Both global and EU level developments affect the way we live now and how we will live in the future. What’s a realistic outlook from where we stand now? A world where gender equality has been achieved or a world where gender equality still has a way to go? What key issues do we need to put on the table?

Take 15 minutes to join us for a look into the future. What does it look like? What stands out? Your views will help inform and shape EU Gender Equality policymaking and EIGE’s future work.

As the EU’s knowledge centre on gender equality, EIGE aims to improve its preparedness for possible future developments and to provide better understanding of the potential impacts these developments may have on the future of gender equality. Accordingly, EIGE is using foresight activities and techniques to facilitate dialogues and strategies to inform EIGE’s work and support the Institute in defining future priorities.

As a part of its foresight activities, EIGE held a co-creation workshop in June 2023 over two half-days with the representatives of EU Member States to discuss key megatrends and other factors that may impact the future of gender equality in the EU, and to consider possible strategic avenues for EIGE regarding these trends. As an outcome of this workshop, five key trends emerged as being especially impactful on the future of gender equality in the EU until 2040. These are:

  • Changing nature of work (including the aspects of skills and care economy)
  • Climate change and environmental degradation (and especially the Twin Transition of climate change and digitalization)
  • Accelerating technological change and hyperconnectivity (i.e., automation and AI / technology revolution, gender bias in AI, the role of social media communicating disinformation)
  • Increasing influence of new governing systems (closely linked with changing security paradigm)
  • Diversifying inequalities (including demographic change and migration)

In this survey we aim to build upon these results with a wider audience to collect a larger evidence base.

The overall objective of this survey is to enable respondents to provide relevant input into EIGE’s strategic foresight activities, which aim to prepare the EU and Member States for, and anticipate the impact of, possible future developments that may affect gender equality.

For respondents: The survey includes three questions and takes around 15 minutes to complete, with the option to answer three additional questions. The survey is open until 1st December 2023. When responding, there are no “right or wrong” answers. Thus, please answer to the best of your knowledge - we are interested in your personal assessment and a wide variety of views.

Upon request, we will share a summary of results with you.

Thank you in advance for your contribution.