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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
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26.08.26
INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues: Embedding gender equality into EU research and innovation funding: a behind-the-scenes look

In the fifth episode of our Unplugged Dialogues series, we sat down with Anne Pépin, senior scientist and special advisorfor the DG for Science within the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).

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26.08.26
INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues: The long road to equal representation in Irish academic institutions

For the third and fourth episode of the INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues (we split the interview into two parts), we had the great pleasure to interview Prof.

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Implementing GEPs
26.08.26
INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues: Implementing Gender Equality Plans: lessons from UOC's experience.

For the second episode of the INSPIRE Unplugged Dialogues, we sat down with Maria Olivella Quintana, Equality Unit Director at the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain.