Date of establishment: July 2017

Mission:A fair, successful and peaceful Ukraine through gender equality

GENIUS’ goals:

- implementation of European gender equality policy practices and structural changes at the KNEU and partner universities

- dissemination of gender knowledge among students and academic community

- cooperation with employers and other partners in fostering a full deployment of women’s professional potential

- promoting women's leadership through outreach and building international women's networks

Team members:

Lina Kurchenko - coordinator, expert on gender communication and relations with German-speaking countries, associate professor of German

Yevhenia Kolomiyets-Ludwig- moderator, expert in organizational processes and internationalization, associate professor of the department of business and corporate law

Oksana Vinska- expert in gender analytics in economics, associate professor of European economy and business

Kateryna Ilikchieva- expert in counteracting gender-based violence and legal gender expertise, associate professor of the department of criminal law and process

Volodymyr Tokar- expert in quantitative methods in gender studies, professor of international finance

Tsymbaliuk Svitlana- expert in personnel management, motivation and gender pay gap, dean of the faculty of personnel management, sociology and psychology

Events and measures arranged by the GENIUS Team:

 • The GENIUS Team initiated amendments to the draft Code oE thics of the KNEU aimed at ensuring equal opportunities and non-discrimination - December 2017

https://kneu.edu.ua/userfiles/results_public_discussion/ZvD196t_po_gromadskomu_obgovorennyu.PDF

•  KNEU Survey “Gender Aspects of an Individual’s Professional Fulfillment in the Academic Environment ”, December 2017 - January 2018

GENIUS was the first to conduct an empirical study of gender balance in different fields of KNEU activities, assessing the impact of gender on participation in management, initiation and discussion of important decisions, as well as on teachers' professional development. The survey showed that while women make almost 70% of academic staff of KNEU, the deployment of their professional potential is limited.

• Launch and continuous updating of the GENIUS Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/genius.ua/ - February 2018

• International Round Table “Gender in Academia: Status Quo”, February 15, 2018, under participation of researchers and academic managers from Germany, Georgia, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Member of Parliament S. Leshchenko, representatives of the German Embassy, ​​GRB project funded by SIDA - Sweden, NGOPoruch, etc. (see O. Vinska, L. Kurchenko "KNEU for Gender Equality", "Economist" №20-21 (1495-1496), April-May 2018 https://kneu.edu.ua/userfiles/pr_center/gazeta/2018/kviten_traven_s.pdf).

• Flash mob "Why I Am for Equal Opportunities" - poll of KNEU administrative, teaching staff and students on the feasibility of implementing an equal opportunities policy, November 2018. https://www.facebook.com/genius.ua/photos/rpp.332701407230543/ 525838064583542 /? type = 3 & theater

 • International debate on gender issues in the EU and Ukraine "Gender Policy and Welfare ofSociety", November 14, 2018 (Speakers: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria HerminePoppeller, Member of Parliament SvitlanaZalishchuk, Rector DmytroLukyanenko). Detailed Description: Kurchenko, L. Gender Policy and Welfare Society // Economist No. 26-27 (1501-1503), December 2018. - P.2.

https://kneu.edu.ua/userfiles/pr_center/gazeta/2018/12_s.pdf

Project team GENIUS (Gender Initiative for Universities and Society)

Date of establishment: July 2017

Mission:A fair, successful and peaceful Ukraine through gender equality

GENIUS’ goals:

- implementation of European gender equality policy practices and structural changes at the KNEU and partner universities

- dissemination of gender knowledge among students and academic community

- cooperation with employers and other partners in fostering a full deployment of women’s professional potential

- promoting women's leadership through outreach and building international women's networks

Team members:

Lina Kurchenko - coordinator, expert on gender communication and relations with German-speaking countries, associate professor of German

Yevhenia Kolomiyets-Ludwig- moderator, expert in organizational processes and internationalization, associate professor of the department of business and corporate law

Oksana Vinska- expert in gender analytics in economics, associate professor of European economy and business

Kateryna Ilikchieva- expert in counteracting gender-based violence and legal gender expertise, associate professor of the department of criminal law and process

Volodymyr Tokar- expert in quantitative methods in gender studies, professor of international finance

Tsymbaliuk Svitlana- expert in personnel management, motivation and gender pay gap, dean of the faculty of personnel management, sociology and psychology

Events and measures arranged by the GENIUS Team:

 • The GENIUS Team initiated amendments to the draft Code oE thics of the KNEU aimed at ensuring equal opportunities and non-discrimination - December 2017

https://kneu.edu.ua/userfiles/results_public_discussion/ZvD196t_po_gromadskomu_obgovorennyu.PDF

•  KNEU Survey “Gender Aspects of an Individual’s Professional Fulfillment in the Academic Environment ”, December 2017 - January 2018

GENIUS was the first to conduct an empirical study of gender balance in different fields of KNEU activities, assessing the impact of gender on participation in management, initiation and discussion of important decisions, as well as on teachers' professional development. The survey showed that while women make almost 70% of academic staff of KNEU, the deployment of their professional potential is limited.

