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Open Science

The growing relevance of Open Science and its many branches (open publication schemes, appearance of open research data, open source, reproducibility, public value, ...) poses a challenge, and maybe a turning point, to current academic and research practices. Open Science proposals driven by researchers and academics are gathering considerable traction. At the same time, institutions at all levels (from single organizations to supra-national entities) are launching and actively supporting very ambitious plans to implement the very broad idea of Open Science, sometimes focusing on specific pillars. This brings up a series of challenging questions, some of which directly impact the strategic decisions to be made by research institutions:

  • What is the landscape of Open Science initiatives?
  • Why embracing (or not) Open Science initiatives?
  • How does Open Science impact existing standards for research and career evaluation and dissemination? Are all countries' institutions equally affected? How are they responding?
  • How to make sense of the separate, diverse proposals that are being made by different communities pushing Open Science-related proposals?

Informatics Europe, as a body whose members cover most European countries, cannot ignore this trend, especially because Informatics is especially impacted by and central to Open Science.

IE Open Science Working Group

As part of its mission to give unbiased information and to agglutinate and balance diverse opinions, Informatics Europe formed in 2021 an Open Science Working Group, in an attempt to clarify the main actors and trends behind Open Science. This Working Group inherits ideas and aims from the Leaders Workshop session that took place during ECSS 2021 in Madrid, and where some very interesting opinions were presented. It currently consists of the following Task Forces:

  • Open Science and Data Research Management
  • Open Access
  • Conference Maturity Model
  • Open Code Repositories
  • Open Citations Initiative

If you wish to contribute to the above task forces or have a new idea related to Open Science that we haven't covered yet, register to join here.

  • Current members: 

    Past Chairs:

    • Manuel Carro, Technical University of Madrid / IMDEA Software Institute

     

     

    • ECSS 2025: "Open Science and Open Source" Workshop
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      Date: October 2025 
      Details: Workshop description and presentation slides from the ECSS 2025 workshop, held in Rennes on 29 October 2025.

    • ECSS 2023: "Open Science and Research Assessment" session of the National Informatics Associations Workshop
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      Date: October 2023 
      Details: Session description and presentation slides from the ECSS 2023 workshop, held in Edinburgh on 25 October 2023.

    • "Open Access: Status and Recommendations" Report
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      Date: May 2023 
      Details: A report summarizing the evolution of scientific publication models towards providing open access to research results and makes recommendations from an academic standpoint on future action paths. This document has been endorsed by the National Informatics Associations that are members of Informatics Europe at the time of publishing it.

    • ECSS 2022: National Informatics Associations Workshop on "Open Science and the Future of Research Dissemination in Informatics" 
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      Date: October 2022 
      Details: Session description and presentation slides from the ECSS 2022 workshop, held in Hambourg on 26 October 2022.

    • ECSS 2021 Leaders Workshop on "Open Science and its Impact on Research and Career Development" 
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      Date: October 2021 
      Details: Session description and presentation slides from the ECSS 2021 workshop, held in Madrid on 25 October 2021.The workshop talks can be found on our YouTube Channel here.

Open Science: Outcomes

  • ECSS 2025: "Open Science and Open Source" Workshop
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    Date: October 2025 
    Details: Workshop description and presentation slides from the ECSS 2025 workshop, held in Rennes on 29 October 2025.

  • ECSS 2023: "Open Science and Research Assessment" session of the National Informatics Associations Workshop
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    Date: October 2023 
    Details: Session description and presentation slides from the ECSS 2023 workshop, held in Edinburgh on 25 October 2023.

  • "Open Access: Status and Recommendations" Report
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    Date: May 2023 
    Details: A report summarizing the evolution of scientific publication models towards providing open access to research results and makes recommendations from an academic standpoint on future action paths. This document has been endorsed by the National Informatics Associations that are members of Informatics Europe at the time of publishing it.

  • ECSS 2022: National Informatics Associations Workshop on "Open Science and the Future of Research Dissemination in Informatics" 
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    Date: October 2022 
    Details: Session description and presentation slides from the ECSS 2022 workshop, held in Hambourg on 26 October 2022.

  • ECSS 2021 Leaders Workshop on "Open Science and its Impact on Research and Career Development" 
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    Date: October 2021 
    Details: Session description and presentation slides from the ECSS 2021 workshop, held in Madrid on 25 October 2021.The workshop talks can be found on our YouTube Channel here.

