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Call for papers: Education and Childhood – Welfare e Ergonomia, Issue 1/2027

The call for abstracts is now open for a new Special Issue of the journal Welfare e Ergonomia (ANVUR Class A), dedicated to childhood policies and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services.

Guest edited by Anna Milione and Maura Tripi, this issue aims to foster a multidisciplinary and transnational debate on public policies for children, with the objective of placing children’s agency and their individual rights to personal development at the center of the discussion, from a perspective that can be translated into concrete policy recommendations.

Topics of Interest

The editors welcome empirical and theoretical contributions addressing the following themes:

  • Universalism and inequalities: access to ECEC services for children aged 0–6 as a tool to reduce social inequalities and educational poverty; definition of Essential Levels of Performance (LEPs); economic, cultural, and social barriers to participation.
  • Childhood policies and action plans (National Recovery and Resilience Plan – PNRR; National Child Guarantee Action Plan): critical analyses of policy measures and investments, local governance models, territorial disparities, and integrated 0–6 education hubs.
  • Care work and professional roles: working conditions of early childhood educators, professional training, shortages of qualified staff, and the social recognition of the profession.
  • Pedagogical perspectives and children’s agency: innovative educational practices, relationships between different components of the integrated 0–6 system and subsequent levels of education, and children’s active participation.
  • Support for families with children: multisectoral integration of interventions during the first 1,000 days of life, and integration of social, health, and educational services for children aged 0–6.

Submission Deadlines and Guidelines

  • 27 September: Submission of abstracts (maximum 3,000 characters, including spaces).
  • 24 January (if the abstract is accepted): Submission of the full paper—either a theoretical contribution or an empirical research article—of no more than 25,000 characters, including spaces.

Abstracts should be submitted to: welfarergonomia.rel@irpps.cnr.it

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DASSI now accessible for data storage and download

DASSI – Data Archive for Social Sciences in Italy is fully operational and available to the scientific community and citizens: the service for the secure, long-term curation, preservation, and sharing of social research data in Italy.

After developing the infrastructure and support services, the archive is now available to social science researchers to deposit their datasets and to anyone who wishes to freely consult and download the data already made available, in accordance with the principles of Open Science and the European standards defined by the CESSDA network – Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives.

DASSI is the result of a joint effort, begun in 2021, between the National Research Council (CNR-DSU, CNR-IRPPS and CNR-ISTC) and the University of Milan-Bicocca.

In particular, CNR-IRPPS contributes to the documentation and communication working groups.

What does this mean for those who do social research?
Sharing your datasets represents an opportunity for researchers to:

• Increase the visibility of your results: the deposited data are anonymized, distributed in open format, and well documented through metadata and supporting materials so that they can be found, understood and cited correctly.

•Meet European demands on open access , offering secure storage, comprehensive documentation, appropriate licensing, and DOIs for each dataset. It also ensures FAIR-compliant management and long-term preservation, facilitating accountability and responsible data reuse.

•Receive assistance and support during the dataset uploading and sharing process: researchers are assisted in the data deposit process and in assigning the license for use by staff with expertise in the social sciences domain, who can then provide specific guidance to improve data usability.

What does this mean for the community?
DASSI is a strategic resource for the entire community because it provides reliable, documented, and verified social research data, useful for understanding complex phenomena and guiding informed decisions.

For policymakers, DASSI provides direct support for the design and evaluation of public policies: anonymized, standardized, and comparable data enable more accurate analyses and more effective decisions.

For journalism, access to certified datasets means being able to report reality based on solid evidence, countering misinformation and improving the quality of public debate.

For citizens, the availability of open data fosters transparency, participation, and awareness of social issues that affect everyday life—from inequalities to services, from work to well-being.

In this way, DASSI contributes to building a more open, democratic, and quality-oriented information ecosystem. With DASSI, Italian social science datasets enter a structured, secure, and quality-oriented European ecosystem.

A resource designed for social researchers, aimed at the community, and dedicated to growing open research in Italy.

