Impact Story Knowledge base
1. How to use
2. Define
3a. Objectives
3b. Indicators
4. Interventions
5. Overview
How to use
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Welcome to EFFORTI Toolbox v2.0
A few words about EFFORTI
EFFORTI (Evaluation Framework for Promoting Gender Equality in Research & Innovation) seeks to analyze and model the influence of measures to promote Gender Equality (GE) on research and innovation outputs and on establishing more responsible and responsive RTDI (Research, Technology, Development, Innovation) systems, through a novel and detailed evaluation framework.
This toolbox with measurable indicators at team, organization and system levels will assist you and show you how and with which indicators the manifold effects of different gender equality measures can be measured.
This dynamic toolbox with ideal effect models and indicator catalogue for general effect assumptions, can lead you through different paths, starting from an objective or interventions, categories outcomes, etc., thus leading to a Roadmap.
Using the EFFORTI Toolbox, makes it possible to compile a customized gender equality intervention programme or evaluation design and to simulate ideal-type processes, outcomes and impacts.
This part of the toolbox is in essence the “impact stories” knowledge-base which provide the user with the necessary tools to understand ‘how’ gender equality measures are supposed to work and will support the formulation of programme theories.
So are you ready to be guided through the tool? Just click “START” to begin the tour.
Define
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WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?
I have one or more OBJECTIVE and recommend me interventions.I want to browse the INDICATORS.I want to evaluate an INTERVENTION Objectives
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OBJECTIVES
Please select the objectives that fit your needs using the tickbox, in order to get to the relevant interventions, by selecting the relevant. You can expand the description of an objective by clicking on the arrow next to the title.
Indicators
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INDICATORS
Please select the indicators that fit your needs using the search criteria below, in order to get to the relevant interventions. You can expand the description of an indicator by clicking on the arrow next to the title.
Interventions
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INTERVENTIONS
Please select the interventions that are relevant to your measure using the corresponding tickbox and proceed to the overview. You can expand the description of an intervention by clicking on the arrow next to the title.
Overview
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OVERVIEW
You can expand the overview of an intervention by clicking on the arrow next to the title.
Information
×If you click start, you will be guided through the toolbox process. If you however want to change some entries, you can always click on the respective index tabs at the side to jump to the preferred location.
Step 1: You can select your proffered path by selecting either an objective or intervention.
Step 2: Define the preferred objectives.
Step 3: Define the preferred interventions.
Step 4: See the overview of your selection.
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×Objectives represent the goals that can be achieved by the measure and you can choose from a predefined list of objectives.
Interventions are based on an intervention typology developed on the basis of theoretical and empirical experiences, offering indicators and methods useful for assessment of GE interventions in the RTDI field.
The provided interventions are used to guide the I-O-O-I chain (input, output, outcome and impact) of commonly used gender equality measures.
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×You can choose multiple objectives that fit your needs, by selecting the relevant tickbox. If you select an objective, you will only get the relevant interventions for that specific objective. If none of the interventions suits you, go back and choose another objective. Related interventions are visible in the next step.
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×Both qualitative and quantitative indicators are included in EFFORTI toolbox. The collected indicators cover all three levels of policy interventions, namely micro (dealing with individuals or teams), meso (focusing on organisational issues such as institutional rules, incentives, structures, and processes), and macro (referring to rules, incentives, structures, and processes at regional, national or supranational level).
As the indicator scheme with the full list of identified indicators is rather detailed, the table below has been developed in order to provide an overview of the five main categories included in the EFFORTI model as well as the respective dimensions and subdimensions. The five main categories identified are:
- Personnel
- Working conditions
- Professional capabilities
- Structural features
- Research and innovation/RRI
Tab. 2: Categories, dimensions and subdimensions identified and developed for the EFFORTI Toolbox 1.0
| Category | Dimension | Subdimension |
| 1. Personnel | 1.1 Positions | 1.1.1 Increased number of women in academic and other RTDI positions |
| 1.1.2 Increased number of women in decision-making positions | ||
| 1.2 Recruitment capacity | 1.2.1 Improved recruitment of talented women | |
| 2. Working conditions | 2.1 Work-life balance | 2.1.1 Improved compatibility of family and career |
| 2.2 Job satisfaction | 2.2.1 Appropriate respect/recognition for (academic/scientific/leadership) work | |
| 2.2.2 Positive individual job rating | ||
| 2.2.3 Overall work climate | ||
| 2.2.4 Allocation of workload | ||
| 2.3 Competitiveness/promotion and career | 2.3.1 Transparent, non-biased and flexible promotion/tenure criteria | |
| 2.3.2 Strengthened confidence for promotion and responsible positions | ||
| 2.3.3 Improved support to advance research career | ||
| 2.4 Workplace | 2.4.1 Equal workspace/facilities allocation | |
| 3. Professional capabilities | 3.1 Leadership | 3.1.1 Increased confidence in and ability of leadership roles |
| 3.2 Professional achievements | 3.2.1 Increased professional development of work skills (for career success) | |
