400 research outputs found
Gender Mainstreaming and Resistance to Gender Training: A Framework for Studying Implementation
No full textResistance expressed by both organizations and participants in processes of gender training that are conducted to mainstream gender into policy-making poses a key challenge for gender mainstreaming. However, such resistance is relatively under-studied. This article explores resistance to gender training that emerges during the implementation of gender mainstreaming by determining the types and forms of resistance to gender training and by finding out just what this analysis of resistance tells us about the problems arising in the implementation of gender mainstreaming. We argue that analysing resistance to gender training-and identifying the types and forms of such resistance-can contribute to diagnosing problems in the implementation of mainstreaming and furthermore be used for improving this implementation. This study is based on data from participant observation in training processes and from the work conducted in two European research projects, QUING and TARGET, both of which debated the issue of gender training in expert meetings and forums made up of trainers, policy-makers, and academics. © 2013 © 2013 The Nordic Association for Women's Studies and Gender Research
Resistance to Implementing Gender Mainstreaming in EU Research Policy
No full textThe European Union (EU) officially committed to gender mainstreaming in the 1990s, fixing the principle in treaty articles, action programmes, and communications, and setting up institutional bodies and mechanisms to promote the incorporation of a gender perspective into policy making. However, the implementation has not reflected these official commitments, with gaps showing in the mainstreaming of gender into the EU's public policies (Bruno, Jacquot, and Mandin 2006; Mazey 2002; Rees 1998, 2005; Rubery 2002; Serrano Pascual and Behning 2001; Verloo 2001) and processes, such as the EU's enlargement to Central Eastern Europe (Bretherton 2001) or its constitution making (Lombardo 2005; Millns 2007)
Toolkit: Resistances to structural change in gender equality
No full textThis toolkit by Lucy Ferguson and Lut Mergaert is based on the collaborative efforts of a range of H2020 structural change projects – particularly SUPERA, GE Academy, Gender-SMART and GEARING-Roles. The purpose of the document is to provide practical support for those implementing structural change in research and innovation institutions.
The document is developed in three main sections: categorising and theorising resistances, common guidelines for dealing with resistances, and the resistances toolkit. An associated repository documents the kinds of resistances experienced in implementing structural change, as well as techniques for dealing with different kinds of resistances
D7.3 Topical training and train‐the‐facilitators session concepts and contents
No full textThis document contains the Topical training and train‐the‐facilitators session concepts and contents (D7.3) and has been compiled by the WP7 leader Yellow Window (YW). It is an output of Task 7.2 ‐ Development and delivery of adequate capacity‐building and training activities (M4‐M42) and presents the concepts and contents of the in‐person train‐the‐facilitators’ trainings delivered at consortium level. The training contents are presented in the form of detailed scripts, used by the trainers to deliver the capacity‐building activities, and including practical guidance about how to interact with trainees and which supporting material to use
FPGA Implementation of High Quality Random Number Generator Using LUT Based Shift Registers
No full textAbstractRandom numbers are required for wide range of applications such as in encryption of data, testing and Monte-Carlo simulations. So, hardware implementation of random number generator is inevitable. FPGA Optimized RNGs are more efficient in terms of resource than software based RNGs. The LUT-SR RNG, a type of FPGA RNG in which LUTs are configured into shift registers with varying length. The existing work provides a midpoint between LUT-OPT RNG and LUT-FIFO RNG. In the enhancement work, we proposed modified LUT-SR RNG which provides more randomness, quality and minimum resource utilization than the existing LUT-SR generator. Inorder to improve the randomness quadratic residue method is employed. Linear Congruential Generator (LCG) algorithm, one of the oldest and well known algorithm is also used in modified LUT-SR RNG to enhance the performance. Here design was made by VHDL programming language by using Xilinx software
Experimental and numerical investigation of the influence of roughness and turbulence on LUT airfoil performance
No full textVertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have been widely used in urban environments, which contain dust and experience strong turbulence. However, airfoils for VAWTs in urban environments have received considerably less research attention than those for horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs). In this study, the sensitivity of a new VAWT airfoil developed at the Lanzhou University of Technology (LUT) to roughness was investigated via a wind tunnel experiment. The results show that the LUT airfoil is less sensitive to roughness at a roughness height of < 0.35 mm. Moreover, the drag bucket of the LUT airfoil decreases with increasing roughness height. Furthermore, the loads on the LUT airfoil during dynamic stall were studied at different turbulence intensities using a numerical method at a tip-speed ratio of 2. Before the stall, the turbulence intensity did not considerably affect the normal or tangential force coefficients of the LUT airfoil. However, after the stall, the normal force coefficient varied obviously at low turbulence intensity. Moreover, as the turbulence intensity increased, the normal and tangential force coefficients decreased rapidly, particularly in the downwind region of the VAWT
Yhteistyömallin palvelumuotoilu kohti koulutusvientiä
No full textLUT University has been developing cooperation related to the activities of children and young people with various partners over the past years. This has led to the launching of the collaboration model Lappeenranta Junior University, Uniori, together with the city of Lappeenranta. The purpose of Uniori is to create an equal path for children from preschool to higher education regardless of the backgrounds of the children or their parents. As a result, Uniori's activities are recorded as part of the local supplementary curriculum. Uniori promotes interest in science and technology while integrating sustainable development themes into education. Through various international awards, LUT has received global attention for its work on sustainable development with Uniori.
