Abstract
Gender gaps in recruiting, promotion, budget-shares, representation at the top of the hierarchy of European Research and Innovation Organisations (RIO) have significantly declined in the past decade. However, gender inequalities persist and are especially pronounced for people who identify themselves as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary, Intersex, and Queer (LGBTIQ) and those at the intersection of gender and other minority-group threads (e.g., older woman, disabled woman, foreign woman; a phenomenon defined as “intersectionality” by Crenshaw). According to various sources, LGBTIQ and intersectional gender groups are among the least integrated in R & I (e.g., American Economic Association (AEA) surveys), largely discriminated against (e.g., EU LGBTI survey, 2020), and at high risk of Gender-Based harassment and Violence. Lacking diversity and inclusion for all gender groups is not only harmful to gender equality but also to RIO attractivity, performance and productivity. Through the lens of a fully transdisciplinary approach -embracing quantitative gender economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, innovation research and gender studies- this research project aims to provide an effective framework to durably foster gender equality for intersecting gender groups in Research and Innovation Organisations (RIO).