Projects

Study on Gender Balance in the R&I Sector to Improve the Role of Women in the Energy Transition

The study on gender balance in R&I, commissioned by European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), aims to help the European Commission improve the role of women in the energy transition.

Digital Work during Times of Crisis. For a Gender- and Diversity-Friendly Working -from-Home Culture

This research project, with a participatory research approach using action research, aimed to support employees and employers in finding the appropriate path for a gender- and diversity-friendly "new" digital work culture during and after the pandemic.

IEA User-Centred Energy Systems – Empowering All: Gender Equality for the Energy Transition

The OEGUT supports the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) in developing country-specific recommendations for integrative energy strategies. This concerns political interventions and technology developments.

IEA Equality in Energy Transitions Initiative

The Equality in Energy Transitions Initiative (formerly known as Clean Energy, Education and Empowerment - C3E International) is a Technology Collaboration Programme of the IEA and an Initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). Its primary objective is to promote gender equality and diversity within the energy transition process with the goal of closing the gender gap by 2030.

Activities for the FEMtech Initiative

With FEMtech, the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) supports women in research and technology and creates equal opportunities in industrial and non-university research.

Network Laura Bassi 4.0 - Digitization and Equal Opportunities

Together with JOANNEUM RESEARCH, ÖGUT is supporting the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) in setting up the “Digitization and Equal Opportunities” network. Which factors lead to inequality and how can they be dealt with?

The Role of Women in Transformation

Our society is confronted with major challenges and gender equality plays an important role in respect to sustainable development. In order to initiate and shape according transformation processes in organisations and society as a whole, it is necessary to focus on the deployment of female and male potential. ÖGUT engages in these topics in the course of a background study and a workshop at the Growth in Transition Conference 2018 (the motto was: Europe’s Transformation: Where People Matter).

Gender Career Management

Goal of the „Gender Career Management“ is to help more women reach leading positions by providing various counseling and accompanying offers for small and middle enterprises. ÖGUT, together with project partners, offers enterprise analysis and implementation support.

FEMtech Expert Database

The FEMtech expert database is designed to increase the visibility of female experts and support their chances of professional success. Currently more than 1900 female experts from over 100 specialisms are registered on the database, making it the most comprehensive expert database in Austria. The OEGUT advertises the database to potential experts and is responsible for ensuring the quality of information on the database.

Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the Energy Sector

A background study on the topic of “Equal opportunities for women and men in the energy sector“. The results of this study were presented in the form of a workshop at the “Wachstum-in-Wandel-Konferenz 2016” (“Shifts in Growth Conference 2016”) and measures to achieve change in this area will be discussed. Building on this workshop, basic data on the topic of gender equality in the energy sector will be collected.

Projects per topic

Projects in Subject Area Gender & Diversity