genSET is a project funded by the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme under Science & Society.  It runs from September 2009 to February 2012.  It is delivered by a Consortium of four partners and supported by a network of leading pan-European science institutions as Patrons.  genSET creates a forum for sustainable dialogue between science leaders, gender experts, stakeholder scientific institutions, and science strategy decision-makers.  It has five priority focus areas, where gender inequalities and biases disadvantage women’s participation in science.

* science knowledge-making;
* research process;
* recruitment and retention;
* assessment of women’s work; and
* science excellence value system

genSET improves individual and collective capacity for action to increase women’s participation in science.  It develops practical ways to incorporate gender knowledge and gender mainstreaming expertise into European science institutions.  These activities include innovative Consensus Seminars of gender experts and European science leaders; Capacity Building Workshops for over 100 scientific institutions; and Valorisation Symposia engaging scientists and decision makers at national level.

genSET has a particular vision of bringing gender into science. This vision is based on extensive research evidence and recognition that the science community and gender experts have to create a new understanding of the impact on scientific excellence. The knowledge resources produced in genSET and all the supporting research references are all available on this site for download

The  European Gender Summit is based on the vision of genSET and will bring together 55+ eminent speakers from research, policy, industry and initiatives from across the world in dialogue to better understand gender’s role in science and innovation excellence, the latest programmes and initiatives and to form policy for the Future of Gender and Innovation in the  Europe. We encourage all stakeholders join the Summit and contribute to the formulation of this policy. Read more on the Summit website

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