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Gender-based violence in academic and research workplaces

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The paper addresses gender-based violence (GBV) in higher education institutions (HEI) and research performing organisations (RPOs) understood as work, workplace, employment, occupational, organisational, professional and managerial sites. The data are based on the EU funded UniSAFE and include an online survey of prevalence and consequences of GBV (n=42,000), a mapping of national policy on GBV in higher education and RPOs, and institutional policies and measures to counteract GBV in 46 RPOs in fifteen countries. The findings show that the prevalence of GBV in RPOs is high, unequal across different groups, yet relatively uniform across countries and institutions, which suggest that the prevalence of GBV is largely unrelated to the RPOs in which respondents work or study, and/or to the country in which they reside. GBV in HEI and RPOs thus seems to have its own system and logic.

Source: Socialmedicinsk tidskrift

DOI: 10.62607/smt.v102i1.24856

Authors: Sofia Strid, Jeff Hearn

Institutions: University of Gothenburg, University of Huddersfield, Örebro University, Hanken School of Economics

Language: English

Topic: Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4409339435

FWCI: 1.854

Cites: 13

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10