Conducted from June 2020 until the time of writing, this design research activity was conducted as part of the 3 year, H2020, Pan European TInnGO project which aims to create a sustainable paradigm shift in gender and diversity mainstreaming in transport. Such a shift is needed due to the lack of sex disaggregated gender data, gender gaps in employment and decision making and women in STE(A)M able to rise to leadership positions. This lack of diversity at all levels of transport, together with difficulties in engaging 'hard to reach groups' in transport planning, means that transport services and innovation continue to fail to consider gender and diversity. This would also encourage design input into future transport. A central concept of TInnGO was to use design activities as provocations and ways to engage with people in new wayse.g., through visualizations, vignettes and cocreation activitiesto develop greater insights into mobility problems and drive gender and diversity sensitive smart mobility solutions. Led by Coventry University, it was anticipated that this would entail management and leadership of codesign sessions in 10 Pan-European hubs. The Covid-19 pandemic significantly disrupted plans, making travel, physical co-design and contact with vulnerable groups impossible. The paper discusses strategies developed to work with placement students to develop gender and diversity sensitive smart mobility design provocations based on information provided by national hubs, and the technological challenges computer supported cooperative design posed.
It is recognised globally that women's research footprints are smaller than men's and that diversity is lacking at senior management levels. Research conducted by the H2020, EU funded, TInnGO project (https://www.tinngo.eu/) (Transport and Innovation Gender Observatory) detailed over 30 barriers to women's progression in transport related research and provided recommendations that would enable Higher Educational Institutions and research funders to increase diversity [1]. In this paper, these are compared to perceived barriers to women's progression in research in Pakistan, based on outcomes from 'world cafes' held during the delivery of research capacity building courses with 200 participants.Misogynistic attitudes and gender discrimination are part of the everyday experience of women in STEM subjects, with line managers and research directors playing key roles in setting the ethos of a centre. Changes are needed. Women, and those from more diverse backgrounds, need to be better supported in their efforts to fight for recognition of their strengths and abilities, gender biases in data, and sex and gender related needs.
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