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Gender stereotypes are increasing among adolescents

Press release from the National Research Council on the preliminary results of the MiB project (Intergenerational Changes and Wellbeing), prepared by the CNR-IRPPS group Social Change, Evaluation and Methods (MUSA):

In recent years, several studies by the CNR-IRPPS MUSA research group have highlighted not only the persistence but also the growth of gender stereotypes among young people. The first results of the MiB project, conducted on more than 3,000 fourteen-year-olds in Rome, show that in 2025, 62.3% of participants display medium-to-high adherence to these preconceptions—a phenomenon that also affects girls.

Among adolescents, adherence to gender stereotypes remains high, and it also shapes girls’ attitudes. This is confirmed once again by the latest survey by the Social Change, Evaluation and Methods (MUSA) research group at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies of the National Research Council (CNR-IRPPS), on a sample of more than 3,000 students from 25 upper secondary schools in Rome. The study, launched in 2024 and running until 2029, includes face-to-face interviews with adolescents to investigate and explore endemic and emerging social issues, including the presence and effects of gender stereotyping—a true social “virus” which, fed by unresolved educational norms, is responsible for discrimination, educational and occupational segregation, and often even extreme violence.

“The research findings—since this is a longitudinal study—currently concern only fourteen-year-olds (3,068), and show that in 2025, 62.3% of respondents have a medium-to-high adherence to gender stereotypes,” explains Antonio Tintori of CNR-IRPPS, head of the MUSA research group. “The problem affects boys more, but girls are by no means exempt. Among boys, however, the medium-to-high level of gender stereotyping is actually double that of their female peers (79.0% versus 40.2%).”

The data highlight a still widespread belief in gender roles that place men in top positions—those involving leadership, power and control; this conditioning, meanwhile, still confines women to the domestic sphere, meaning they are expected to shoulder caregiving and family assistance responsibilities.

“Moreover, comparing these data with those from the latest national CNR survey on the state of adolescence, carried out by the same research group in 2022, reveals another alarming fact: these stereotypes are more widespread today than in the past, when, at national level and for the same age group, medium-to-high adherence to this social conditioning was 37.9% (20.8% girls; 49.2% boys),” Tintori continues.

In order to investigate these social influences in greater depth, adherence to the idea of specific gender roles was also measured, which is a direct consequence of the internalization of the stereotypes of the same name. In this case, the research technique involved providing adolescents with a list of roles and actions and asking them to indicate who was best suited to perform them: men, women, or whether gender was irrelevant. A medium-high adherence to male gender roles, which attribute certain skills or activities to men, such as being in charge at work, being president, being a police officer, driving, competing in sports, earning a lot of money, and being a scientist, is found in 47.9% of 14-year-olds in Rome, and is significantly more prevalent among male respondents (67.1% of males and 23.4% of females). On the other hand, 33.3% of adolescents have a medium-high adherence to female gender roles, as reflected in activities such as cooking, caring for children, cleaning, shopping, and teaching, with a significant prevalence still among males (43.0% males and 20.6% females). Even in the case of gender role analysis, a comparison with 14-year-olds in the national survey on the state of adolescence reveals a decidedly worrying trend, as medium-high adherence to male gender roles has increased by 10.8% and that to female gender roles by 9%.

The latest data confirm that these stereotypes are more widespread in technical institutes (75.1% compared to 66.1% in vocational schools and 51.4% in high schools), among students with a migrant background (70.8% compared to 61.0% of those with Italian citizenship) and among those with a low cultural status in the family (71.1% compared to 52.5% of those with a high cultural status),” adds the researcher. “These trends, which have been progressively worsening over the last few years, indicate the need for urgent, targeted, and structural interventions, delivered by specialized personnel, aimed at pupils starting from primary school and focused on the exercise of critical thinking, emotionality, affectivity, and the development of relational skills,” concludes Tintori. In this regard. The MUSA research group has prepared the ‘Guide to Deconstructing Gender Stereotypes: Recognizing Them to Break Them Down’, which is a streamlined and practical tool aimed not only at the younger generation but also at teachers and parents.

