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MECHANISMS OF INTEGRATION OF GENDER EQUALITY POLICY INTO SCIENCE POLICY IN SERBIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

Suzana IGNJATOVIĆ

[Institut društvenih nauka]
10.51204/Anali_PFBU_26304A
ABSTRACT /
The paper explores gender mainstreaming in science policy in Serbia, in the context of EU accession, through hard and soft instruments (laws and strategies) and funding programs. The first part of the paper analyzes the integration of gender equality policies into the science and research sector in the EU, which has intensified in recent decades. In the current EU funding program, the promotion of gender equality goes beyond research action. New institutional mechanisms are introduced (gender equality plans) and the gender dimension is included in evaluation criteria for research grants (content regulation). In the second part, we explore how gender equality policies are incorporated into the science policy in Serbia. It is argued that gender equality mechanisms in the scientific sector are based on incoherent regulation. The EU mechanisms are introduced selectively, focusing on indirect policies (science popularization) and formal measures of gender equality, whereas other mechanisms (content regulation) are introduced inconsistently.

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