Ayşe Gül Altınay 
RESpondIng to outbreakS through co-creaTIve inclusive equality stRatEgies (2021-2023)
Project Team: Ayşe Gül Altınay (PI and Researcher), Nazlı Türker (Project Specialist and Researcher), Pınar Ensari (Project Specialist and Researcher), Hülya Adak (Researcher), Ayşecan Terzioğlu (Researcher), Kristen Sarah Biehl (Researcher), Zeynep Gülru Göker (Researcher), Aslı İkizoğlu Erensu (Researcher, 1st Cycle)
EU Horizon 2020 RESISTIRÉ (RESpondIng to outbreaks through co-creaTIve sustainable inclusive equality stRatEgies) began in April 2021, after being selected from among 162 applications that were submitted to an open call by the European Commission on the COVID 19 Pandemic. Coordinated by European Science Foundation and represented by Sabancı University in Turkey, RESISTIRÉ brings together 10 partners from 9 countries in a multidisciplinary consortium: European Science Foundation (France), Örebro University (Sweden), Yellow Window (Belgium), Oxford Brooks University (United Kingdom), Knowledge & Innovation (Italy), Technological University Dublin (Ireland), Sabanci University (Turkey), Universidad de Deusto (Spain), Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic), and Sciensano (Belgium). The project aims to understand the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and its policy responses on behavioural, social, and economic inequalities in 31 countries (EU-27 plus Iceland, UK, Serbia and Turkey) on the basis of a conceptual gender+ framework and to work towards individual and societal resilience. This is achieved by mapping and collecting data, and by analysing, and translating these insights into solutions to be deployed by policymakers, stakeholders and actors in the field in different policy domains. RESISTIRÉ proposes a three-cycle approach. Each cycle involves:
Extensive mapping of policy and societal responses to COVID-19, secondary survey data, workshops with civil society, interviews with public authorities, and individual narratives collected from precarious and vulnerable groups, and translated into operational insights.
Development of adequate responses and operational tools from a holistic perspective, with a co-design approach involving multiple stakeholders, with recommendations for actions for policymakers, stakeholders and actors in the field.
Launch of pilot actions to demonstrate the potential impact of a range of proposed solutions.
Dissemination of knowledge, development of policy recommendations and empowerment of stakeholders to exploit project results.
Website: https://resistire-project.eu
Social Media: Twitter: @Resistire_EU, Facebook: resistire.EU, Linkedin: resistire-project
RESISTIRE First Cycle Recommendations
EU Horizon Tweet on RESISTIRÉ policy recommendation on gender-based violence (March 8, 2022, International Women’s Day)
EU Horizon Tweet on RESISTIRÉ policy recommendation on gender equality in the healthcare sector (April 7, 2022, World Health Day)