Garcia - a new gender project

The Garcia project began in early 2014. It is a collaboration between seven universities and research organisations: University of Trento, Université catholique de Louvain, Radboud University Nijmegen, University of Iceland, University of Lausanne, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Joanneum Research Forschungsgesel.

Gender equality and gender dimension in research are now priorities of the European Union Horizon2020 Framework Programme. The GARCIA project shares the same views, in considering how the gender dimension affects excellence and efficiency in research. The project plans to map and analyze the gender dimension at different organizational levels in various European research institutions. With a specific focus on the early stages of academic and scientific careers, the aim is to implement specific actions for combating gender stereotypes and discriminations.

The GARCIA project is supported by the European Union 7th Framework Programme SiS.2013.2.1.1-1 – Grant agreement n° 611737.

Learn more about Garcia at their website: garciaproject.eu