Rita Bencivenga
Biographic Data
| ID | 6326324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rita Bencivenga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Bencivenga |
| SIGNATURE | BENCIVENGA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Genoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6298-141X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Preparing for Intersectional Perspectives: Challenges in Academic Employment Practice
This paper explores the potential for aligning theoretical approaches and good practices for intersectional approaches to recruitment and career development in academia, focusing on a European university alliance comprising eight institutions. The study applies a participatory approach that includes comparative analysis and stakeholder engagement to assess how institutional practices can become more inclusive. The findings highlight structural ba…
Gender Equality Plans in European Research Performing Organisations
This thematic issue explores diverse perspectives on the experiences of European research performing organisations (RPOs) and their stakeholders in designing, implementing, and evaluating Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in practice. The 16 articles included apply a wide range of methodologies, from single organisation case studies to international comparative qualitative and quantitative analyses. To address the complexities of whether and how GEPs …
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategies Adopted in a European University Alliance to Facilitate the Higher Education-to-Work Transition
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted higher education, imposing the need to add new strategies to academic educational models to facilitate young people’s transitions from education to work. Among the new challenges, the research study focuses on the importance of valuing and incrementing inclusion, raising awareness of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategies and policies. Many universities have yet to develop inclusive processes and c…
Promoting gender equality and structural change in academia through gender equality plans: Harmonising EU and national initiatives
Gender equality has been actively promoted in EU academic institutions by the European Commission’s Science with and for Society (SwafS) programme through the implementation of gender equality plans (GEP). GEP formulation and implementation was strongly influenced by involvement in EU projects in Irish as well as Italian higher education institutions. The paper draws upon experience of the EU project SAGE (H2020), in which Irish and Italian unive…
Women, Disability, and Culture
Translating the initial assessment of migrants’ informal learning in practice
This research contributes to critical literature in the field of recognition of prior learning and skills. It frames the idea of the initial assessment as a tool for selecting and orienteering migrants in their further learning and/or training paths, considering the influence of the training background and personal beliefs of the personnel, who design and perform assessments. Using sociology of translation perspective, I observed how the idea of …
Gender Equality Plans in European Research Performing Organisations
This thematic issue explores diverse perspectives on the experiences of European research performing organisations (RPOs) and their stakeholders in designing, implementing, and evaluating Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in practice. The 16 articles included apply a wide range of methodologies, from single organisation case studies to international comparative qualitative and quantitative analyses. To address the complexities of whether and how GEPs …
Translating the initial assessment of migrants’ informal learning in practice
This research contributes to critical literature in the field of recognition of prior learning and skills. It frames the idea of the initial assessment as a tool for selecting and orienteering migrants in their further learning and/or training paths, considering the influence of the training background and personal beliefs of the personnel, who design and perform assessments. Using sociology of translation perspective, I observed how the idea of …
Translating the initial assessment of migrants’ informal learning in practice
This research contributes to critical literature in the field of recognition of prior learning and skills. It frames the idea of the initial assessment as a tool for selecting and orienteering migrants in their further learning and/or training paths, considering the influence of the training background and personal beliefs of the personnel, who design and perform assessments. Using sociology of translation perspective, I observed how the idea of …
Women, Disability, and Culture
Promoting gender equality and structural change in academia through gender equality plans: Harmonising EU and national initiatives
Gender equality has been actively promoted in EU academic institutions by the European Commission’s Science with and for Society (SwafS) programme through the implementation of gender equality plans (GEP). GEP formulation and implementation was strongly influenced by involvement in EU projects in Irish as well as Italian higher education institutions. The paper draws upon experience of the EU project SAGE (H2020), in which Irish and Italian unive…
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategies Adopted in a European University Alliance to Facilitate the Higher Education-to-Work Transition
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted higher education, imposing the need to add new strategies to academic educational models to facilitate young people’s transitions from education to work. Among the new challenges, the research study focuses on the importance of valuing and incrementing inclusion, raising awareness of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategies and policies. Many universities have yet to develop inclusive processes and c…
Gender Equality Plans in European Research Performing Organisations
This thematic issue explores diverse perspectives on the experiences of European research performing organisations (RPOs) and their stakeholders in designing, implementing, and evaluating Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in practice. The 16 articles included apply a wide range of methodologies, from single organisation case studies to international comparative qualitative and quantitative analyses. To address the complexities of whether and how GEPs …
Preparing for Intersectional Perspectives: Challenges in Academic Employment Practice
This paper explores the potential for aligning theoretical approaches and good practices for intersectional approaches to recruitment and career development in academia, focusing on a European university alliance comprising eight institutions. The study applies a participatory approach that includes comparative analysis and stakeholder engagement to assess how institutional practices can become more inclusive. The findings highlight structural ba…
Sociology (4 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (3 works) · Alliance (2 works) · Business (2 works) · European union (2 works) · Gender equality (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Intersectionality (2 works) · Law (2 works)