A global call for action to include gender in research impact assessment

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A global call for action to include gender in research impact assessment

Journal Article (2016)

Author(s)

Pavel V. Ovseiko (University of Oxford)

Trisha Greenhalgh (University of Oxford)

Paula Adam (Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS))

Jonathan Grant (King’s College London)

Saba Hinrichs-Krapels (King’s College London)

Kathryn E. Graham (Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions)

Pamela A. Valentine (Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions)

Omar Sued (Fundación Huésped)

Omar F. Boukhris (Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF))

Nada M. Al Olaqi (Qatar Foundation)

Idrees S. Al Rahbi (The Research Council)

Anne Maree Dowd (Oceans and Atmosphere)

Sara Bice (Melbourne School of Government)

Tamika L. Heiden (University of Western Australia, Knowledge Translation Australia Pty Ltd.)

Michael D. Fischer (University of Melbourne, University of Oxford)

Sue Dopson (University of Oxford)

Robyn Norton (University of Oxford, University of Sydney)

Alexandra Pollitt (King’s College London)

Steven Wooding (Westbrook Centre)

Gert V. Balling (Novo Nordisk Foundation)

Ulla Jakobsen (IPSYCH)

Ellen Kuhlmann (Goethe University, Karolinska Institutet)

Ineke Klinge (European Commission)

Linda H. Pololi (Brandeis University)

Reshma Jagsi (University of Michigan)

Helen Lawton Smith (University of London)

Henry Etzkowitz (University of London, International Triple Helix Institute)

Mathias W. Nielsen (Stanford University)

Carme Carrion (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS))

Maite Solans-Domènech (Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS))

Esther Vizcaino (Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS))

Lin Naing (UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM)

Quentin H.N. Cheok (UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM)

Baerbel Eckelmann (Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd)

Moses C. Simuyemba (University of Zambia School of Medicine)

Temwa Msiska (University of Malawi College of Medicine)

Giovanna Declich (Assembly of Women for Development and the Struggle against Social Exclusion (ASDO))

Laurel D. Edmunds (University of Oxford)

Vasiliki Kiparoglou (Churchill Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital)

Alison M.J. Buchan (University of Toronto)

Catherine Williamson (Guy's Hospital)

Graham M. Lord (Guy's Hospital)

Keith M. Channon (University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital)

Rebecca Surender (Rhodes University, University of Oxford)

Alastair M. Buchan (University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital)

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0126-z

Gender Path dependency Science policy Athena SWAN Call for action Health research Research impact assessment

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2016

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English

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Journal title

Health Research Policy and Systems

Issue number

1

Volume number

14

Article number

50

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Abstract

Global investment in biomedical research has grown significantly over the last decades, reaching approximately a quarter of a trillion US dollars in 2010. However, not all of this investment is distributed evenly by gender. It follows, arguably, that scarce research resources may not be optimally invested (by either not supporting the best science or by failing to investigate topics that benefit women and men equitably). Women across the world tend to be significantly underrepresented in research both as researchers and research participants, receive less research funding, and appear less frequently than men as authors on research publications. There is also some evidence that women are relatively disadvantaged as the beneficiaries of research, in terms of its health, societal and economic impacts. Historical gender biases may have created a path dependency that means that the research system and the impacts of research are biased towards male researchers and male beneficiaries, making it inherently difficult (though not impossible) to eliminate gender bias. In this commentary, we - a group of scholars and practitioners from Africa, America, Asia and Europe - argue that gender-sensitive research impact assessment could become a force for good in moving science policy and practice towards gender equity. Research impact assessment is the multidisciplinary field of scientific inquiry that examines the research process to maximise scientific, societal and economic returns on investment in research. It encompasses many theoretical and methodological approaches that can be used to investigate gender bias and recommend actions for change to maximise research impact. We offer a set of recommendations to research funders, research institutions and research evaluators who conduct impact assessment on how to include and strengthen analysis of gender equity in research impact assessment and issue a global call for action.

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