Open Science: Resources

Overview of our Education Activities

Fostering high-quality education in Informatics is one of the pillars of Informatics Europe (IE). We have been actively involved in the establishment and advocacy of multiple education initiatives across different education levels. These main activities and outcomes include, but are not limited to: 

Informatics in Schools

IE advocates the full recognition and establishment of Informatics as a foundational discipline in schools across Europe.

Ethics in Informatics Higher Education

IE was a key partner for the Erasmus+ Project Ethics4 EU (2020-2022), and an active member of other activities and expert groups on Ethics & Informatics Education.

Higher Education Data

IE founded and managed the IE Higher Education Data Portal, with data such as university enrolment statistics, academic positions, and salaries, covering over 20 European countries.

Education Research WG

Forum for collaboration to build and maintain a European network of informatics education researchers aiming to establish informatics as a fundamental discipline to be taken by all students in school, recognized by all as a truly foundational discipline that plays a significant role in education for the 21st  century.

Training Schools

Our training schools offer an immersive experience in Informatics Education and Research, aligned with Informatics Europe's mission, and provide valuable learning and networking opportunities. Our Summer School on Informatics Education Research is the only one of its kind in Europe.

Best Practices in Education Award

With this Award, IE promotes outstanding European educational initiatives that improve the quality of informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline. Winning best practices are published on the Award page.

Informatics and other disciplines

IE investigates the Informatics Education trends at universities as well as the role of Informatics in interdisciplinarity curricula across Europe.

ITiCSE

Annual conference on Innovation and Technology in Informatics Education where IE has been part of its steering committee since 2018.


Within the frame of the main activities above, a number of experts selected within our community have been working on specific topics, led and supported by our permanent Education Research Working Group.

See a full list of reports, publications, and materials resulting from IE efforts on Informatics Education activities in the tab “Outcomes” below, and external links to relevant initiatives under the tab “Resources”.

Open Science: Working Group

Current members: 

Past Chairs:

  • Manuel Carro, Technical University of Madrid / IMDEA Software Institute

 

 

Education Research: Resources

Below is a curated selection of initiatives, websites, papers, talks, conferences and blogs related to Informatics Education. While not exhaustive, we welcome suggestions for additional resources—please reach out to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Special thanks to Prof. Jan van Leeuwen for compiling the initial list.

