Turning research on pandemic inequalities into practical action

2023

Horizon 2020 / european commission

Reducing gendered inequalities caused by COVID-19

Policy

GENDER+

POLICY DESIGN

CO-CREATION

SOCIAL INNOVATION

RESISTIRÉ examined how COVID-19 policies and societal responses affected gendered and intersectional inequalities across Europe. 

Across three cycles of research and co-creation, evidence was translated into action ideas, policy recommendations, pilot initiatives and priorities for future research. 

Yellow Window led the development of the project’s Open Studio approach, creating a participatory process for exploring research findings with policymakers, civil society, researchers and other experts and developing possible responses. 

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Participative design & concrete
solutions via 'open studios'

The approach produced workshops in short cycles of 6-8 months after which actionable solutions are proposed in the form of recommendations to policy-makers (and other stakeholders); pilot projects (piloting social innovations) and research agendas to further increase knowledge on the impact of policies on inequalities.



On-line participation
leading to in-person activism

Participants are a mix of team members of the project and invited participants. Internal participants bring in the insights from the project activities, external participants bring in their expertise and creativity. The target is to have eight external participants in each Open Studio. They are identified because of their involvement with the theme of the Open Studio and can come from civil society organisations, can be policy-makers, researchers, user-experts or more creative profiles like artists.

Visuals of the on-line workshops

Visuals of the on-line workshops

The research outcomes were enriched by visuals that were used across reports.

The research outcomes were enriched by visuals that were used across reports.

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