Deadline: 7-Oct-21
The Nordic Information on Gender has announced the applications for Nordic Research Funding Initiative.
The initiative is especially focused on prevention and methods for intervention through industry studies and comparative studies of different industries. There will be two calls for research funding.
Violence, harassment and other forms of vulnerability in the workplace are major societal challenges with serious consequences for individuals and workplace organisations. But there are major gaps in their knowledge about methods for preventing and stopping violence and harassment, protecting victims and being proactive in workplace environments. Research and evidence-based knowledge is essential to be able to develop new and effective measures to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.
With this background, the Nordic Council of Ministers has decided on a cross-sectoral research initiative jointly with several sectors within the Nordic cooperation. These collaborative sectors are gender equality, culture, working life and the Nordic Committee for Children and Young People.
Objectives
The overarching objectives of the initiative are:
- To contribute towards new knowledge on sexual harassment at work in the Nordic countries, with a focus on preventive measures and intervention methods.
- To contribute towards a good knowledge base for policy development and to cross-sectoral Nordic collaboration within the Nordic Council of Ministers.
- For the research to be of high academic quality, practice-based and well communicated.
- To be relevant to the collaborative sectors involved, for affected industries and for the working life actors
Funding Information
- The two calls jointly amount to DKK 3.7 million.
- The funded projects are 6–18 months long.
Eligibility Criteria
The second call is aimed at Nordic projects that intend to initiate practice-based research activities. This call is also research-based, but the projects should be practice-oriented and it assumes collaboration with working life actors in the Nordic countries.
For more information, visit https://nikk.no/en/apply-for-funding/nordic-research-funding-initiative-on-sexual-harassment-at-work/