General Reports

Basic Principles

Curriculum Initiatives

Organisational Activities

Teachers Societies

Conferences

Other Resources

Education Research: Outcomes

Informatics Education in Schools

  • Informatics for All Response to the AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education
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    Date: September 2025
    Details: The "Informatics for All" coalition welcomes the AI Literacy Framework as a timely and practical guide for teachers, praising its clear domains and useful classroom scenarios. To maximise impact, it recommends clearer terminology, stronger links to digital competence and Informatics, and a more realistic scope for the “Designing AI” domain.
  • A European Survey on Requirements for the Informatics School Curriculum and Informatics School Teachers’ Education
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    Date: April 2025
    Details: A report presenting findings from a Europe-wide study led by the "Informatics for All" coalition, aimed at identifying shared priorities for informatics education in schools. With input from 28 countries, the study highlights strong consensus on recognizing informatics as an autonomous subject, the need to integrate contemporary topics such as AI and data science, and the importance of specialised teacher training. 
  • ECSS 2022: Education Workshop
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    Date: October 2022 
    Details: Workshop highlights and presentation slides featured in Informatics Europe’s European Computer Science Summit, held in Hamburg on 26 October 2022.
  • Eurydice report "Informatics Education at School in Europe"
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    Date: October 2022
    Details: Coalition member Prof. Enrico Nardelli contributed as Scientific Expert to the Eurydice report, which examines the subjects throughout primary and secondary education, including learning outcomes related to Informatics in 37 European countries (39 education systems). Sonia Piedrafita Tremosa from the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) gave a presentation about the report during the Education Workshop at ECSS 2022. 
  • Report "Designing and Implementing a Concrete Informatics Curriculum for School"
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    Date: June 2022
    Details: This document focuses on pedagogical issues and related concerns that should be considered when using the Informatics Reference Framework for School for the development of concrete curricula.
  • Report "Informatics Reference Framework for School"
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    Date: February 2022
    Details: A report released by the coalition "Informatics for All" which supports the advancement of informatics as a fundamental discipline for the 21st century, while indicating how informatics may become a driver for renewal and innovation of other disciplines. In November 2023, the European Council issued recommendations for improving the provision of digital skills in education and training, taking into account Informatics for All's Informatics Reference Framework for School.
  • ECSS 2020: Diversity in Informatics Research and Education
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    Date: October 2020
    Details: Videos and slides of presentations featured in Informatics Europe’s European Computer Science Summit in 2020.
  • Position Paper: “Educating People for the Digital Age”
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    Date: March 2020
    Details: The paper was prepared as an outcome of the Informatics for All workshop webinar where the Coalition's work was presented and discussed with representatives of the European Commission about their new plans regarding the promotion of Informatics education in Europe at school level.
  • Informatics for All Coalition Action Plan
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    Date: March 2019
    Details: The action plan of the Informatics for All Coalition was developed as an outcome of the workshop. The plan forms the basis of the Coalition activities.
  • Informatics for All 2019 Workshop Report & Presentations
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    Date: February 2019
    Details: The report is the outcome of the workshop held in Brussels where over 50 representatives from leading European universities and industry met.
  • Discussion panel on the Informatics for All Strategy
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    Date: March 2018
    Details: Panel on the Informatics for All Startegy was held in Brussels with leading Informatics educators, computer scientists and European Commission leaders who discussed the initiative, its implementation and the near-term future of Informatics education in Europe.
  • The Informatics for All initiative Strategy Paper
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    Date: February 2018
    Details: The paper is one of the outcomes of the Informatics for All Initiative with the purpose of giving due recognition to Informatics as an essential foundational discipline for education in the 21st century. The paper highlights the need for a two-tier strategy for Informatics education at all levels: (1) informatics as a specialisation, i.e. a fundamental and independent school subject; (2) integration of Informatics with other school subjects. Important recommendations on Informatics, teaching, teacher issues and research are provided.
  • Report: “Informatics Education in Europe: Are We All in The Same Boat?”
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    Date: July 2017
    Details: The report on the state of the art of Informatics, Digital Literacy, and Teacher Training in these disciplines in European schools. Check the supplementary online map for visual and interactive report results.
  • Report: “Informatics Education: Europe cannot afford to miss the boat”
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    Date: April 2013
    Details: The first joint Informatics Europe and ACM Europe working group landmark report. 

Ethics in Informatics Higher Education

  • Report "European Values for Ethics in Digital Technology"
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    Date:     April 2021 
    Details: The first Intellectual Output of the Ethics4EU project, with Informatics Europe as a partner. The report deals with the impact of digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on our societies and the environment at large.
  • Research Report: “Existing Competencies in the Teaching of Ethics in Computer Science Faculties”
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    Date: December 2020
    Details: The research report presents the results of a survey conducted as part of the Ethics4EU project in 2020 on teaching practices for digital ethics across Europe. The report builds upon the previous work by Informatics Europe published in 2019 on requirements for the instruction of digital ethics at European Universities. The report summarizes existing practices and outlines possible approaches for developing the future curricula of digital ethics in Computer Science programs.
  • Research Report: “Ethical/Social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject in Informatics University Degree Programs”
    Summary ¦¦  Full Report
    Date: October 2019
    Details: The report is the first product of the activity of the working group on Ethical/Social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject in Informatics University Degree Programs. It outlines the possible approaches, the state of the art, and suggestions and guidelines for inclusion of topics related to ethics, responsibility and social impacts in Informatics university degree programs.
  • White Paper: “When Computers Decide: Recommendations on Machine-Learned Automated Decision Making”
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    Date: February 2018
    Details: Joint white paper of Informatics Europe Ethics Working Group and ACM Europe on automated decision making (ADM). The white paper reviews the principal implications of the coming widespread adoption of machine-learned automated decision making with a particular emphasis on its technical, ethical, legal, economic, societal and educational ramifications. The authors also give a number of recommendations that policy makers might wish to consider.

