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Support Package 5 - “Inclusive Gendered Innovation”
David Walker
Joanneum Research
Sybille Reidl
Joanneum Research
Helene Schiffbänker
Joanneum Research
Sarah Beranek
Joanneum Research

Introduction

Researchers, innovators and funders are increasingly expected to ensure that research and innovation respond to diverse societal needs. Yet many projects still overlook differences in user experience, access, and impact. This can limit the relevance, reach, and quality of outcomes.

Support Package 5 (SPKg 5) aims to help researchers, innovators, and research funding organisations (RFOs) to integrate gender and diversity into their research and innovation content. Its focus lies on Inclusive Gendered Innovation (IGI) - the integration of sex, gender, and diversity dimensions into research questions, methods, design and impact.

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It offers a practical roadmap for making research and innovation more inclusive, responsible, and effective at every stage of the research and innovation process as well as in funding procedures.

Whether you're writing a proposal, designing a project, or shaping funding policy, SPK 5 equips you with the tools, methods, and real-world examples you need to do it inclusively.

Developed within the INSPIRE project, this package brings together practical insights from research, case studies, and peer exchange.

Who is it for?

Support Package 5 supports everybody who wants to do or promote more inclusive Research and Innovation, like Researchers, Innovators, Research funding organisations, Evaluators and Policy Makers. Please enter the section which is most relevant for you:

For Applicants: HOW to do IGI?
For Funders: HOW to promote and fund IGI?
What’s inside?
  • Step-by-step guidance for researchers and innovators along the research and innovation cycle
  • Modular guidance for funding organisations and their staff, structured around the funding cycle
  • Lessons learned from research within INSPIRE and INSPIRE’s Community of Practice
  • A glossary of key terms to clarify concepts like sex, gender, diversity, and Inclusive Gendered Innovation (IGI)
  • Carefully curated resources, including tools, templates, and examples to support hands-on implementation
  • Strategies to support long-term change in the research ecosystem, such as inclusive policy design and capacity-building approaches
  • The package is flexible and can be adapted to your needs. You can select the parts most relevant to your organisation.
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Glossary of Key Terms

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