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This article draws attention to gender expertise in the areas of politics, science, and administration. It is based on the results of a research project (Zimmermann/Metz-Göckel 2007), in which a large number of official documents of the European Council, the European Commission, and the European Parliament were analysed. In addition, fifteen women and one man were interviewed: politicians of the European Parliament, members of the European Commission, administrators of the Directorate General Research, and female scientists being their advisors. The interviewees were active in employing a new gender equality policy procedure, known as Gender Mainstreaming.
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Zimmermann, K. (2010). Gender Knowledge under Construction. The Case of the European Union’s Science and Research Policy. In: Riegraf, B., Aulenbacher, B., Kirsch-Auwärter, E., Müller, U. (eds) GenderChange in Academia. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92501-1_13
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