Nyhetslista
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New book on gender inequalities in tech-driven research and innovation
2022-09-27
Putting the spotlight on the lived experiences of women working in tech-driven research and innovation areas in the Nordic countries, this new volume explores why, despite numerous programmes, women continue to constitute a minority in these sectors.... -
Ny distanskurs: Genus, sexualiteter och kroppar
2022-09-09
Från och med vårterminen 2023 erbjuder vi kursen Genus, sexualiteter och kroppar 7,5hp som distanskurs på halvfart. Hur kan vi se på kroppar och sexualiteter? Vad står trans för och vad innebär kroppsnormativitet? Dessa frågor och mycket annat diskut... -
Multispecies intersectionality - Andrea Petitt on how power intersects within and across species
2022-09-02
Researcher Andrea Petitt takes part in a conversation about multispecies intersectionality theory. ... -
Who becomes a biologist? New thesis on norms and identity-building in higher education biology
2022-05-17
In Sweden and many other European countries, the number of women in higher biology education at bachelor's level is around 60-70%. When you reach professor’s level, however, the number has dropped to around 30%. What is happening on the way? Why does... -
New thesis on women in biological research careers in Mozambique
2022-05-11
In a new study on women in biological research careers in Mozambique, Juvêncio Manuel Nota looks at two public universities in order to explore what obstacles women experience in their biology career trajectories. Through qualitative interviews with ... -
New book review editors for lambda nordica
2022-05-06
Front cover of lambda nordica, vol. 26:4-1 (2021) SKEV As of 2022 Marie Dalby, Matilda Lindgren and Sara Salminen – all active at the Centre for Gender Research – are the new book review editors for the peer-reviewed, open access academic jou... -
Staff profile: Öznur Karakas
2022-04-20
Öznur Karakaş is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Gender Research working on a project where she is analysing gender dynamics in the national Swedish e-science platform eSSENCE. Öznur has a background in philosophy and earned her PhD at Un... -
Academics from Mozambique visit the Centre
2022-04-05
Between 12 and 19 March 2022 the Centre for Gender Research had a visit from a delegation of Mozambican academics from the University Eduardo Mondelane (UEM) in Maputo. ... -
From physics teacher education to engineering education - new project for Johanna Larsson
2022-02-11
Johanna Larsson, previous PhD student at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Centre for Gender Research, starts a new postdoc position at Chalmers University of Technology. ... -
Guest researcher profile: Ingvill Stuvøy
2022-02-03
Ingvill Stuvøy is a sociologist and gender scholar, based in Trondheim, Norway, and visiting Uppsala this Spring semester. She is currently working on developing a project on the marketization of reproduction in Norway. ... -
Guest researcher profile: Whitney Johnson
2022-02-03
Whitney Johnson is a guest researcher from Chicago, USA. Her research is within the field of gender, technology and auditory culture, and she will be based at the Centre for Gender Research January-March 2022. ... -
Nätverk om kulturarv beviljas stöd från CIRCUS
2021-12-10
Nätverket Heritage Transformations beviljades nyligen stöd för en tvåårsperiod av Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Science (CIRCUS). Nätverket leds av Cecilia Rodéhn, docent i kulturvård vid Centrum för genusvetenskap. ... -
Helena Wahlström Henriksson medverkar i en interaktiv helkväll om julen
2021-12-02
Helena Wahlström Henriksson, professor i genusvetenskap, föreläser om vad familj och jul med familjen kan betyda, som en del av den interaktiva helkvällen Julen vid Norrlandsoperan. ... -
Jenny Björklund blir professor i genusvetenskap
2021-11-26
Grattis till Jenny Björklund som nyligen har blivit befordrad till professor i genusvetenskap! ... -
Guest researcher profile: Emilie Moberg
2021-11-19
From 1 September and six months onwards Emilie Moberg works as a guest researcher at the Centre for Gender Research. Her current research is focused on children's bodily, affective and knowledge-producing encounters with more-than-human species in ea... -
Guest researcher profile: Jami Weinstein
2021-11-15
This autumn Jami Weinstein joins the Centre for Gender Research as a guest researcher working on a project called "Epigenetics and the Animal-Human Interface". ... -
New project on how experimental practices shape learning processes receives funding
2021-11-12
A new project on how experimental practices in the natural sciences shape learning processes has received funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR). ... -
New postdoc position for Katerina Günter
2021-11-11
Congratulations to Katerina Günter, PhD student in gender studies at the Centre for Gender Research, who has accepted a postdoctoral position at San Fransisco State University. Starting in the summer of 2022, shortly after her thesis defence, she wil... -
Nicole Ovesen defends her thesis on violence and help-seeking in lesbian and queer relationships
2021-09-09
On 10 September Nicole Ovesen from the Centre for Gender Research defended her thesis, Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking in Lesbian and Queer Relationships: Challenging Recognition. ... -
Close Relations: Family, Kinship and Beyond
2021-08-31
The most recent book in the Crossroads of Knowledge book series, Close Relations: Family, Kinship and Beyond, explores close relations from several different perspectives. The anthology offers chapters on a wide range of topics within the field of fa... -
Därför lämnar romaners mammor sin familj
2021-07-19
Mammor som lämnar sin familj är inte ett nytt tema i skönlitteratur. Men anledningen till att de bryter upp har förändrats. Det handlar inte längre om bristande jämställdhet och vilja att arbeta utan mer om att känna sig kvävd av kärnfamiljen, av bar... -
Fittskrift – en antologi om fittor
2021-07-02
Nu lanseras en bok om fittor för att göra det mindre pinsamt att prata om just fittor och öka kunskapen om fittors anatomi, sexuella funktion och roll i samhället. Medverkar gör bland andra Renita Sörensdotter, lektor i genusvetenskap vid Centrum för... -
Johanna Larsson defends her thesis on trainee teacher identities in the discourses of physics teacher education
2021-05-24
On 4 June 2021 Johanna Larsson, PhD student at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Centre for Gender Research, defends her PhD thesis 'Trainee teacher identities in the discourses of physics teacher education: Going against the flow of u... -
Researchers from the Centre on Nordic gender equality
2021-05-21
Jenny Björklund and Gabriele Griffin from the Centre for Gender Research, are quoted in an article in UK-based political and cultural magazine New Statesman. ... -
Symposium: Gender Studies in the Time of a Global Pandemic
2021-04-21
On April 29-30 2021, the European Journal of Women's Studies hosts a virtual symposium on the theme of Gender Studies in the Time of a Global Pandemic: Key Themes, Critical Issues, Challenges & Opportunities. Registration is free and open to the publ...
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