Wide Role of Informatics at Universities

  • Report "The Wide Role of Informatics at Universities"
    Summary ¦¦  Full Report
    Date: October 2019
    Details: The report presents the results of the online survey conducted by IE Working Group on the Wide Role of Informatics at Universities. The main goals were to understand the value universities place on interdisciplinary research and teaching, what happens in practice with hiring and supporting interdisciplinary academics, and what structures are in place to support interdisciplinary work. The Data Science’s impact was also examined in detail, given its rapid rise and importance.

CS Higher Education - Data Collection and Reporting

  • Bachelor-Level Informatics Education in Europe: Key Data & Trends, 2018/19 – 2022/23
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    Date: September 2025
    Details: The  report presents key data on Bachelor’s level Informatics education across 24 European countries from 2018/19 to 2022/23. It analyses enrolment (first-year and total), degrees awarded, gender distribution, and the role of different higher education institutions. Based on official national statistics validated by experts, the data is available in the Informatics Europe Higher Education (IEHE) Data Portal. 
  • European Informatics Retention and Graduation Rate Report
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    Date: September 2025
    Details: The report presents the first pan-European analysis of student retention and graduation rates in bachelor-level Informatics programmes. Conducted jointly by Informatics Europe and ACM Europe, it draws on the Informatics Europe Higher Education (IEHE) Data Portal and examines trends across thirteen European countries over the period 2010 to 2023.
  • Informatics Education in Europe: Institutions, Degrees, Students, Positions, Salaries - Key Data Report" Series 
    Date: 2013-2019
    Details: Published annually from 2013 to 2019, report series on Informatics higher education in Europe offer a wealth of fundamental data from institutions awarding degrees in the field, student enrolments, degrees awarded, gender information, academic titles, up to precise and much-needed data about academic salaries across European countries. The series gives unique insights into the state of higher education in Informatics in Europe.

Gender Diversity

Women are underrepresented in STEM. For many fields, the gap starts after graduation, when women enter professional life and progress in their careers. For Informatics (Computer Science, Computing), the gender gap starts much earlier and women remain a distinct minority from studies to the professional life, with the academic career being particularly affected. The lack of women in Informatics research and education and all sectors of Information and Communication Sciences and Technology represents a serious threat not only to the discipline but also to the economic and social development of Europe.  Although the problem is evident, progress has been invariably slow, in spite of all the momentum and impulse for change happening across Europe. 

On this landscape, Informatics Europe was the main proposer and Grant Holder Manager of theeugain logo COST Action "European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics (EUGAIN)" (2020-2024) which aimed at improving gender balance in Informatics through the creation and strengthening of a truly multi-cultural European network of academics working on the forefront of the efforts in their countries, institutions and research communities. To learn more about the COST Action activities and outcomes or get involved in it, visit the EUGAIN website and follow the project on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.  

Until 2020, Informatics Europe’s activities on gender balance in Informatics were coordinated by the Women in Informatics Research and Education (WIRE) Working Group. From 2020 to 2024, most members of the WIRE working group held leadership positions in the EUGAIN COST Action, making part of its Core Group. The annual WIRE Workshop, collocated with the European Computer Science Summit was co-organized with EUGAIN, and the Steering Committee for the Minerva Informatics Equality Award was chaired by an EUGAIN member. As of 2022, European collaboration within Informatics Europe related to gender equality is coordinated within the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group. Please fill in the registrationform if you wish to contribute to it. 

Take a look at the below outcomes and resources to download relevant reports about Gender balance in Informatics.

  • 2022 - Gender equality activities coordinated by the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group.

    2021-2024 - Most WIRE members hold leadership positions in the EUGAIN COST Action. 

    2012-2020 - "Women in Informatics Research and Education" (WIRE) Working Group

    *Note that the affiliation indicated was the one at the time of their participation in the Informatics education activities. Some people have changed affiliation since then.

    • The 2022 and 2023 Gender Equality in Informatics webinar series, aiming to contribute to sharing best practices as well as relevant research about gender equality and diversity in computer science. The series is a way to strengthen both the understanding as well as the action perspective of this topic.

    • Informatics Europe was the main proposer and the Grant Holder in the COST Action “European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics (EUGAIN)” from 2020 to 2024, which created a European network of colleagues working at the forefront of the efforts for gender balance in Informatics in their countries and research communities, eventually across Europe at all levels. The COST Action objectives were divided over five Working Groups (WG): From School to University; From Bachelor/Master to Ph.D.; From Ph.D. to Professor; Cooperation with Industry and Society; Strategy & Dissemination.

