Introduction

This joint co-funded call invites research integrating a gender dimension in addressing urgent societal challenges. GENDER-NET Plus has chosen to take the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a point of departure for this call.

GENDER-NET Plus invites applications that address and explore interactions and interdependencies explicitly between SDG 5 Gender Equality and one or more of the following SDGs: SDG 3 Good health and well-being, SDG 9 Infrastructure, Industrialization and Innovation, and SDG 13 Climate Action.

SG3-realted Topics:

1.1-Gender-based Violence

1.2- Sex, Gender and Ageing

1.3- Sex, Gender and Health

SG9- related Topics:

2.1-Gender adn New Technologies

2.2-Gender in Entrepreneurship

SG13-related Topics

3.1-Gender Dimension in Climate Behaviour and Decision Making

Applicants may choose to address one or more of the outlined topics. For any chosen topic, an interdisciplinary approach is needed, addressing the interplay between society – technology – culture. Research that addresses the social gender dimension is strongly encouraged.

Information on SDG 3 Good health and well-being

A consideration of sex and gender is fundamental to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. An individual’s sex (biological differences between males and females) as well as sociallyconstructed gender norms, roles and relations influence people’s susceptibility to different health conditions and diseases and affect their enjoyment of good mental, physical health and wellbeing. They also have a bearing on people’s access to and uptake of health services and on the health outcomes they experience throughout the life-course. Developing gender-responsive health programmes which are appropriately implemented is beneficial for men, women, boys, girls and gender-diverse people. Addressing gender inequality improves access to and benefits from health services. (UN SDG 3, WHO9 )

Topic 1.1. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Specific challenge: Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is a violation of human rights. It denies the human dignity of the individual and hurts human development. SGBV is largely rooted in individual attitudes that condone violence within the family, the community and the State. SGBV has been both a cause of forced displacement and a consequence of the breakdown of family and community structures that accompanies displacement. Sexual violence is also related to war and conflict. (UNHCR10)

Scope: The topic invites both basic and applied research aiming to better understand and/or to tackle these challenges. Research can address, but need not be limited to, the following issues:

 Domestic violence, its causes and life-long consequences on health, work and economic outcome

 Trafficking, sexual and other types of exploitation

 Intersectional gender approaches to sexual/sexist violence and/or violence against LGBTQ people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning).

Expected impact: The impact can be both within and outside academic research. Possible impacts can be to contribute to a better understanding of these challenges, and/or to contribute to policymaking, egislation, societal actions as well as preventive measures and interventions to tackle these challenges.

Topic 1.2. SEX, GENDER AND AGEING

Specific challenge: People are living longer. This development is fundamentally positive, but entails specific challenges. The share of people over 60 years old in the population is increasing and women generally have higher life expectancy than men. An individual’s sex and gender structure the entire life-cycle, from birth to old age. Gender relations influence access to resources and opportunities and shape life choices at every stage. The relevance of gender is both ongoing and cumulative – the different circumstances that shape the lives of women and men in old age are the outcome of the many different opportunities, challenges and constraints that have gone before. Thus, the sex and gender dimension is crucial in order to understand the different aspects and challenges of ageing. (The 1995 UN Beijing platform11)

Scope: The topic invites both basic and applied research aiming to better understand and/or to tackle these challenges. Research can address, but need not be limited to, the following issues:

 Sex- and/or gender-related effects of aging on women, men and gender-diverse individuals

 Effects of sex and gender on health, socioeconomic status, quality of life and care

 Impact of new welfare technology on women, men and gender-diverse people

Expected impact: The impact can be both within and outside academic research. Possible impacts can be to contribute to a better understanding of these challenges, awareness raising actions, improved methods for monitoring and follow up, and/or to contribute to policymaking, interventions and treatments to prevent, mitigate and/or counteract these challenges.

Topic 1.3. SEX, GENDER AND HEALTH

Under the general heading of Sex, Gender and Health, this call topic aims at the following

Specific challenge: Integration of a sex and gender dimension in both basic and applied health research on lifestyles, psychological or cognitive factors, quality of life and treatment in neurological disorders and communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Scope: The topic invites both basic and applied research aiming to improve our understanding and/or to tackle these challenges by integrating sex and gender dimensions. Research can address, but need not be limited to, the following issues:

 Life course approaches to identification of comorbidities and risk factors in individuals with congenital and acquired neurological disorders

 Personalized health approaches to prevention, diagnosis and treatment

 Gender considerations in health behaviour and health care services

Expected impact: The impact can be both within and outside academic research. Possible impacts can be to contribute to a better understanding of these challenges, and/or to contribute to policymaking, interventions, monitoring and follow up, diagnosing and treatments to improve health and well-being for everyone.

Eligibility

Research applications to the GENDER-NET Plus Joint Call can be made by transnational Collaborative Research Projects (CRP). Each CRP must comprise at least three (3) eligible partners requiring financial support from funders from at least three (3) of the following countries: Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden.

Duration of the projects

¡The maximum duration of the research projects is three years, and the recommended length is at least two years (liable to the specific rules of the partaking Funding Organisations, see Funding Organisation Rules).

Deadline

The pre-proposal must be submitted before the deadline, Thursday, 1 March 2018, 17:00 (Central European Time – CET).