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Europe’s Centre of Excellence on Inclusive Gender Equality in Research & Innovation
Creating Knowledge and Engaging in Collaborative Action

INSPIRE strengthens the evidence base while supporting communities of practice to tackle intersecting inequalities in research organisations across the public and private sectors throughout Europe.

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How can we help
Produce high quality research on inclusive gender equality in Research and Innovation
Create a sustainable and effective support eco-system for equality practitioners
Develop methods, indicators and services to drive change towards inclusive gender equality
Provide evidence to facilitate effective dialogue 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.
Hub 1
Sustaining change

Sustaining change

Sustaining and deepening change
in the R&I ecosystem.
Hub 2
Widening participation

Widening participation

Widening participation and reach
of GEPs
Hub 3
Intersectionality

Intersectionality

Integrating an intersectional
approach to equality
Hub 4
Innovation

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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Meet the Advisory Board

Consurtium
Rachel Louise Palmén
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
Events
Knowledge Exchange Event in Vienna (27 Sept 2024) - Group Photo
01.04.25
INSPIRE holds Knowledge Exchange Event in Vienna

“There wasn’t a specific “aha!” moment, but there were many “Let’s do it!” moments” – if we could summarise our Knowledge Exchange Event in Vienna, we would use this phrase, which we've heard at the end, when we were drawing our conclusions.  

Events
INSPIRE GA meeting in Vienna - Group photo
31.03.25
INSPIRE GA meeting in Vienna

This past autumn, the INSPIRE team gathered in Vienna at the invitation of our partners at JOANNEUM RESEARCH for almost 4 days filled with thoughtful conversations, constructive debates, moments of reflection and plans for the future, but also valuable connections, shared joy(s), and the obligatory Schnitzel. 😊

Events
WIGE CoP kick-off meeting in Krakow: group photo
21.11.24
INSPIRE holds a GEP Monitoring and Evaluation Training in Kraków for the WIGE Community of Practice

On October 24th and 25th, the Institute of Sociology and the Department of Security, Safety and Equal Treatment at Jagiellonian University (JU) hosted a comprehensive training session on Monitoring and Evaluation of Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in Kraków.