (1h30)

Networking Cocktail

Salle Dussane Ecole Normale Supérieure

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