Can Equality Plans Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal linked to Gender Equality in Higher Education and Research Performing Organisations?

• Autorzy: Katalin Tardos , Veronika Paksi
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper aims to evaluate the content of Equality Plans (EPs) and assess whether institutions with EPs perform better on gender equality. A mixed-method approach was adopted by performing a content analysis of 45 EPs and conducting a survey using an online questionnaire on a sample of 48 public and private Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) institutions in Hungary. According to our findings, EPs in their present form are not sufficiently good tools to contribute to the deployment of the Sustainable Development Goal linked to Gender Equality (SDG

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Higher education; Sustainable development; Gender; Innovations; Research & Development (R+D)

PL

Szkolnictwo wyższe; Rozwój zrównoważony; Płeć; Innowacje; Badania i rozwój (B+R)

• Czasopismo: Edukacja Ekonomistów i Menedżerów : problemy, innowacje, projekty
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: 62
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 35--53

Twórcy

autor

Katalin Tardos

• Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Sociology and International Business School

autor

Veronika Paksi

• Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Sociology and Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.33119/EEIM.2021.62.2