Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics has joined the project CA19122 – European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics (EUGAIN). The main aim and objective of the Action is to improve gender balance in Informatics at all levels, from undergraduate and graduate studies to participation and leadership in academia and industry, through the creation of a European network of colleagues working on the forefront of the efforts for gender balance in Informatics in their countries and research communities.

Research Coordination:

1. Coordinate information gathering and collecting practices and initiatives for recruiting and retaining female students, researchers, and professors.
2. Support partners in assessing and evaluating existing practices and methodologies, facilitating the choice of what could be implemented according to the local situation (cultures, resources, etc.).
3. Coordinate data from across each WG to assist in the development of cross-validated instruments to help Informatics Departments set goals and priorities for female recruiting, integration and promotion.
4. Collate collaboratively a handbook of interventions and web-based resources across all WGs for practical use by the academic community and stakeholders.
5. Deliver guidance and recommendations on how to overcome the challenges in a comprehensive policy document targeting policymakers and other relevant stakeholders at the national and the EU level.
6. Create visibility, both within the academic community and to other stakeholders, about the common issues and challenges facing the academic community, local, national and EU authorities in addressing gender balance in Informatics.
7. Create a communications strategy to spread information about the actions and results to the general public and stakeholders, using for that a website created for the project, social media channels, newsletters, and press releases.
8. Develop a common European understanding around the issues of female participation in Informatics, policy priorities, and areas of intervention.
9. Involve industry stakeholders in the efforts to address the main challenges and creating opportunities and synergies.

• Develop and publish an Action website to become the reference point for addressing the gender balance in Informatics, including an online repository of the evidence collected by the WGs, information about the networking activities organized, channels for dissemination and communication.

The path to gender equality, inclusion, and diversity continues, but we can only achieve a better understanding and capacity to address the challenges through joint efforts. To this end, members of EUGAIN working groups have developed booklets for schools, universities, policymakers, and all interested parties for free use and dissemination. The EUGAIN website page presents the best practices of the project (https://eugain.eu/results/best-practices/), as well as successful initiatives of informatics faculties, industry, and society aimed at improving the gender balance in informatics in academia and industry.

Prof. Yeremenko O.S. of the V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department is a member of the second working group, WG2, “From Bachelor/Master Studies to Ph.D.” and was the developer of the corresponding booklet, which can be downloaded at the following link: https://eugain.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EUGAIN_Booklet_Best_Practices_From_BSc-MSc_to_PhD.pdf

Also, in the course of WG2 scientific and practical activities, in addition to submitting manuscripts to high-ranking journals, a catalog of questions for women’s scientific chat about careers was developed and published, which is also available in Ukrainian and is recommended for use by universities to raise awareness of girls and women about postgraduate studies and obtaining a degree:

Abraham, E., Goulão, M., Vujosevic Janicic, M., Delany, S. J., Mersni, A., Yeremenko, O., Schmid, L., Nebot, A., Büyükdağlı, Ö., Boudaoud, K., & Sunar Cerci, D. (2023). Women’s Career Lunch — Catalog of questions for the speakers. Zenodo. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10079419

Action Details

Start date – 19.10.2020

End date – 18.10.2024

Action Website

https://eugain.eu/