For information:
Antonio Tintori
CNR – Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies
antonio.tintori@cnr.it

Press Office:
Sandra Fiore
CNR – Press Unit
sandra.fiore@cnr.it

Head of Press Office Unit:
Emanuele Guerrini
emanuele.guerrini@cnr.it
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06 4993 3383

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Call for abstracts Scuola Democratica – Building Peaceful, Just, and Democratic Societies through Transformative Education

The next Scuola Democratica International Conference, scheduled to take place from September 1 to 4, 2026, in Rome, will host the session Building Peaceful, Just, and Democratic Societies through Transformative Education, organized by Claudia Pennacchiotti (CNR-IRPPS); Adriana Valente (CNR-IRPPS); Valentina Tudisca (CNR-IRPPS); Luciana Taddei (CNR-IRPPS).

The panel aims to promote reflection on the role that Open Science and Transformative Education can play in building a culture of Peace. Education is understood in a broad sense, encompassing formal, informal, and non-formal education.
Researchers are invited to participate by submitting an abstract addressing the proposed theme from various perspectives, such as: Skills, Conceptual frameworks and epistemologies, Policies, Methods and practices, Technologies and networks.

Convenors

  • Claudia Pennacchiotti, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, National Research Council;
  • Adriana Valente, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, National Research Council;
  • Valentina Tudisca, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, National Research Council;
  • Luciana Taddei, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, National Research Council.

For more details, please visit the website of the Fourth International Conference of Scuola Democratica

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Smile City Annual Meeting

Three days to plan the next steps toward greener, circular, and low-climate-impact cities: from January 28 to 30, 2026, CNR-IRPPS, with Alessia D’Andrea and Arianna D’Ulizia, coordinated the Annual Meeting of the European project SMILE CITY – Sustainable Materials for Innovative Low Emissions Applications in the Circular City.

SMILE CITY, funded by the Horizon Europe framework program, brings together 35 partners from over 12 countries including research institutions, universities, local authorities, industries, and European organizations. The project aims to develop and demonstrate innovative systemic solutions to integrate recycled materials and circular processes into urban infrastructure and support the expansion of sustainable cycling mobility across Europe.

The project aims to create over 100 km of cycle paths built with recycled materials; install 20 charging stations for electric bicycles and innovative mobility hubs in various European cities; use materials derived from recycled waste to create durable and sustainable urban infrastructure; and develop digital tools and mobile applications to promote efficient and integrated use of sustainable mobility.

During the first two days, hosted by the National Research Council, discussions focused on the project’s progress, analyses of urban mobility and urban design in the involved cities, and the environmental and health impacts of the developed solutions. Partners also examined the characteristics of the systemic circular solutions to be implemented, focusing on recycled materials and developed products, tests conducted, and remaining challenges. The role of digital tools in supporting sustainable mobility was also addressed, such as the development of a digital app planned by the project, along with strategies for the valorization of results, including the development of policy recommendations and impact assessments.

The third day, held at CNR-IRPPS, centered on Urban Living Labs, co-design processes open to students, designers, researchers, and innovators, which are currently being launched in several Italian cities.

To learn more, visit the project website: https://smile-city

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The volume “Longitudinal Data Infrastructures in Europe” is published and available free of charge

The volume “Longitudinal Data Infrastructures in Europe. Tools for Open Science in Social Science Research”, edited by Luciana Taddei and Mario Paolucci, has just been published by Springer.

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The volume, available for free download, explores the opportunities that research infrastructures and panels open to the social sciences in the direction of open science.

This is not a technical manual, but rather an accessible guide to social science infrastructures, how they work, and why they are essential for collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Through stories, examples, and reflections, it emerges how infrastructures are not just technological tools, but living ecosystems that nourish ideas, connect people, and enhance the work of everyone. Divided into 12 chapters, the book is aimed at students, teachers, research staff, decision-makers, and anyone who wants to gain insights into the future of knowledge in the social sciences.

The many contributions by CNR-IRPPS research staff provide theoretical and methodological insights related to the experiences gained in the development of the DASSI and FOSSR infrastructures and the GUIDE, GGS, and IOPP panels.

