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Building Europe’s Centre of Excellence on Inclusive Gender Equality in R&I
Creating Knowledge and Engaging in Collaborative Action

INSPIRE develops innovative tools and knowledge to address intersecting inequalities across the public and private sectors and geographical regions in Europe.

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Our work
Knowledge
Produce high-quality research on inclusive gender equality in Research and Innovation
Tools & Services
Develop methods, indicators and services to drive and steer change towards inclusive gender equality
Support
Create a sustainable and effective support eco-system for equality practitioners
Policy
Provide evidence to facilitate effective dialog 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.
Sustaining change
Sustaining and deepening change in the R&I ecosystem.
Widening participation
Widening participation and reach of GEPs
Intersectionality
Integrating an intersectional approach to equality
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.

Meet the partners   
Meet the Advisory Board   
Meet the Change Catalysts

Consurtium
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
inspire conference participants
20.10.23
INSPIRE Conference 2023: Pioneering Inclusive Gender Equality in R&I

Earlier this month, the INSPIRE Conference in Budapest gathered more than 70 brilliant minds from around the world, coming together to dive into critical themes like gender equality, intersectionality, and Gender Equality Plans (GEPs).

News
INSPIRE support packages
03.08.23
INSPIRE Support Packages: What they are & their role for the Communities of Practice

In the context of INSPIRE, Communities of Practice (CoPs) are key to building capacity for change, for two reasons: 

Events
ewa krzaklewska isa
03.08.23
INSPIRE is represented at the International Congress of Sociology

What if we told you that the news about our project has reached the other side of the world? 

That's right, our partners are always enthusiastic to discuss the project's objectives in various events around the world - after all, the discussions on gender equality measurement and intersectionality are not limited to a particular region, but they are happening on a global scale.