    • The annual workshop of the WIRE Working Group organised since 2018 and collocated with the European Computer Science Summit. The first workshop was held in Gothenburg, October 2018; the second - in Rome, October 2019, the third was held online in October 2020.

    • The annual Minerva Informatics Equality Award, first issued in 2016, recognising best practices in Departments or Faculties of European Universities and Research Labs that encourage and support the careers of women in Informatics research and education.

    • Supporting the womENcourage conferences, enabling a number of free registrations for students of Informatics Europe member institutions in several editions. Lynda Hardman, President of Informatics Europe, was a keynote speaker at the ACM-W Europe womENcourage 2016.  

    • Publication in 2016 of the best practice booklet "More Women in Informatics Research and Education". The booklet, now in its second edition, is a compact source of best practices for deans and heads of departments aiming to increase the participation of women in their institution, both as students and as faculty members. Many tips are inspired by colleagues in leading positions who have successfully implemented actions to attract and retain more women in their institution. The booklet is endorsed by the European Commission.
      More Women in Informatics Research and Education

  • Best Practices in Supporting Women: all entries to the Minerva Informatics Equality Award

    Below is a list with European and worldwide initiatives designed to tackle the challenge of gender balance and to increase female representation in Computing. It also includes relevant European initiatives and projects that address the issue of gender imbalance in science in general. This list is a work in progress, more organisations and initiatives will be added incrementaly. If you would like to suggest additions to this list, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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    European Initiatives

    • ACM-W Europe
       ACM-W Europe is a standing committee of ACM Europe and will work to fulfill the ACM-W mission in Europe. The ACM-WE vision is a transformed European professional and scholarly landscape where women are supported and inspired to pursue their dreams and ambitions to find fulfillment in the computing field.
    • DigitalMuse.org
       DigitalMuse.org is a global collaborative network stimulating girls’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and improving their digital skills through creative enterprises such as music & DJ-ing, design & visual arts, video games & software programming, and TV, film & audio production.
    • Equal-IST
       The EQUAL-IST project (Gender Equality Plans for Information Sciences and Technology Research Institutions) aims at introducing structural changes to enhance gender equality in Information Sciences and Technology (IST) research institutions. The project aims to address objectives in relation to gender equality by supporting seven Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) from Northern, Southern and Central European countries, as well as one CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) country in developing and implementing tailored Gender Equality Plans (GEPs).
    • epws - European Platform of Women Scientists
      The European Platform of Women Scientists is an international non-profit organisation that represents the needs, concerns, interests, and aspirations of more than 12.000 women scientists in Europe and beyond.
    • genPort
       GenPORT is a developing online community of practitioners, served by an internet portal and made up of organisations and individuals working across the globe for gender equality and excellence in science, technology or innovation. GenPORT covers all sciences - natural and social sciences, and humanities. GenPORT offers an arena for organisations and individuals to showcase and access the world's best research resources, practical materials, policy briefings, experiences, and much more.
    • Hypatia
       Follow up of the project Science: It's a girl thing! (see below) Hypatia is an EU Horizon 2020 funded project that addresses the challenge of gathering different societal actors around bringing more teenagers, especially girls, into STEM careers both in school and as a choice of learning and career in the future. It aims at changing the ways sciences are communicated to young people in and out of school to make them more gender inclusive.The project will produce a toolkit, work around national hubs and organise a series of events. There will also be a campaign targeting teenagers all around Europe. Called “Expect Everything”, it will build on the results achieved by Science it’s a Girl Thing.
    • Portia
       Portia's is non-profit organization working to help women and men have the same opportunities for engagement and advancement in science, across all science disciplines by: 1) promoting cultures that are collaborative and sensitive to gender issues; 2) ensuring that quality of research and innovation is enhanced by addressing gender issues, where relevant; and 3) showing how new ideas and markets for science knowledge can be created by including women as co-owners and co-solvers of problems facing society. Flagship projects include genSET: gender in science and The Gender Summits: Quality Research and Innovation through Equality.
    • Science: It's a girl thing!
      First phase of the campaign 'Women in Research and Innovation'  created by the European Comission Research & Innovation Directorate designed to encourage more women to choose research careers. The first phase of the campaign, under the slogan "Science: It's a girl thing!", targets high school girls (aged 13-18) especially those who would not normally be interested in pursuing careers in science and research. Through online and face-to-face activities with inspiring women scientist role models, the campaign aims to reach out  teenagers to give real information about the excitement and challenges of being a professional scientist or engineer. The second phase of the campaign is planned to encourage young women, aged 19-25 at university, to choose research as a career.
    • Top Women Tech
      Top Women Tech is an recruiting and networking event, organized twice a year, where around 120 talented and ambitious women meet with 18 top international companies.
    • Women2020.org
       Women2020 is a partnership supported by top-level Belgian and European public and private-sector organizations, whose mission is to promote women's contribution to   achieving the Europe 2020 vision of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Women2020 is a platform for a multi-stakeholder, cross-generational and public-private sector dialogue in the form of a series of high-level, invitation-only gatherings during the course of 2013.

