Context matters: Problematizing the policy‐practice interface in the enactment of gender equality action plans in universities

Description

Yes / This study argues for recognition of the constitutive role of context in shaping the dynamics of the policy‐practice
interface in the field of gender equality in universities. Using a comparative and reflective case‐study approach,
we draw on our experiences, as action‐researchers, of developing and implementing Gender Equality Action Plans (GEAPs) in four universities in four different European countries and we explore the role of national and local
context in the mediation and translation of the GEAP model. Drawing on the concepts of gendered organizations, dialogic organizational change, and policy mobilities, we argue for the need to be critical of approaches to gender
equality in higher education (HE) that presume policy measures and good practice models transfer unproblematically to different HE organizations in different international contexts; instead, we draw attention to the contingent ways in which uneven gender relations articulate and manifest in different contexts, shaping possibilities for, and obstacles to, gender equality intervention. Thus, we argue that context plays a crucial constitutive role in
the interpretation, enactment, and impact of gender equality policy in HE. / FP7 Science in Society. Grant Number: 321378

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1. Ní Laoire C, Linehan C, Archibong U et al (2021) Context matters: Problematizing the policy‐practice interface in the enactment of gender equality action plans in universities. Gender, Work & Organization. 28(2): 575-593.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18326
3. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12594

Tags

Context

Gender equality

Gender equality action plans

Organizational change

Policy mobilities

Universities

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/18326
Date	20 January 2021
Creators	Ní Laoire, C., Linehan, C., Archibong, Uduak E., Picardi, I., Udén, M.
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, Accepted manuscript
Rights	© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ní Laoire C, Linehan C, Archibong U et al (2021) Context matters: Problematizing the policy‐practice interface in the enactment of gender equality action plans in universities. Gender, Work & Organization. 28(2): 575-593, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12594. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.