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Project 'Assessing more inclusively at the CRG'
Returning to science after parental leave
Gender-Inclusive Language Guidelines
Gender perspective in science
EU-LIFE Active Bystander Training

Project 'Assessing more inclusively at the CRG'

  • The project was initiated in 2024 by the CRG Gender Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
  • It is being developed by Dr. Carolin Ossenkop, from Connectify, a company that develops concepts and interventions to support organizations, departments, teams or individuals when it comes to questions related to diversity and inclusion.
  • It was the direct result of the sessions 'Diversity and inclusion intervention at the CRG' (held in 2021 and 2022) and 'Consolidation Session' (held in 2023).
  • Connectify will support the CRG in optimising:
    • Our recruitment and selection processes
    • The evaluation processes of our scientific staff, in order to reduce the room for bias in such processes and thereby create more room for diversity in successful candidates and evaluations of internal scientific staff.
  • The method is working through observation and analysis, reporting, optimising, implementing and evaluating.
  • We have started with the optimisation of a) the recruitment and selection process, followed by the optimisation of b) the evaluation process of internal scientific staff.

Returning to science after parental leave

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Gender-Inclusive Language Guidelines

The CRG published in 2020 the new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2020-2023. The plan is the result of the institute’s firm conviction and commitment to cooperate in the creation of a fairer, more tolerant and egalitarian society of women and men, that catalyses their advancement and development, and in which fundamental rights are respected and promoted. It is also a response to our national and international regulatory framework as concerns equality. 

One of the strategic axis of this plan tackles Communication and Language, which aims at promoting communication that is inclusive from a gender standpoint. With this in mind, the CRG adopts these guidelines on gender-inclusive language, which provides practical advice in English, Spanish and Catalan on the use of gender-fair and inclusive language.

The CRG is committed to the use of gender-inclusive language in its written and spoken communications and we now invite the whole CRG community to contribute to raise awareness of these guidelines and the importance of their use in all our publications and communications.

Using gender-inclusive language means speaking and writing in a way that does not discriminate against a particular sex, social gender or gender identity, and does not perpetuate gender stereotypes. Given the key role of language in shaping cultural and social attitudes, using gender-inclusive language is a powerful way to promote gender equality and eradicate gender bias.

The resources provided in these guidelines are aimed at helping the CRG staff to communicate in a non-sexist and gender-inclusive way in English, Spanish and Catalan.

The purpose of these guidelines is not to constrain authors in the CRG to follow a mandatory set of rules but rather to encourage our staff to give due consideration to the issue of gender sensitivity in language whenever they communicate.

These guidelines include a number of recommendations to help the CRG staff to use gender-inclusive language in any type of communication — oral or written, formal or informal, or addressed to an internal or external audience.

Download the guidelines: English version | Spanish version | Catalan version

Gender perspective in science

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EU-LIFE Active Bystander Training

Members of the EU-LIFE Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group organise this training with the aim to empower the attendees to become active bystanders upon witnessing any inappropriate behavior. The ultimate goal of the workshop is to stimulate everyone to take an active role in the shaping of a culture of mutual respect and dignity, which enables research to flourish.

This first round of the training is addressed to PIs and group leaders of EU-LIFE member institutes and conducted by The Active Bystander Training Company.