This year we have finished the project, the report has already been delivered and we are seeing the impact that the work of these four years has had. We tell you below:
Description and justification of the advancement of knowledge within the theme of the project that the results of the project imply:
The advancement of knowledge represented by the results of the project is significant, since sexual and gender violence in universities is a structural and persistent problem that affects women and LGTBIQ people. The project brings a broader and more complex vision of SGRV, which takes into account the intersectional effects of different social and cultural factors, as well as the digital dimension of violence.
Among the scientific impacts of the project we highlight:
1. The collective reconceptualization of the SGRV (in universities) from an intersectional feminist perspective has been our most important theoretical production. This, together with the creation of an instrument to measure the magnitude and scope of sexual and gender-based violence and the nuances of SGRV in universities, has made it possible to increase awareness of the problem and generate the related scientific debate. The invitations as experts in conferences and seminars to address these issues, as well as the written theses and published articles are proof that we have achieved:
– Make visible the magnitude and characteristics of a structural problem that affects the entire university community, as shown by the results of our pilot test of the questionnaire.
– Question the stereotypes and prejudices that associate the university with values of equality and respect, and that make invisible or minimize situations of sexual or gender-based harassment that occur in it. Questioning that we have carried out in different spaces, both in our own classrooms and in meetings with rectory teams interested in the subject.
– Promote an intersectional perspective that recognizes the diversity of experiences and vulnerabilities of people affected by sexual and gender-based violence, taking into account factors such as gender expression, sexual preference, class, culture, and ethnic origin. In this sense, holding discussion groups with vulnerable groups has been key and is reflected in the attention to intersectionality that we put in the designed questionnaire.
– Address digital sexual and gender violence as a reality that is intertwined with the offline experience, and that requires specific attention to prevent and combat its harmful effects. The numerous scientific articles published along these lines have been very useful for this and mandatory virtualization during the pandemic context has helped us think about the effects it has. The GEiO project in which BB and AGJ are IPs is a deepening in this sense.
2. The design and implementation of methodological approaches and innovative research groups, facilitated by the truly multidisciplinary nature of this project that goes far beyond simple intradisciplinary collaborations. This will have a lasting impact in redefining knowledge production processes that will be applicable to all research in the areas of inequality and discrimination. In fact, we have been invited to multiple Master’s and PhD programs so that the methodological processes used in this research serve as examples for future generations of scientists. In this line, a project of RIMReF feminist methodological networks has been presented, currently under evaluation.
3. The production and dissemination of the materials resulting from this project will unequivocally contribute to an increasingly rigorous application of the gender perspective throughout the European scientific community. In other words, it will contribute practically and positively to the development of one of the main lines of European science policy. It should be noted in this sense that during the research process BB, JB were commissioned to design a Guide for “Introduction of the intersectional gender perspective to statistics. Theoretical-practical guide” and several courses are currently being taken in public administration in this regard.
4. The project has also had a specific impact on Junior or non-permanent researchers, facilitating their consolidation and providing them with solid and interdisciplinary knowledge and a strong feminist perspective, which is currently highly demanded in society. The experience acquired through collaborations and internationalization have considerably expanded their employability. In fact, at the present time, among the people in the work team, the following researchers have obtained higher category positions:
– Dr. María José Rubio has won the contest as a PhD Contractor at the UCM
– Dr. Jordi Bonet i Martí has won the contest as PhD Assistant at the UB
– Dr. Sara Cagliero has won a postdoc at the URV, has been accredited as a PhD Assistant and is now applying for a position as Lecturer
– Dr. Alejandra Araiza, has won the María Zambrano competitive call to work at the URV
– Dr. Carla Barrio, has finished her doctorate and obtained a postdoctoral fellowship at the URJC
– Dr. Mireia Foradada, has won a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellowship at the UAB
– Dr. Edurne Jiménez, when she received her doctorate she was hired by the Public Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya as an expert in gender violence
– Dr. Alicia Valdés, project technician, has won a Margarita Sala postdoctoral fellowship at UC3M
5. The Spanish scientific system will benefit from the fact that permanent researchers have consolidated their recognition and international position, broadening their knowledge and improving their ability to lead future European projects. In this sense it is important to highlight:
– The consolidation of Dr. Adriana Gil-Juárez, IP2 of the project, as Attaché (PhD Contractor) at the UAB.
– The international vocation of the large number of “friendly” projects that IPs have achieved in recent years, including a CHANSE.
– The recognition obtained internationally, having been invited by Dr. Barbara Biglia, IP1 as an expert in specialized European debates on the subject.
6. The wide variety and dissemination of freely accessible knowledge and materials have stimulated the reproduction of research in different contexts and promote important scientific debates around epistemological and methodological issues.
