Gendered Innovations

Gendered Innovations is an approach that integrates sex, gender, and intersectional analysis into research and development, with the goal of making science and technology more equitable and sustainable.
The Center for DEI actively works to promote and disseminate the concept of Gendered Innovations across the university.
This page introduces key resources and information to help researchers understand Gendered Innovations and apply these perspectives in their own research and development.

Videos

Tohoku University DEI Symposium (November 17, 2024)

Keynote Lecture: “Gendered Innovations: Adding Value to Science and technology”

Prof. Londa Schiebinger (John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, Stanford University)

Panel Discussion: “Leveraging Diversity for Innovation”

Courses

Since Academic Year 2023, Tohoku University has been offering an intensive online course jointly organized with Ochanomizu University and the University of Tokyo as part of a three-university collaborative program. (Starting in Academic Year 2024, the course has been accredited for credit transfer.)This course consists of eight lectures and seven online group sessions designed to bridge the humanities and sciences. Students have the opportunity to learn about the latest academic developments in Gendered Innovations and to engage in inter-university discussions with peers from the University of Tokyo and Ochanomizu University.

Domestic and International Resources

This section provides key websites, publications, and reference materials to help researchers understand and apply Gendered Innovations in research and development.

Domestic Resources

A comprehensive website containing AMED’s survey reports, summaries of domestic and international policies, an overview of the SAGER Guidelines, and materials and videos from related events.

A survey report covering Gendered Innovations policies and initiatives in eight countries and regions. Available as a printed volume and free PDF download.

A collection of articles from Nature on biological sex differences and gender disparities.

The first book published in Japan on Gendered Innovations. Asst. Prof. Soto Tsuruta co-edited the volume and authored Chapter 1 (“Gendered Innovations as a Responsibility”), and Prof. Narie Sasaki authored Chapter 4 (“Gendered Innovations in Life Sciences”).

Prof. Narie Sasaki contributed a section titled “Gendered Innovations in Science and Technology” in Chapter 3.

International Resources

The official website of Gendered Innovations, presenting definitions of sex, gender, and intersectional analysis, as well as numerous case studies showing how such analyses lead to new discoveries and innovations.

Guidelines for considering and reporting sex and gender in research.

A guide for incorporating intersectional analysis into research design and practice.

A report by an expert group convened by the European Commission, providing guidance for the Horizon Europe Framework Programme.

A follow-up policy review by the European Commission expert group, offering concrete policy recommendations and guidance for the Horizon Europe Framework Programme.

Domestic Research Grants (Including completed or closed calls)

A list of domestic research grants related to Gendered Innovations.

Provider: AMED
Research targeting women-specific health issues and shared health challenges particularly relevant to women’s well-being.

Providers: AMED-CREST, PRIME
Research that elucidates the mechanisms underlying inter-individual differences, sex differences, and intra-individual variation in health status and disease; achieves fine-grained stratification of disease states and constructs individual-level predictive models; and aims to develop treatment and prevention technologies optimized for each individual.

Provider: SECOM Science and Technology Foundation
Research addressing health issues that can occur regardless of sex but may exhibit sex-related differences.