The Swedish Reseach Council`s work on gender equality

An important actor when it comes to distribution of research funds in Sweden is the Swedish Research Council. Their policy is to evaluate all applications objectively and on a gender-neutral basis. Thru observations they follow up how the evaluation of applications is done in practice concerning gender equality and develop their processes from that.

Last year gender equality observations were done of 15 review panels. These observations were put together in an interesting report that shows how the discussions about gender equality contributes to the quality of the Swedish Research Council´s process.

Read more:
The report A Gender Equal Process - https://www.vr.se/english/analysis/reports/our-reports/2020-05-07-a-gend...
About The Swedish Research Council´s work on gender equality in general - https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/how-applications-are-asse...

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