Bringing together the latest research among various communities of practice, this volume reflects upon the knowledge, experience and practice gained through taking a unique community of practice approach to fostering gender equality in the sectors of research and innovation, and higher education in Europe and beyond.

1. Introduction: Reflecting on a Community of Practice approach to institutional change for a greater gender equality in R&I and HE - Policy and practice 2. Can a Community of Practice foster institutional change for gender equality?: Conceptualising 'Community of Political Practice'3. The development of the Gender Equality Audit and Monitoring survey4. Co-creation Methods for Communities of Practice: Towards institutional change 5. Communities of Practice and gender equality: Fostering structural change in research and academia in Central and Eastern Europe 6. Alternative infrastructure for gender equality in academic institutions in Slovenia: Community of Practice approach 7. Disciplinary Communities of Practice for a greater gender equality in physics & life sciences 8. A gender budgeting Community of Practice and targeted implementation projects: A potential to challenge gender biases in decision-making in research organisations? 9. Sustainability and gender equality: A co-creation and Communities of Practice approach 10. Benefits and limits of a CoP approach to promote gender equality in R&I11. Scaling up: From Communities of Practice to the three ERA gender equality and mainstreaming objectives: careers, decision-making and integrating the gender dimension into research and educational content12. Concluding remarks: Towards Communities of Practice for greater gender equality