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Condolences for the passing of Prof. Enrico Pugliese

IRPPS expresses deep condolences for the passing of Prof. Enrico Pugliese, Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Labor at Sapienza University of Rome, the first director of the CNR Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, and later an associate.

Our Institute extends its most heartfelt condolences to his family and to all those who knew him.

He will be remembered on December 4 at 11:30 AM at the Capitoline Hill, in the Sala della Protomoteca.

Prof. Pugliese dedicated his studies to the functioning of the labor market, the agricultural world, migration, and welfare systems. He was a point of reference for all of us and for the Institute as a whole, through his teachings, scientific rigor, and numerous collaborations.

With Pugliese, one of the last exponents of the “School of Portici” passes away—the Faculty of Agriculture directed by Manlio Rossi Doria, his teacher and mentor. In Portici, Pugliese developed his primary research interests, which he then expanded throughout his academic career and beyond. Indeed, Pugliese always combined his academic activity with a constant civil and political commitment. He collaborated for many years with the CGIL, working at IRES (the Institute for Economic and Social Research) during the presidency of Adriana Buffardi, and with FLAI, the trade union for agricultural and food processing industry workers.

Appointed director of CNR-IRPPS in 2002, he led the Institute until 2009, contributing decisively to shaping its current scientific profile.

Pugliese succeeded in merging the research traditions of the two main research institutes that gave life to IRPPS: the Institute for Population Research (IRP) in Rome and the Institute for Research on Social Security Dynamics (IRIDISS) in Penta di Fisciano. Under his direction, IRPPS worked from an interdisciplinary perspective on themes such as international migration, population aging, and social security policies. Evidence of this period of the Institute can be found in the various IRPPS reports on the welfare state in Italy, published by Donzelli in the Welfare Books series, as well as the books he published as an author for Il Mulino: L’Italia tra migrazioni internazionali e migrazioni interne, 2006; Quelli che se ne vanno. La nuova emigrazione italiana, 2018; La Terza età. Anziani e società in Italia, 2011; Storia sociale dell’immigrazione italiana. Dall’Unità a oggi, 2024 (with Mattia Vitiello).

The personal and research biography of Enrico Pugliese is told in the film “Raccontare Pugliese. Omaggio per gli ottant’anni di Enrico Pugliese,” available on Vimeo.

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November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – CNR-IRPPS contributions

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the CNR Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies—which counts gender among its main research themes—is participating in and promoting a series of events, meetings, and public initiatives throughout Italy. Researchers from the Institute will contribute analyses, data, and reflections to explore the cultural, social, and demographic dynamics related to gender-based violence.

November 13, 4:30 PM. Padua – Forum “#generərispetto – Educating for respect, Generating Equality and Freedom” – Padua, Provincial Council Chamber, with the participation of Angela Toffanin presenting a report titled “Between protection and control: socio-cultural gender models and paths out of violence”

November 17, Pisa, “Talking about it is acting“, conference of the Pisa Research Area. Speaker: Antonio Tintori

November 18, 12:30 PM. Padua. Report “Gender-based violence in Italy. Representations, practices, and interventions, between trust and vulnerability” – meeting with students of the Sociology of the Family course, Master’s degree in Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Padua, with the participation of Angela Toffanin

November 19, 2:30 PM. Florence. Report “Paths out of gender-based violence” – meeting with students of the Sociology of Media course, Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, University of Florence, with the participation of Angela Toffanin

November 20 – 9:30 AM. Rome, CNR headquarters, Marconi room. “Adolescents in the era of the communication revolution” – organizer and speaker Antonio Tintori

November 20, 5:30 PM. Padua. Seminar “Refuge Non-Refuge“, discussion of research results on representations and experiences of escaping violence among foreign women in Italy, at Palazzo De Claricini (via Cesarotti 10/12, Padua). With the participation of Angela Toffanin