Service design and education export are constantly evolving as their importance in business and in society grows. By interviewing Uniori collaboration partners from the university, the city, and the school teaching staff, a clear concept of the operation has been formed by this thesis. Utilizing service design and education export themes with the research conducted through the interviews, it has been possible for the author to create a new service model (NSM) from the basis of Uniori.
The purpose of the NSM is to enable similar activities to Uniori in the rest of the world, as the model can become an education export model for LUT. The NSM leads a customer, such as a foreign primary school, to collaborate with a local university partner and a network of local businesses. Together, they form a new collaborative network that sustains the operation of the model. The NSM consists of standardized or customizable modules that support the objectives of the model. Through the cooperation, the customer can develop the local community on a more sustainable basis creating equal opportunities for all children, now and in the future.LUT-yliopisto on viime vuosina kehittänyt lasten ja nuorten toimintaan liittyvää yhteistyötä eri kumppaneiden kanssa. Tämä on johtanut yhteistyömallin Lappeenranta Junior University, Uniori, käynnistämiseen yhdessä Lappeenrannan kaupungin kanssa. Uniorin tarkoituksena on luoda tasapuolinen polku lapsille esikoulusta korkeakouluopintoihin riippumatta lasten tai heidän vanhempiensa taustoista. Tästä johtuen Uniorin toiminta on kirjattu osaksi paikallista täydentävää opetussuunnitelmaa. Uniori edistää kiinnostusta tieteeseen ja teknologiaan ja integroi kestävän kehityksen teemoja koulutukseen. LUT on saanut kansainvälisten palkintojen avulla maailmanlaajuista huomiota Uniorin kanssa tekemästään työstä kestävän kehityksen hyväksi.
Palvelumuotoilu ja koulutusvienti kehittyvät jatkuvasti, sillä niiden merkitys liiketoiminnassa ja yhteiskunnassa kasvaa. Haastattelemalla Uniorin yhteistyökumppaneita yliopistolta ja kaupungilta sekä koulujen opetushenkilöstöä, on tämän diplomityön myötä muodostettu selkeä käsitys Uniorin toiminnasta. Hyödyntämällä palvelumuotoilua ja koulutuksen vientiteemoja, olen haastattelujen kautta tehdyn tutkimuksen avulla voinut luoda uuden palvelumallin (NSM) Unioriin perustuen.
NSM-mallin tarkoituksena on mahdollistaa Uniorin kaltainen toiminta muualla maailmassa, sillä mallista voi tulla LUT:n koulutusvientimalli. NSM tukee asiakasta, kuten ulkomaista peruskoulua, tekemään yhteistyötä paikallisen yliopistokumppanin sekä yritysverkoston kanssa. Yhdessä ne muodostavat uuden yhteistyöverkoston, joka ylläpitää mallin toimintaa. NSM koostuu standardoiduista tai muokattavista moduuleista, jotka tukevat mallin tavoitteita. Yhteistyön avulla asiakas voi kehittää paikallisyhteisöä kestävämmin ja luoda yhtäläiset mahdollisuudet kaikille lapsille nyt ja tulevaisuudessa
Theorising Gender-Based Violence Policies: A 7P Framework
No full textThis paper presents and critically interrogates a comprehensive 7Ps framework for analysing and addressing gender-based violence. It takes the UN and the Council of Europe's models as points of departure and develops the framework beyond the current state of the art, explains its different components, and offers reflections on its use in the practice of gender-based violence research. The UN 3P model, encompassing prevention, protection, and prosecution, later developed by the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention into a 4P model, comprising prevention, protection, prosecution, and integrated policies, has since been revisited, elaborated upon, and expanded in work focusing on gender-based violence in particular domains, such as female genital mutilation or gender-based violence in sport. To study gender-based violence in academia, the comprehensive 7Ps analytical framework has been deployed to interrogate the policies in place at national and institutional levels, including sexual harassment. Based on empirical data and conceptual analysis in the EU project UniSAFE: Gender-based violence and institutional responses: Building a knowledge base and operational tools to make universities and research organisations safe (2021-2024), the paper argues that the refined 7Ps model, comprising Prevalence, Prevention, Protection, Prosecution of offenders (and disciplinary measures), Provision of services, Partnerships between actors, and Policies specifically addressing the issue, allows for a more encompassing approach, in turn allowing a more fine-grained understanding of variations and explanations for success (or lack thereof) in terms of outcomes.</p