| 3.2.2 Improvement of network building and use | ||
| 3.3 Awareness of/commitment to GE | 3.3.1 Increased gender awareness | |
| 3.4 Funding to promote GE in terms of female careers | 3.4.1 Increased funding to promote GE | |
| 4. Structural features | 4.1 GE challenges/barriers | 4.1.1 Decrease of GE barriers |
| 4.2 Organisational/cultural change with regard to GE | 4.2.1 Organisational/cultural change with regard to GE | |
| 4.3 Preferential treatment | 4.3.1 Equal treatment | |
| 4.4 Funding for structural transformation | 4.4.1 Increased funding to achieve structural transformation | |
| 5. R&I/RRI | 5.1 Research outputs and impacts | 5.1.1 Scientific outputs |
| 5.1.2 Networks | ||
| 5.1.3 Training/human capital | ||
| 5.1.4 Strengthened R&I capacities/excellence | ||
| 5.1.5 Research priorities and outcomes in terms of GE | ||
| 5.2 Innovation outputs and impacts (incl. technological impacts) | 5.2.1 Conventional innovation indicators | |
| 5.2.2 Diffusion of innovation in products, services, processes | ||
| 5.2.3 Knowledge about sex and gender incorporated into engineering innovation processes | ||
| 5.3 Economic outputs and impacts (incl. entrepreneurships) | 5.3.1 Economic impacts | |
| 5.3.2 Entrepreneurship | ||
| 5.3.3 Strengthened framework conditions for R&I | ||
| 5.3.4 Jobs, growth & competitiveness of participants (incl. small and medium-sized enterprises) | ||
| 5.4 Gender-sensitive research | 5.4.1 Achieved gender equality in research process | |
| 5.4.2 Research quality: integration of the gender dimension/perspective in research and content, in research projects, patents, and agreements | ||
| 5.4.3 Contributions to strengthening gender-sensitive research | ||
| 5.5 Responsible research and innovation (RRI) | 5.5.1 Gender equality | |
| 5.5.2 Ethics | ||
| 5.5.3 Public engagement | ||
| 5.5.4 Science education | ||
| 5.5.5 Open access | ||
| 5.5.6 RRI/governance | ||
| 5.6 Societal challenges | 5.6.1 Research priorities & outcomes in terms of GE | |
| 5.6.2 R&I indicators | ||
| 5.7 Societal and environmental impacts | 5.7.1 Societal impacts | |
| 5.7.2 Environmental impacts |
A more detailed description of the different categories, dimensions and subdimensions is presented in D3.3, Annex II.
Information
×You can choose multiple objectives that fit your needs, by selecting the relevant tickbox. If you select an objective, you will only get the relevant interventions for that specific objective. If none of the interventions suits you, go back and choose another objective. Related interventions are visible in the next step.
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×The overview of an intervention explains in detail the outcomes, outputs and impacts of the selected intervention along with the corresponding indicators.
Outputs describe the immediate tangible results of the intervention.
Outcomes describe the direct intended effects on the intervention target group of the intervention.
Impact is the middle- or long-term effects of the intervention beyond the target group on the organization or society and describe indicators for those effects (effects can be direct and indirect, intended and unintended).
Please click the “eye” icon to see a visualization of the EFFORT framework model, or the “pdf” icon to view, print or download your selected intervention.
Terminology
×| BES | Business enterprise sector |
| BRC | Biomedical Research Centre |
| BRU | Biomedical Research Unit |
| CEWS | Centre of Excellence Women and Science |
| CSR | Corporate social responsibility |
| CU | Copenhagen University |
| DFF | Det Frie Forskningsråd |
| EA | Equity Advisor |
| EC | European Commission |
| EFFORTI | Evaluation Framework for Promoting Gender Equality in Research and Innovation |
| EGERA | Effective Gender Equality in Research and the Academia |
| EIGE | European Institute for Gender Equality |
| ERA | European Research Area |
| ERC | European Research Council |
| ESS | European Social Survey |
| ESWN | Earth Science Women’s Network |
| EU | European Union |
| GBAORD | Government budget appropriations or outlays for research and development |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GE | Gender equality |
| GEP | Gender Equality Plan |
| GPG | Gender pay gap |
| HEI | Higher education institution |
| HES | Higher education sector |
| IGAR | Integration of gender analysis into research |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| I-O-O-I | Inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| IT | Institutional transformation |
| KPI | Key performance indicator |
| LBC | Laura Bassi Centres of Expertise |
| LDW | Leadership Development for Women |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| MINT | Mathematics, information technology, natural sciences and technology |
| MORRI | Monitoring the Evolution and Benefits of Responsible Research and Innovation |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NZWIL | New Zealand Women in Leadership |
| OA | Open access |
| OAL | Open access literature |
| ODB | Open Data Barometer |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PI | Principal investigator |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| R&D | Research and development |
| R&I | Research and innovation |
| RFO | Research funding organisation |
| RIA | Research and Innovation Action |
| RIO | Research and Innovation Observatory |
| RPO | Research performing organisation |
| RRI | Responsible research and innovation |
| RTDI | Research, technological development and innovation |
| S&T | Science and technology |
| SBS | Social and behavioural sciences |
| SES | Structure of Earnings Survey |
| SET | Science, engineering and technology |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| STEMM | Science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine |
| STI | Science, technology and industry |
| STRIDE | Science and Technology Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence |
| SWAFS | Science with and for Society |
| TBIE | Theory-based impact evaluation |
| ToC | Theory of Change |
| TRO | Translational research organisation |
| UAB | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UM | University of Michigan |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 710470
EFFORTI: Evaluation Framework for Promoting Gender Equality in R&I
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