     

    International Initiatives

    • ACM's Women in Computing
      ACM-W supports, celebrates, and advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, providing a wide range of programs and services to ACM members and working in the larger community to advance the contributions of technical women.
    • Gender Summits
      The Gender Summits are a series of interconnected action based conferences held across the globe under the theme "Quality Research and Innovation through Equality". Their aim is to make gender equality the norm     science and to embed gender as a primary dimension of research and innovation quality.The Summits were established in 2011 in Europe. After that 4  Summits were held; bringing together over 2000 participants and 300 speakers and contributors representing expertise and leadership in policy, gender scholarship, science decision making and industry. In 2015  Summits will be held in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

    • Women in Music Information Retrieval (WiMIR)
      The initiative offers a mentoring program, travel grants, and technical workshop to women in Music Information Retrieval (MIR), a subfield of Computer Science. It provides mutual enforcing instruments for recruiting, supporting, and retaining females in the MIR field. The WiMIR mentoring program is organized on a yearly basis, with 4 remote sessions over a period of 6 months between mentor and mentee, so far spanning the continents of Europe, North and South America, Asia and Oceania. The WiMIR travel grants complement the remote nature of the mentoring program by enabling women to attend the yearly ISMIR conference and to meet the MIR community.  The WiMIR workshop, a satellite event of ISMIR, provides a venue for mentorship, networking, and collaboration among women and allies in the ISMIR community, while also highlighting technical work by women in MIR. 
    • Women in Technology International
      WITI was founded  to help women advance by providing access to - and support from - other professional women working in all sectors of technology. WITI started in 1989 as The International Network of Women in Technology and,  in 2001, evolved into The WITI Professional Association, the world's leading trade association for tech-savvy women. Today, WITI is the premiere global organization empowering women in business and technology to achieve unimagined possibilities.

    National Initiatives

    Czech Republic

    • Czechitas
      Non-profit organization made up of young women and men who all share one common goal – to increase diversity in the world of IT and to fight for a higher level of digital proficiency among women and in the new generation. Thousands of women and hundreds of children have already benefited and discovered the world of IT with their help.

    France

    • Femmes et Informatique
      A press review about women and informatics. An initiative from and curated by the Société Informatique de France.
      The SIF is a space for reflection and advise on the stakes of computing; a space for action and expansion of the activities based on the work the community carries out, bringing together all those who are passionate about making informatics move forward.

    The Netherlands

    • IPN EDI (equity, diversity, inclusion) working group
       The IPN EDI (equity, diversity, inclusion) working group strives to improve equity, diversity and inclusion in the Dutch ICT community. The group organizes concrete actions and events in this area and actively discusses EDI-related topics with policy makers, heads of departments and other relevant stakeholders. The working group holds plenary meetings four times per year. It includes representatives from all Dutch universities as well as CWI and NWO.
    • LNVH, the Dutch Network of Women Professors
       The Dutch Network of Women Professors began life informally in the nineties, and became a foundation on the 9th of August 2001. The LNVH is a network of over 1400 female professors and associate professors. Together they represent every discipline and all Dutch Universities. The LNVH aims to promote the proportionate representation of women in academia.
    • VHTO, the Dutch National Expert Organisation on Girls/Women and Science/Technology
      VHTO works in many fronts to increase the involvement of women and girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Many activities and initiatives involve secondary education students, but VHTO has also in more recent years intensified its activities within higher STEM education. VHTO participates in a great variety of international projects and networks and uses knowledge gained from working with partners abroad to bring best practice into the Netherlands as well as sharing Dutch experiences with international relations.

