Gender issues are an area of great societal relevance involving multiple perspectives, as underlined by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UNESCO strategy 2022-2029 and the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, which follows a dual approach of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality, which must be integrated into all EU policies and EU funding programmes.

Within this framework, Gender Dynamics acts as a network of researchers and collaborators working on gender issues at Eurac Research, with the aim of exchanging expertise and ideas and proposing joint research projects and initiatives. The network also works with local and international actors.

The range of subjects that Gender Dynamics members are currently working on covers several interdisciplinary perspectives and societal challenges: inclusive and gender-responsive language, gender equality and non-discrimination at the level of both legal and socio-political movements, intersectionality, gender-based violence, gender and family or other forms of care, women's political participation, LGBTQIA+ rights, gender and radicalization, anti-gender backlashes, patriarchy and patriarchal society structures, masculinities, health and gender, including the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender concerns, gender and technology, and gendered aspects of climate change and mitigation.

Gender Dynamics also provides fresh and existing insights on gender issues to support social change towards equality and inclusion.

We pursue the following objectives:

• Advancing research on gender-related issues in South Tyrol and beyond;
• Increasing the visibility of local, national and international gender-related research and enhancing their dissemination throughout the region;
• Counseling on gender dimension in research across disciplines at Eurac Research and at local, national and international levels;
• Supporting local, national and international networks with existing scientific and public bodies who are dealing with gender-related and intersectional issues.

The members of Gender Dynamics published the first Gender Report in 2024, providing an interdisciplinary overview of the topic of gender in South Tyrol, based on solid scientific findings. The report highlights how gender influences life in South Tyrol and combines locally developed knowledge with international experiences and positive examples.

The following Eurac Research Institutes, Centers and Administrative Departments are involved in the initiative:

Institute for Minority Rights
Center for Autonomy Experience
Center for Advanced Studies
Institute for Applied Linguistics
Institute for Public Management
Institute for Regional Development
Institute for Comparative Federalism
Institute for Alpine Environment
Institute for Earth Observation
Institute for Renewable Energies
Center for Global Mountain Safeguard Research
Research Support Office
Communication
Health, Safety and Environment