November 24, 9:30 AM. Vercelli. Conference “Anti-violence practices in Eastern Piedmont: comparing experiences” – University of Eastern Piedmont, with the participation of Angela Toffanin presenting a report titled “The evolution of policies and the system for combating violence against women and gender-based violence in Italy“

November 25, 8:30 PM – Vittorio Veneto. “Educhiamoci. Giornate per l’educazione” Festival, Angela Toffanin participates in the event “Knowing, recognizing, and combating gender-based violence”

November 27 – High Council of the Judiciary. “Gender-based violence, causes, effects”, lecture by Antonio Tintori

November 27, 5:30 PM. Rome. “Awareness, (mis)trust, vulnerability”. Seminar to discuss the results of the project on perceptions of violence and the trust of foreign women in the anti-violence system in Italy, Sala Misiti, via Palestro 32 Rome. Participants: Giovanna Cavatorta, Caterina Peroni, and Angela Toffanin

November 28 – 9:45 AM. ISTAT, “Organizational well-being in public research institutions“, lecture by Antonio Tintori

December 2, 10:00 AM – Inapp “Support and empowerment paths for women in vulnerable conditions”, Pietro Demurtas presents the results of the ViVa project

December 2, 2:30 PM – Fondazione Compagnia San Paolo Webinar “Prevention and contrast of gender-based violence”, presented by Pietro Demurtas

December 4, 9:00 AM – Bologna. XX edition of the Festival della Violenza Illustrata – Conference “Ctrl+Shame, Del | Gender-based cyberviolence between representations, recognition, and resistance“, with the participation of Tatiana Motterle and Angela Toffanin

December 4, 9:30 AM – Rome. “Gender-based violence: prevention and health consequences” – Conference of the Single Guarantee Committee of the National Institute of Health. Speaker: Antonio Tintori

December 9 – INVALSI- University of Naples “Parthenope”. Final event of the European project “ENRICH” (Evaluating Non-cognitive skills for Resilience Innovation and Change) – intervention by Antonio Tintori

December 15 – webinar “Staff well-being. Starting from stereotypes” – moderated by Antonio Tintori.

Listen to the episode on Spreaker and YouTube.

One in ten women has already suffered some form of cyber-violence since the age of 15. One in three experiences some form of violence during her lifetime. In Italy, according to Istat data, nearly 7 million women have experienced physical or sexual violence.

Behind these numbers are stories, but also challenges in research, communication, and concrete intervention. How is gender-based violence measured and what is the purpose of doing so? What obstacles and opportunities emerge when we move into the digital environment, where the boundaries between freedom and risk become thinner?

Guests of the episode:

Angela Toffanin, researcher at CNR-IRPPS and involved in the projects VIVA (Evaluation and Analysis of interventions to prevent and combat violence against women), and CYBER-VAWG – Social representations of cyber-violence against women and girls.

Eleonora Lozzi, operator at the Padua Anti-Violence Center and head of the Reception and Hospitality Area of the Centro Veneto Progetti Donna.

“Il dato è tratto – Society in numbers and voices” is the podcast produced by the Communication Office of the CNR Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (CNR-IRPPS).

CNR-IRPPS collaborated, through the Mind the Geps project, on the creation of the game Metadiverso, the interactive quiz designed to increase CNR staff awareness of gender equality challenges.

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Co-creation events – NewWorkTech Project

As part of the project NewWorkTech – From the margins to the masses: Standard practices and innovative uses of technology in augmenting different abilities of people in the world of work – CNR-IRPPS held four co-creation events (both in-person and online) between September and October 2025 to gather opinions and ideas on the various technological interaction needs of people with disabilities in the workplace. The events were organized and moderated by Tiziana Guzzo and Maria Chiara Caschera and involved various stakeholders, including people with disabilities (intellectual, visual, physical, and hearing), associations, educators, technology experts, and policymakers.

The European NewWorkTech project aims to explore how technology can improve the job skills of people with disabilities (sensory, physical, and intellectual). The main objective is to translate this knowledge into practical results: technologically advanced solutions, new theoretical frameworks, ethical issues, policy recommendations, and practical knowledge accessible to the community at large.