    Spain

    • Red de Mujeres en Informática (MUIN)
      The goal of the network is to change the current situation in which the female participation in Informatics in Spain does not increase. More concretely the goals are:
      • Increase the presence of Informatics female students
      • Strength the professional/academic career of women in Informatics
      • Organize initiatives related to the women in ICT

     UK

    • Athena SWAN Charter
      The Athena SWAN Charter evolved from work between the Athena Project and the Scientific Women’s Academic Network (SWAN) to advance the representation of women in science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics (STEMM).

    • WISE
      WISE's  mission is to increase the gender balance in the UK's STEM workforce, pushing the presence of female employees from 13% as it stands now, to 30% by 2020. Their services are designed to build and sustain the pipeline of female talent in STEM from classroom to boardroom, boosting the talent pool to drive economic growth.

    • Stemettes
      Project to inspire the next generation of females into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) fields by showing them the amazing women already in STEM via a series of panel events, hackathons, exhibitions, and mentoring schemes.

    USA

    • National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
      The National Center for Women & Information Technology is a non-profit community of more than 450 prominent corporations, academic institutions, government agencies, and non-profits working to increase women's participation in technology and computing. NCWIT helps organizations recruit, retain, and advance women from K-12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers by providing community, evidence, and action.

    • Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI)
      Since 1997, ABI has developed tools and programs designed to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women technology leaders. By providing inclusive platforms designed to ensure women’s voices, ideas and spirits will result in higher levels of technical innovation, ABI delivers programs that are changing the world for women and for technology. The Anita Borg Institute seeks to: increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology, and increase the positive impact of technology on the world’s women.

    • CRA-Women
      The goal of the CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is to take positive action to increase the number of women participating in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) research and education at all levels.

    • TechWomen
      Harnessing the power of business, technology and innovation, TechWomen brings emerging women leaders in technology sectors from the Middle East and North Africa together with their American counterparts for a professional mentorship and exchange program at leading companies in the United States. TechWomen is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). TechWomen works to empower women and girls through technology. It connects and supports the next generation of women in technology sectors by providing them the access and opportunity needed to pursue careers in technology. TechWomen strengthens participants’ professional capacity, expands and diversifies networks of technology professionals in the Middle East and North Africa region, fortifies partnerships and increases mutual understanding between key professional groups in the U.S. and the Middle East and North Africa, and expands girls’ interest in tech-based careers by exposing them to women role models in the technology field.

    • The Ada Initiative
      The Ada Initiative is a non-profit organization helping women get and stay involved in open source, open data, open education, and other areas of free and open technology and culture. It supports women in open technology and culture through activities like producing codes of conduct and anti-harassment policies, advocating for gender diversity, teaching allies, and hosting conferences for women in open tech/culture.

    • Dot Diva
      The Dot Diva / New Image for Computing (NIC) initiative is sponsored by WGBH, one of the oldest and most accomplished producers of public media, and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. Dot Diva's mission is to create an exciting and positive image of computing for high school girls. Their nationwide survey revealed that not only do the majority of girls think of computing as "boring" and "hard," but they believe it fails to deliver two crucial benefits: "working with others" and "making a difference in other people's lives." Their ultimate goal is to transform this negative perception.

    • Women Who Code (WWCode)
      WWCode is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers by creating a global, connected community of women in technology. Women Who Code was founded in 2011 and has since grown to exceed 12,000 members spanning 14 countries. The organization is best known for its technical study groups, hack nights, career development, and speaking events featuring influential technology industry experts and investors.

Research Evaluation: Task Forces

2024-2025 - "Informatics Research Evaluation" Report: Second Revision

2017-2018 - "Informatics Research Evaluation" Report

2008-2009 - "Research Evaluation for Computer Science" Report

  • Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zurich (Chair)
  • Christine Choppy, University of Paris 13
  • Jørgen Staunstrup, IT University of Copenhagen
  • Jan van Leeuwen, University of Utrecht

*Note that the affiliation indicated was the one at the time of their participation in the Informatics education activities. Some people have changed affiliation since then.

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