Ulysseus Euro-Mediterranean Gender Network (EMGEN)

Funding: Ulysseus Innovation Hub
Duration: 2025 – 2026
Project lead: Karine Lambert (Université Côte d’Azur)
Project team: Ulrike Krause (University of Münster) serves as co-applicant
Project network: 13 members from six universities across five countries
Project affiliation: Université Côte d’Azur

Project summary

The Ulysseus Euro-Mediterranean Gender Network (EMGEN) is a thematic research group, dedicated to Gender Studies as an interdisciplinary field of scientific research. EMGEN is led by Karine Lambert (Université Côte d’Azur), with Ulrike Krause and Bettina Pfleiderer (both at the University of Münster) serving as co-applicants and group members. Overall, EMGEN brings together 13 members from six universities across five countries: Université Côte d’Azur (France), University of Genova (Italy), University of Seville (Spain), University of Münster (Germany), University of Montenegro, and one associated partner.

Treating gender as a cross-cutting theme, the group transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries by bringing together researchers from across the Ulysseus alliance to forge new interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches.

The R&I group pursues three core objectives:

Structuring gender research;
Enhancing its quality and impact; and
Strengthening the visibility of Gender Studies within Ulysseus.

To achieve these goals, EMGEN will implement three workshops over one year, each functioning as an incubator for scientific networking and innovation. The workshops will focus on: sharing good practices for building Gender Studies networks; operationalising gender concepts and methods across research fields; and identifying the group’s interdisciplinary innovation strengths.

The workshops, along with the preparatory and follow-up activities, will culminate in a publicly accessible visual map (ontology). This deliverable is designed to enhance EMGEN’s visibility and attractiveness, while identifying the group’s innovation strengths to position the consortium competitively for future research grant applications.