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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
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INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues: Neo-nationalism in Higher Education and its effects on DEI: challenges and opportunities for resistance

For our eighth INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogue, we sat down with Prof. Jo-Anne Dillabough, who teaches Sociology of Education and is a Director of Studies for Sociology at the Homerton College, University of Cambridge. In our conversation, Prof. Dillabough explores how the rise of neo-nationalism, populism, and authoritarian politics is reshaping higher education. 

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27.08.26
INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues: Making equality policies intersectional in academia: how and why

In our seventh Unplugged Dialogue, we had the great pleasure of interviewing two guests and friends of our project: Prof. Dr. Dounia Bourabain (School of Social Sciences, Hasselt University) and Dr.

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27.08.26
INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues: Gender Equality Plans in academia and research: the role of data monitoring

In our sixth episode of the INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues series, we interviewed Elena Phalet, data analyst and policy advisor at MERI, the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office's service for Monitoring and Evaluation of Research and Innovation.