Seminar: Reflecting on gender in/equality in the academy

This workshop brings together two EU COST Actions projects – History of Identity Documentation in European Nations: Citizenship, Nationality and Migration (HIDDEN) and Making Young Researchers' Voices Heard for Gender Equality (VOICES) – to discuss ways to promote better opportunities for early career researchers (ECR) in academia and to develop a policies on best practices to support ECRs vis-à-vis EU and national funding schemes.

HIDDEN COST Action CA21120

WORKSHOP:

DAY 1 | THURSDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2025

09.30 - 10.00 ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

10.00 - 10.15 Welcome and Introductions | Dr Jennifer Redmond (Maynooth University), Chair of HIDDEN, and Prof. Michael J. Geary (NTNU Norway), HIDDEN Gender Equality Coordinator.

10.15 - 11.15 Chair: Jennifer Redmond

Prof. Anne-Sophie Godfroy (École Normale Supérieure), Chair of VOICES 

11.15 - 12.00 Chair: Michael J. Geary

Prof. Valerie Heffernan (Maynooth University) | EU Funding Schemes

12.00 – 12.30 Group discussion on best practices national/European/International funding schemes and collaboration on policy document.

14.00 - 15.00 HIDDEN | Developing a Gender Equality Plan

15.20 - 17.00 Early Career Researchers | Presentations (6 mins each) and Feedback Session 1

Chair/Discussant: Michael J. Geary

  • Dr Zoe O'Reilly (Maynooth University)
  • April Maja Almaas (NTNU Norway)
  • Dr Pilar Luz Rodrigues (University of Galway) Dr Beatrice Scutaru
  • Dr Lucy Pius Kyauke (NTNU Norway)
  • Dr Ibtisam Sadegh (University of Malta)
  • Andrea Berger (University College Dublin)
  • Evgeny Shtorn (University of Helsinki)
  • Dr Aisling Shalvey (University College Cork)

17.00 Close of Day 1 & Overview of Day 2

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DAY 2 | FRIDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2025

10.15- 11.15 Chair: Dr Beatrice Scutaru (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Dr Concetta Russo (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi) | Between Constraint and Discovery: Motherhood, Identity and Academic Becoming.

11.30 – 12.30 Early Career Researchers | Presentations (6 mins each) and Feedback Session 2

Chair/Discussant: Aisling Shalvey

12.30 - 13.00 Final Amendments to Policy Statement from HIDDEN

Organizer: Michael J. Geary, NTNU

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