• Launch and continuous updating of the GENIUS Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/genius.ua/ - February 2018

• International Round Table “Gender in Academia: Status Quo”, February 15, 2018, under participation of researchers and academic managers from Germany, Georgia, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Member of Parliament S. Leshchenko, representatives of the German Embassy, ​​GRB project funded by SIDA - Sweden, NGOPoruch, etc. (see O. Vinska, L. Kurchenko "KNEU for Gender Equality", "Economist" №20-21 (1495-1496), April-May 2018 https://kneu.edu.ua/userfiles/pr_center/gazeta/2018/kviten_traven_s.pdf).

• Flash mob "Why I Am for Equal Opportunities" - poll of KNEU administrative, teaching staff and students on the feasibility of implementing an equal opportunities policy, November 2018. https://www.facebook.com/genius.ua/photos/rpp.332701407230543/ 525838064583542 /? type = 3 & theater

 • International debate on gender issues in the EU and Ukraine "Gender Policy and Welfare ofSociety", November 14, 2018 (Speakers: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria HerminePoppeller, Member of Parliament SvitlanaZalishchuk, Rector DmytroLukyanenko). Detailed Description: Kurchenko, L. Gender Policy and Welfare Society // Economist No. 26-27 (1501-1503), December 2018. - P.2.

https://kneu.edu.ua/userfiles/pr_center/gazeta/2018/12_s.pdf

Photo: The GENIUS Project Team and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Austria Mrs. Hermine Poppeller.

• Open discussion "Gender-Based Violence: Selected Issues of Counteraction" on December 5, 2018 within the framework of the action "16 Days Against Violence" (speaker - Assoc. Prof. Kateryna Ilikchieva)

• Permanent Student Caucus “Legal Characteristics of Gender-Based Violence” (Head - Assoc. Prof. K. Ilikchieva)

• GENIUS at the University of Konstzanz: Workshop “Issues Surrounding Gender and their Relevance to Institutional Development”, April 23-27, 2018.

Speeches:

- S. Tsymbaliuk “The Conditions for an Individual's Professional Development in the Academic Environment: Gender Aspects (the KNEU Survey Results)”

- O. Vinska, V. Tokar “Female Empowerment in Academia: the Case of the KNEU Top Management”

- L. Kurchenko “The Male Bias in KNEU Communication Practices”

- Y. Kolomiyets-Ludvig “Gender Breakdown of Academic Mobility at the KNEU”

- K.Ilikchiieva “Organization of and Decision Making at the KNEU”

Based on workshop results, an article was published: Kolomiets-Ludwig E., Kurchenko L. Will KNEU become a flagship of democratization of the Ukrainian academic environment? // Bulletin of the Institute of Higher Education at the Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman №5, 2018. – Pp. 11-18

https://kneu.edu.ua/ua/publ_ivo&act=p_id(8395)/

• L. Kurchenko completed an internship at the Equal Opportunity Office at the University of Konstanz within the framework of the Erasmus Staff Mobility Program - April 1-15, 2019.

Photo: The GENIUS Project Team in International Department of University Konstanz

• German-Ukrainian Symposium "Implementation of Gender Dimension in a Modern University" (KNEU, Kyiv, June 19-20, 2019)

Photo: Panel discussion "UKRAINE-GERMANY: THE POTENTIAL OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE GENDER POLICY" (German-Ukrainian symposium "Implementation of gender dimension in a modern university")

Photo:  Training "GENDER DIMENSION OF THE MODERN UNIVERSITY" (German-Ukrainian symposium "Implementation of the gender dimension in a modern university")

• Genius team visits Vienna University of Economics and Business to learn experience of Committee for Equal Treatment functioning (24-29 November 2019)

Projects:

- Since February 2020, the University Konstanz and GENIUS jointly implement a 4-year DIES project “Female Leadership in Academia and Management in Germany and Ukraine” (FLAMINGU)funded by the DAAD from the BMZ funds(Federal Ministry of Economy, Cooperation and Development).

The project is aimed to establish the structures for equality, for the empowerment of female researchers and gender equity at the partner university in Ukraine. For this reason we want to frame the basis for the implementation of the European standards for equality constructing the structures for equality (documents and processes), sensitizing the university's government, promoting female researchers for the leading positions and educating the management staff.

