Provisional Programme (subject to change)
 

Day 1, Monday 19 May 

09:00-09:30      
Arrival & coffee

09:30-10:00
Welcome and introductions 

10:00-11:00
Situating the Issue
Maria Olsson (University of Inland Norway, NO): Measuring Gender Equality: Existing Indices, Limitations, and a New Direction
Jennifer Bosson (University of South Florida, US): Bringing Men and Unpaid Care Work into the Frame: Towards More Inclusive and Comprehensive Gender Equality Indices
Maria Charles (University of California, Santa Barbara, US): Horisontal Gender Segregation in the Labour Market 
Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka (University of Gdansk, PL) & Kuba Krys (Polish Academy of Sciences, PL): Is Gender Equality Understood the Same Way Everywhere? A Psychological and Cross-Cultural Approach to Measurement 

11:00-11:15
Coffee

11:15-12:45
Conceptualising Gender Equality (World Café Method)
Moderators: Maria Olsson, Jennifer Bosson, Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka
Discussion prompts:

• What is gender equality? What do we want from a gender equality index?
• What are the key challenges of existing indices – for us as researchers?
• What are the opportunities for future indices? What can we realistically include?

Summary of table discussions and group discussion

12:45-13:45
Lunch

13:45-15:30
Operationalising Gender Equality
Work in pairs followed by group summary and discussion

15:30-15:45
Coffee

15:45-17:00
Open discussion

19:00
Dinner at New Delhi Restaurant

Day 2, Tuesday 20 May

09:00-10:30      
Kandice Blake (University of Melbourne) (virtual talk): Opportunities and Challenges in Using Big Data for a Global Gender Equality Index

• How data are collected, cleaned, and validated
• The role of big data in index development and validation
• The potential for incorporating psychological dimensions through large-scale data
   

10:30-10:45
Q&A

10:45-12:15
Key Challenges in Index Development

• Cross-cultural sensitivity
• Methodological issues (e.g., weighting, psychometrics)
• Psychological dimensions
   

12:15-13:15 
Lunch 

13:15-15:30
Key Challenges in Index Development (continued)

15:30-15:45
Coffee

15:45-17:00
Future Directions: Collaborative Projects

19:00
Dinner at Brasserie Coucou

Day 3, Wednesday 21 May

09:00-11:00      
Future Directions: Collaborative Projects (continued)

11:00-11:15
Coffee 

11:15-12:15
Final discussion

12:15-13:15
Lunch

13:15-14:00
Wrap-up and farewell

15:15
Optional guided tour at the Oslo Munch Museum