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The research project Knowledge, Institutions and Gender - an East-West Comparative Study was funded by the European Commission and will run for three years between 2006-2008, and carried out by five national teams. The research aimed to:
- examine the production of knowledge contexts and cultures, including the role of gender, from an “East-West” perspective,
- identify structural and institutionalised practices and procedures, including standards of excellence, that hinder and/or promote the equal participation of women in science,
- encourage the establishment of feminist science studies in the partner countries, especially in the new EU member states
- influence policy on higher education and research and development at the national and EU levels in order to promote gender equality and increase the engagement of young people in science
The main objective of the project was to examine the contexts and cultures of knowledge production, including the role of gender, from an “East-West” perspective. Here we studied selected scientific institutions in the five partner countries that we compared with and situate in the broader national contexts. In a combination of discourse analysis, participant observation and individual and group interviews, we investigated the ways in which interactions between regional and national contexts and histories, hegemonic discourses, institutional politics and practices, affect the motivations, research interests, epistemological frameworks, collaborations and career trajectories of women and men in science.