7. The project, conceived since its inception as international, has had a great impact globally. The experience and knowledge derived from collaborating for many years have facilitated the effective operation of the team, as well as the expansion and consolidation of a network of specialists based in different countries. The strengthening of working relationships provides a solid foundation and a clear guarantee for future consolidation, continuity and sustainability. But perhaps most important of all, we firmly believe that the consolidation of the partners into a single network will lead to a significant increase in scientific production and impact. This impact has translated into an increase in academic leadership and international trajectory and the strengthening of the international networks of the RT, but also of the LET. The connections created through the project have increased the number of international students attending the master’s and doctoral programs of the participating universities and even more strongly postgraduate mobility.
Description and Justification of the contribution of the results obtained to the selected challenge:
The results obtained contribute to the social sciences and humanities and science with and for society insofar as they provide scientific knowledge about a relevant and urgent social reality that affects human rights and the quality of life of the people who are part of the community. university.
Among the social and transfer impacts of the project we highlight:
1. The implementation of a participatory methodology that involves different agents of the university community is fully framed in the processes of Citizen Science produced with and for social agents. Specifically, the feminist and intersectional perspective adopted has made it possible to recognize the diversity and complexity of the experiences and needs of SGRV victims, as well as the structural inequalities that sustain this type of violence.
2. The empirical evidence generated and the critical analyzes produced have been drivers of effective and sensitive interventions and policies to prevent, detect and act against SGRV in universities, as well as to promote a university culture based on respect, equality and diversity. .
3. Acknowledging the existence of a social problem is a necessary first step to give it an adequate response. In this sense, in the short term, the project has contributed to more committed and less discriminatory policies and interventions designed as responses to SGRV within universities. In this sense mention:
– The numerous consultancies that rectory teams from different universities have asked us for when rethinking their protocols.
– That the amendments to the law on sexist violence of the Generalitat of Catalonia incorporate in the education section some of the recommendations proposed by Dr. Barbara Biglia consulted by the now Counselor Dr. Tània Verge (as the counselor explains here https:/ /youtu.be/v8k9u8qMqwM?t=605)
– That we have recently been consulted regarding the approval of the Generalitat de Catalunya framework protocol for addressing gender-based and LGBTI-phobe violence.
– The request for training courses for teachers and experts from universities throughout the Spanish state
4. In the long term, the impact will be broader and deeper, contributing to a change in culture in relation to sexualities, violence and power relations. Likewise, it will contribute to recognize the importance of understanding the specificities of the experiences of discrimination and violence. The care paradigm proposed in Dr. Cagliero’s thesis and in several of our publications follows this line. It is a long process but the first effects can already be seen.
5. The collective knowledge production process promoted has increased the awareness, knowledge and visibility of the SGRV problem among future professionals, politicians and educators, something that will undoubtedly have a multiplier impact in the following years. Evidence the importance of the multiple Doctorates, TFM and TFG that we have coordinated on this subject in these years, expanding awareness and diffractions as well as the wide group of people who have gone through the training provided that has not only been carried out at the university but also in the School of Public Administration.
6. The wide dissemination (mainly through web 2.0 strategies) of the research discussions and materials will also extend beyond academia, to reach non-specialists and society at large, as well as specific groups (policy makers , women’s groups, community workers and activists, ICT developers, etc.). The project will produce resources, theoretical arguments, and materials that can be freely used to combat SGRV. In this regard, the materials produced within the framework of Aloe Cubero’s thesis and the PhSeGReV educational innovation project that have allowed the multiplication of the effects of our work among the student body and that with the guide and video produced will allow a wide replicability.
7. We have also contributed substantially to the implementation of ethical research policies in universities. The opening of the kitchen of our research in multiple congresses has served for this and this practice has been consolidated with the assumption by JT in the ethics committee of the URV and by the participation of BB in the scientific committee Collana Quaderni del Comitato Only Guarantee of the University Ca’ Foscari Venice.
8. Knowledge transfer has been present throughout the research process, and collaborative projects have been carried out with other countries such as SeGREVUni_Cat_Mex and Teaching with a Gender Perspective. We have strengthened SGRV knowledge networks and will develop long-term working groups and networks at local, national and international levels, to ensure project transfer. In this sense, it should be noted that Mexico is considering the broad use of the questionnaire in various universities.
– They involve different agents of the university community in the design and implementation of the questionnaire, based on feminist epistemologies and validating the instrument with experts.
– They contribute to generating awareness and institutional social responsibility on sexual and gender violence in universities, as well as proposing committed and less discriminatory policies and interventions to deal with this problem.
