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    Addressing Gender-Based Violence through the ERA Policy Framework: A Systemic Solution to Dilemmas and Contestations for Institutions
    (International Journal of Higher Education, 2024) Bondestam, Fredrik
    The consequences of gender-based violence in academic cultures are severe for individuals, the study and work climate, and for the quality of research and education. EU and national policy frameworks are developed since long, guiding academic institutions work on ending violence and abuse in the European Research Area (ERA). In this article, a critique and solution to specific dilemmas and contestations immanent in transforming ERA wide policy development into effective actions on the institutional level are presented. The analysis and policy input builds on extensive knowledge from long-term gender mainstreaming programs in national contexts, thorough experience from working amidst a research political landscape with conflicting academic, political, and bureaucratic paradigms, and research-based knowledge on policy development on gender-based violence. A core contribution from the article is the development of a generic, intermediating, and systemic institutional framework for implementation, acknowledging both the ERA policy developments and the day-to-day challenges on the institutional level, from the viewpoint of succeeding in ending gender-based violence in all ERA institutions. Also, a model for monitoring and evaluation of progress on the institutional level is proposed, accompanied by assessment criteria and a set of well-defined indicators. The proposed institutional framework can serve as an important step forward, in a collaborative effort among ERA stakeholders, and serve as inspiration for global academic institutions and national contexts to foster progress on the endemic of gender-based violence permeating academic communities.
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    Rethinking Institutional Responses to Gender-Based Violence in Academia as Forms of Care in the Nordic Context
    (Open Gender Journal, 2024) Simonsson, Angelica; Steinþórsdóttir, Finnborg Salome; Husu, Liisa; Ovesen, Nicole
    This article explores institutional responses to gender-based violence (GBV) in three Nordic higher education institutions (HEIs) through the concept of institutional care processes (Tronto 2013). The care fra-mework provides insights into the challenges and opportunities in HEIs‘ efforts to address GBV. The article presents three detailed case studies conducted in 2022 on the implementation of anti-GBV policies and prac-tices in HEIs in Finland, Iceland, and Sweden. By reframing institutional responses as forms of care, a gap in the care processes was identified. The care work was often driven by „driving-spirits“ but lacked recognition, value, and structures for long-term capacity building. While HEIs fulfill their duty to care by identifying needs and assigning responsibility for meeting them, there was a lack of adequate working conditions in place to ensure sustainable care provision could be done.Keywords: Gender Equality Policy, Higher Education, Sexual Harassment, UniversitySubmitted: 14 April 2023Accepted: 04 April 2024Published: 31 May 2024DOI: https://doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2024.238Research support: The UniSAFE project was funded under EU Horizon 2020, Grant agreement ID 101006261.This article was edited by Sabina García Peter and Käthe von Bose.