The first co-creation event took place on September 23, 2025, involving people with intellectual disabilities, operators from AIPD (Italian Association of People with Down Syndrome), operators and representatives of ANFFAS (Italian Association of People with Intellectual and/or Relational Disabilities) and Séfora Impresa Sociale Anffas, the Disability Manager of the Bank of Italy, the CNR Prevention and Protection Unit, and the University of Copenhagen.

A group of workers with visual impairments was involved in the second event on September 25, 2025, with local representatives of UICI (Italian Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted), technology experts from S. Alessio Margherita di Savoia (Center for Visual Disability Services), the CNR Prevention and Protection Unit, the “Augusto Romagnoli” State Institute in Rome for the specialization of educators for the visually impaired, and the Disability Manager of the Bank of Italy.

The third co-creation event, held on October 7, 2025, was attended by people with physical disabilities, FISH Lazio (Italian Federation for the Rights of People with Disabilities and Families), the Center for Autonomy and Self-Determination, the University of Copenhagen, the CNR Prevention and Protection Unit, and the Italian National Institute of Health (National Center for Innovative Technologies in Public Health – TISP).

Finally, the fourth co-creation event took place on October 16, 2025, involving several people with hearing impairments, the Kairos Association, the ISTC-CNR Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, the Disability Manager of the Bank of Italy, and the CNR Prevention and Protection Unit.

During the events, through a participatory design process “with and for” people with disabilities, participants provided concrete ideas, needs, and proposals on the use, limitations, and challenges of technology in the world of work.

The feedback received will contribute to the definition of guidelines for the development of more accessible and inclusive technologies that truly respond to the needs expressed by users, in compliance with the fundamental principle: “Nothing about us without us.”

To keep up to date with project news, you can follow our social media channels: LinkedIn, Instagram, and BlueSky.

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Gender and Intersectional Inequalities in Energy Transition – gEneSys Autumn School

From October 6 to 10, 2025, 24 students from all over the world with diverse educational and professional backgrounds—in both the humanities and social sciences as well as STEM—participated in the gEneSys Autumn School “Gender and Intersectional Inequalities in Energy Transition”.

Hosted by Venice International University, the training program, linked to the European gEneSys project, focused on the new knowledge generated by the project to share a vision of the energy transition as a socio-technical revolution characterized by significant social and gender challenges.

Over the five days, participants took part in workshops and scenario-building sessions, actively contributing their professional skills and research experience from fields such as engineering, physics, anthropology, and political science.

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The modules were organized by various project partners, specifically:

  • The first day, organized by ENEA, introduced the Energy System Ontology, a theoretical lens for understanding the interconnections between environment, policies, strategies, and behaviors in the energy transition. Participants experienced ENERDOM, a serious game to explore systems thinking and build change strategies, followed by a discussion on the gender gap in scientific research on energy.
  • The module organized by Fraunhofer IAO addressed the theme of energy justice, based on the results of a survey conducted in Europe and Africa. Through theories such as feminist political ecology and energy justice studies, participants analyzed data and designed strategies for an equitable energy transition and inclusive policies.
  • Inspired by the Transformative Power Lab method, the third day, organized by CNR-IRPPS, explored power dynamics in the energy transition. Participants reflected on their own positioning and discussed real cases to interpret power relations at different levels of the energy system and develop tools to foster just transformations.
  • The fourth session, coordinated by Jagiellonian University, provided an in-depth look at the link between gender, ethics, and innovation in education on energy-related topics. Following a lecture on the Gendered Innovations framework, participants worked on identifying biases in educational materials and designed inclusive school modules on energy and gender equality. The day continued with the module organized by Imperial, and based on the SHIFTs project, the module offers tools to integrate the Gender Innovation Framework into energy research and policy.
  • The final day, organized by Portia, focused on case studies and discussions to analyze how social inequalities influence the goals of the transition toward green and renewable systems, including a dialogue with experts in communication, publishing, and scientific editing.

The following external faculty collaborated in the workshops:

The following project partners participated in the creation of the modules:

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