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EU-funded GENDRIVE project aims to make Neapolis University Pafos a gender equality research hub
A Horizon Europe Widening project pairs Neapolis University Pafos in Cyprus with UCL, Universitat de Barcelona and KMOP to build intersectional gender equality research and research management capacity.
Why it matters: Neapolis University Pafos's researchers and research managers are the direct targets of the project's mentoring, mobility, data infrastructure and administrative training work.
According to the European Commission's CORDIS project listing, GENDRIVE aims to turn Neapolis University Pafos (NUP) in Cyprus into a regional Centre of Excellence for intersectional gender equality research.
The project partners NUP with University College London and Universitat de Barcelona as Advanced Partners, with KMOP handling policy translation.
The planned activities include co-produced mixed-methods research on career trajectories, a two-way mobility and mentoring programme, a GDPR-compliant Secure Research Data Hub, and training for research managers aligned with the European Competence Framework for Research Managers.
It is funded as a Horizon Europe Coordination and Support Action under the Widening participation and spreading excellence strand.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
If the project delivers as described, NUP's staff will gain a mentoring and exchange route with UCL and Universitat de Barcelona, alongside a new secure data hub and professionalised research management, while regional policymakers are to be engaged on harmonising gender equality standards.
