Gender-Based Violence in Academic Settings: Policy Evolution and Work Ahead

Long recognised by feminist and gender scholars and practitioners as a serious issue, it was not until 2018 that gender-based violence garnered policy attention at the EU level.

In her talk, Dr Marcela Linková will first review the policy evolution, with the first policy analysis (ERAC 1205/1/20) and recommendations (ERAC 1206/20) delivered in 2020 by the ERAC Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation. Second, she will present the results of the Horizon 2020 UniSAFE and GenderSAFE projects, showing that 62% of the more than 42,000 respondents to the UniSAFE questionnaire had at least one experience of gender-based violence, with minoritised groups at higher risk of experiencing gender-based violence. She will discuss recent conceptual advances to address gender-based violence including the 7P model (Mergaert, Linková, Strid 2023). In conclusion, she will present the recently adopted Zero Tolerance Code of Conduct (European Commission 2024) and current efforts to address gender-based violence in higher education and research.

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Speaker:

Marcela Linková, PhD is the head of the Centre for Gender and Science at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the sociology of gendered organisations and institutional change, gender-based violence in academia, governance of research, and public policies for gender equality in science.

This lecture is part of the Gender Lecture Series 2025 - The Building Blocks of Gender Studies: Practical Pathways to Equality, co-organised by Prof. Elisa Fornalé (World Trade Institute, University of Bern) and Dr Federica Cristani (Institute of International Relations Prague), HRJust Intersect Observatory Co-directors.