How do students use GitHub in job seeking : the significance of GitHub profile on building a portfolio showcasing student’s programming skills
No full textOhjelmistoalan rekrytointiprosessissa opiskelijoilta vaaditaan usein näyttöä ohjelmointiosaamisesta omien projektien tai työkokemuksen kautta. Kuitenkin ensimmäistä oman alan kesätyö- tai harjoittelupaikkaa hakiessa tietotekniikan opiskelijoilla ei yleensä ole vielä paljon työkokemusta. Siksi koulu- ja harrastusprojekteista muodostuvaa portfoliota tarvitaan teknisen osaamisen näyttämiseen. GitHub on yksi ohjelmistoalalla yleisesti käytetty alusta ohjelmistoprojektien tallentamiseen sekä versionhallintaan. Sen käyttö on yleistynyt myös opiskelijoiden projekteissa. Siksi tämän työn tarkoituksena oli tutkia, miten tietotekniikan opiskelijat voisivat hyödyntää tehokkaasti GitHub-profiilia portfoliona työnhaussa. Tutkimuksessa haastateltiin LUT-yliopiston tietotekniikan opiskelijoita sekä kahden Lappeenrannassa toimivan ohjelmistoalan yrityksen edustajia. Kerättyä dataa analysoitiin temaattisen analyysin avulla. Tuloksissa havaittiin GitHub-profiilin olevan tehokas portfolio opiskelijoiden työnhaussa silloin, kun se on monipuolinen kokonaisuus eri tasoisia sekä selkeästi dokumentoituja projekteja, jotka näyttävät työnhakijan motivaatiota, mielenkiinnonkohteita sekä aktiivista kehittymistä ohjelmoijana. GitHubin ja Gitin peruskäytössä kohdatut haasteet sekä opiskelijoiden tyypillisesti yksityinen ohjelmistokehitysprosessi voivat vaikuttaa GitHub-profiilin vaikuttavuuteen portfoliona. Työn rajoitteina ovat työnantajayritysten pieni määrä sekä tyypilliset temaattiseen analyysimenetelmään liittyvät rajoitteet, kuten tekijän subjektiiviset kokemukset.Software engineering students are usually required to showcase their programming skills with their own projects or work experience during the hiring process in the software industry. However, when applying for the first summer job or trainee position in their field of study, software engineering students usually do not yet have a lot of work experience. Thus, the portfolio which includes school and hobby projects is needed to demonstrate technical skills. GitHub is one of the popular platforms for software engineers to store their projects and implement version control. Its usage has become common in the projects of students as well. For that reason, the purpose of this work was to study how software engineering students could use GitHub profile more efficiently as a portfolio for job seeking. Software engineering students from LUT University and representatives of two software companies operating in Lappeenranta were interviewed in this study. The collected data was analyzed with thematic analysis. The results showed that GitHub profile is an effective portfolio for students’ job search when it has multiple different kinds of projects which are well-documented and show the job applicant’s motivation, interests and active improvement as a software developer. The challenges in basic use of Git and GitHub and the typically private software development process of the students can have an impact on the efficiency of GitHub profile as a portfolio. The limitations of this study include the small number of interviewed employer companies and the typical limitations related to thematic analysis like the subjective experiences of the author
Gender mainstreaming and evaluation in the EU: comparative perspectives from feminist institutionalism
No full textThis article presents a focused comparative analysis of the institutionalization of two governance practices in the European Commission that levy distinct challenges to the gender status quo: gender mainstreaming (which overtly challenges gender bias) and evaluation (which does not have explicit feminist aspirations). With reference to five dimensions, we identify evaluation as relatively strongly institutionalized, and gender mainstreaming as relatively weakly institutionalized. We draw on the explanatory power of feminist institutionalism to unpack these findings, arguing that a feminist institutional perspective can shed light on this variation, as it provides greater insight into the formal and informal institutions that constrain, enable and shape the implementation of evaluation and gender mainstreaming. We assert that the notion of path dependency, the logic of appropriateness, and the concept of layering serve as useful tools to understand the gendered nature of the European Commission. This research provides insights into the institutional factors that impact the implementation of gender equality strategies (such as gender mainstreaming). In turn, this contributes to the development of more effective strategies to promote institutional change toward greater equality
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