Building a safer research culture: supporting universities in prevention practice

Research environments are an important setting for universities to advance gender equality and prevent gender-based violence.

This webinar will explore practical ways universities can create safer, more respectful and inclusive research cultures. It will showcase resources, emerging practice and sector expertise to support universities to prevent gender-based violence and advance gender equality across research and academic settings.

Research is a key domain within the Educating for Equality model, recognising that meaningful and sustainable change requires a whole-of-university approach. In research settings, this includes addressing structural and cultural factors that contribute to inequality and harm, challenging bias in research practices and outputs, and supporting the representation, retention and leadership of women and gender-diverse people.

Universities also play an important role in strengthening the evidence base for primary prevention through high-quality research on gender-based violence, including violence affecting higher-risk groups. This work forms part of universities’ broader responsibilities under the National Code to prevent gender-based violence through a whole-of-organisation approach.

Presenters

• Dr Louise Sharpe, President, Australian Council Graduate Research
• Dr Erika (Rik) Smith, Academic and founder of Safer Universities
• Denise Wootten, Academic/Professor, Her Research
• Ghizal Siddiqui, Academic, Her Research Matters Co-Chair

Who can participate?

This webinar is for individuals involved in violence prevention and inclusion work within universities, such as:

• University leadership (e.g. Vice-Chancellors, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, administrators, deans, department heads, faith/cultural leaders)
• Senior Academic Leadership (e.g. VC of Research, DVC of Research, Institute or centre directors)
• Faculty and School Leadership (e.g. Dean of Research, Associate Dean of Research, Head of School/Department, Research Leaders and Mentors)
• Grant and Funding Leadership (e.g. Research Services, Partnership staff etc.)
• University policymakers and governance bodies
• Staff involved in workplace culture, recruitment, promotion, and training
• Equity and diversity officers
• People working in support services
• Researchers and educators focused on gender equality and violence prevention in higher education.

Registration

To access this webinar, follow the registration link and click ‘Choose Sessions’. Add this to your cart by clicking the ‘Free’ enrol button, then go to your shopping cart and proceed to checkout. Log in with your existing credentials or click sign up to follow the prompts and create an account. 

Once enrolled, you will receive a calendar invitation via email, which will include the Zoom link to join the session. 

Accessibility and other enquiries

For further information, or for questions about access, please contact training@ourwatch.org.au.