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Building Europe’s Center of Excellence on Inclusive Gender Equality in R&I
Creating Knowledge and Engaging in Collaborative Action

INSPIRE develops innovative tools and knowledge to address intersecting inequalities across the public and private sectors and geographical regions in Europe.

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Our work
Knowledge
Produce high-quality research on inclusive gender equality in Research and Innovation
Tools & Services
Develop methods, indicators and services to drive and steer change towards inclusive gender equality
Support
Create a sustainable and effective support eco-system for equality practitioners
Policy
Provide evidence to facilitate effective dialog among research, practitioners and policy makers
Knowledge & Support Hubs
Four thematic Knowledge and Support Hubs provide a bi-directional gateway between research and equality practitioners. Each Hub will carry out dedicated research and support three Communities of Practice.
Sustaining change
Sustaining and deepening change in the R&I ecosystem.
Widening participation
Widening participation and reach of GEPs
Intersectionality
Integrating an intersectional approach to equality
Innovation
Promoting gender sensitive innovation communities and policies in the private sector
About us

We are a group of leading academic institutions and research organisations with extensive experience and knowledge of Gender Equality policies and practices.

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Consurtium
INSPIRE aims to build up the knowledge base and provide support for inclusive gender equality plans, providing the know-how on how to take an intersectional approach to gender equality in research organisations.
Rachel Louise Palmén, INSPIRE Coordinator and senior researcher at UOC
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Knowledge and Support Hubs
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Communities of Practice
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Institutions contribute to INSPIRE goals
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Equality Change Catalysts
Latest news and events
News
SPEAR conference participants
09.05.23
The importance of collaboration, coalition and mobilisation for driving Gender Equality work forward

As coordinators of the concluding H2020 project SPEAR, we had the great opportunity to use the occasion of SPEAR’s final conference to make a dream come true: gather what we have come to appreciate as a growing and steadily strengthening community of Gender Equality (GE) practitioners, scholars, leaders and policy-makers for

Events
INSPIRE workshop
28.04.23
INSPIRE holds high-level workshop in Berlin

How does the future look like for gender equality in research and innovation? 

The simple answer is that the future will look however we make it look. If we join forces, coordinate our efforts, and are persistent in our approach, we will create a more inclusive research and innovation environment.

News
Girls in ICT Day
27.04.23
INSPIRE celebrates #GirlsInICTDay

Every year, towards the end of April, we are celebrating the International Day of Girls in ICT - a recognition of the women and girls who have defied stereotypes and pursued careers in technology and a chance for us to reflect on what should be done to encourage more young women to explore this area.