Special Distinctions of Group Members:

- O. Vinska, V. Tokar.The research paper "European Standards of Corporate Social Responsibility of Banking Business in Ukraine: Prospects for Gender Equality Implementation" was recognized as the best in the "Sustainable Banking Perspectives" category of the Young Scientists Research Contest "The Role of the Financial Sector in Achieving Sustainable Development: European experience and opportunities for its implementation in national practice. "

- V. Tokar. Scholarship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists to conduct research within the framework of scientific project “Financial-Economic and Institutional Mechanisms for Gender Equality Implementation in the Economic Security Systems of the EU and Ukraine”

Collaboration with international group member organizations:

- K. Ilikchieva collaborated with the World Bank Group in the preparation of the “Women, Business and the Law. Getting to Equal”and“Women, Business and the Law”; from UN Women Ukraine in the project “Decentralization and Law Enforcement Reforms: Transformative Approaches to Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Ukraine” as an expert on gender equality and anti-discrimination.

Publications :

Tsymbaliuk S., Kurchenko L., Tokar V.,  Vinska O., Shkoda T.  (2020). Gendered perceptions of professional development in academia: evidence from a Ukrainian university. In: Business Perspectives, Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 394-404  (Publication in a Scopus-rated journal, April  3,  2020   http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.18(1).2020.34)• Open discussion "Gender-Based Violence: Selected Issues of Counteraction" on December 5, 2018 within the framework of the action "16 Days Against Violence" (speaker - Assoc. Prof. Kateryna Ilikchieva)

• Permanent Student Caucus “Legal Characteristics of Gender-Based Violence” (Head - Assoc. Prof. K. Ilikchieva)

• GENIUS at the University of Konstzanz: Workshop “Issues Surrounding Gender and their Relevance to Institutional Development”, April 23-27, 2018.

Speeches:

- S. Tsymbaliuk “The Conditions for an Individual's Professional Development in the Academic Environment: Gender Aspects (the KNEU Survey Results)”

- O. Vinska, V. Tokar “Female Empowerment in Academia: the Case of the KNEU Top Management”

- L. Kurchenko “The Male Bias in KNEU Communication Practices”

- Y. Kolomiyets-Ludvig “Gender Breakdown of Academic Mobility at the KNEU”

- K.Ilikchiieva “Organization of and Decision Making at the KNEU”

Based on workshop results, an article was published: Kolomiets-Ludwig E., Kurchenko L. Will KNEU become a flagship of democratization of the Ukrainian academic environment? // Bulletin of the Institute of Higher Education at the Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman №5, 2018. – Pp. 11-18

https://kneu.edu.ua/ua/publ_ivo&act=p_id(8395)/

• L. Kurchenko completed an internship at the Equal Opportunity Office at the University of Konstanz within the framework of the Erasmus Staff Mobility Program - April 1-15, 2019.

• German-Ukrainian Symposium "Implementation of Gender Dimension in a Modern University" (KNEU, Kyiv, June 19-20, 2019)

• Genius team visits Vienna University of Economics and Business to learn experience of Committee for Equal Treatment functioning (24-29 November 2019)

Projects:

- Since February 2020, the University Konstanz and GENIUS jointly implement a 4-year DIES project “Female Leadership in Academia and Management in Germany and Ukraine” (FLAMINGU)funded by the DAAD from the BMZ funds(Federal Ministry of Economy, Cooperation and Development).

The project is aimed to establish the structures for equality, for the empowerment of female researchers and gender equity at the partner university in Ukraine. For this reason we want to frame the basis for the implementation of the European standards for equality constructing the structures for equality (documents and processes), sensitizing the university's government, promoting female researchers for the leading positions and educating the management staff.

Special Distinctions of Group Members:

- O. Vinska, V. Tokar.The research paper "European Standards of Corporate Social Responsibility of Banking Business in Ukraine: Prospects for Gender Equality Implementation" was recognized as the best in the "Sustainable Banking Perspectives" category of the Young Scientists Research Contest "The Role of the Financial Sector in Achieving Sustainable Development: European experience and opportunities for its implementation in national practice. "

- V. Tokar. Scholarship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists to conduct research within the framework of scientific project “Financial-Economic and Institutional Mechanisms for Gender Equality Implementation in the Economic Security Systems of the EU and Ukraine”

Collaboration with international group member organizations:

- K. Ilikchieva collaborated with the World Bank Group in the preparation of the “Women, Business and the Law. Getting to Equal”and“Women, Business and the Law”; from UN Women Ukraine in the project “Decentralization and Law Enforcement Reforms: Transformative Approaches to Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Ukraine” as an expert on gender equality and anti-discrimination.

Publications :

Tsymbaliuk S., Kurchenko L., Tokar V.,  Vinska O., Shkoda T.  (2020). Gendered perceptions of professional development in academia: evidence from a Ukrainian university. In: Business Perspectives, Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 394-404  (Publication in a Scopus-rated journal, April  3,  2020   http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.18(1).2020.34)