In this blog, the author talks about some key terms that one would often come across in postcolonial feminist readings. Before we dive into those key terms, it is pertinent to first understand what postcolonial and postcolonial feminism means. As the term ‘post’ indicates, postcolonialism has a chronological meaning which is often interpreted as after being colonized or a post-independence time.
In Part 2 of the interview with our ESRs, Andrea Kocis, Kezia Olive, Hanna Szabo, Serena Haines, Tatjana Graf, Shannon O’Rourke and Ana-Nzinga Weiss talk about the main focus of their research as well as reveal what they found especially intriguing or worth mentioning during their work.
In this podcast, Hanna Szabó (she/her) and Shannon O’Rourke (she/her) discuss how authenticity features in their PhD research. While Hanna and Shannon are researching different social worlds of LGBTQ people, both of their work engages with questions around what it means to show up as your “full self” in a number of different contexts.
According to recent studies, approximately 60% of employees and students at universities experience sexual and/or gender-related harassment (UNI-SAFE). A look at the statistical predictors of harassment reveals that the numbers in the university context are not randomly high.
Rosandra has recently completed her PhD in social cognitive psychology at the University of Trieste, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Andrea Carnaghi and she has begun a postdoctoral position under Prof. Mauro Bianchi.
In this interview, our ESRs Yirou Fang, Mary Ann Ciosk, Vladislav Krivoshchekov, Sofia Elena Bracco, Clara Plückelmann, Rasika Mahajan and Federica Case talk about the main focus of their research as well as reveal what they found especially intriguing or worth mentioning during their work.
As I am in the reporting period of my non-academic secondment, let me share my reflections on how much the opportunity benefited me as a growing researcher: I was challenged to re-imagine what it means to do research. Let me tell you the story.
Imagine that you want to buy a toy for a child. You get into a toy store and a toy store employee asks if they can help you. What information would you provide in order to find the best toy within the planned budget? Child’s age, interests… and probably their gender?
We, that is Tatjana Graf and Rasika Mahajan, attended a workshop on “doing feminist, gender, and diversity research in and around organizations” organised by Aalto University in Helsinki in March 2023. As we found ourselves discussing and exchanging inspiring content also after arriving back in our home university, we want to share our reflections in this blog post.
The Nordic countries seem to enjoy a reputation as champions in the area of gender equality, and research seems to confirm this: There are four Nordic countries among the top five counties with the smallest gender gap listed in the Global Gender Gap Report (Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden). Similarly, on the European Gender Equality Index, which gives each country a score ranging from 1 to 100, Sweden receives the highest score of 83.9 and both Denmark (77.8) and Finland (75.4) are among the top scorers (EIGE, 2022).
In this podcast episode, G-Versity researcher Ana-Nzinga Weiß speaks with Miriam Siemon. Miriam is a PhD student in the field of Gender Media Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Next to that she is politically active in the feminist working group of the Green Party in Berlin.
Who are you? To answer this question, you need to gather all your identities, evaluate them, and decide on their ranking. This ranking can be dynamic. It can change as the surrounding environment and culture change. You could be one person in your home city, yet a completely different person in a country oceans away.
Welcome to the Social Psychology Glossary!
In these posts, I will explain Social Psychology terms and theories and add some examples from research.
Today we will explain what Attributional and Explanatory Styles are.
Let’s start!
In March I had the opportunity to travel to Uppsala, a tiny university town close to Stockholm (Sweden), to meet Queer Theory luminary Jack Halberstam. Uppsala University’s Center for Gender Studies had in fact organized a Queer Studies symposium titled Thinking Wildly with Jack Halberstam. But who is Jack Halberstam? And how can one think wildly?
Doing a PhD involves engaging in an ongoing learning process; always trying to build on your existing knowledge. You often need to learn things on the fly, or teach yourself new skills to progress to the next stage of your project. Usually, this is a gradual process, but recently I had the opportunity to attend …
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In this podcast episode, Shannon O’Rourke (she/her) speaks to Helen Bowie (they/she) about what drew them to work in the LGBT+ sector, and particularly the LGBT+ Consortium, national (UK) specialist infrastructure group that supports LGBT+ groups and organizations (see: Consortium).
During my non-academic secondment, I worked together with Elizabeth Pollitzer from PORTIA, who is also involved in another EU project dedicated to the fair energy transition. Extending my research on emotionality in organizational diversity statements, we researched how European companies listed in the STOXX 600 stock index communicate about the relationship between environmental sustainability and gender inequality.
In this video, ESR Tatjana Graf reflects on her personal “day-to-day” experiences, struggles and thoughts as a Marie Curie fellow. Tatjana highlights the challenge of balancing work-related travel for collaborations, data collection and secondment with visiting family and friends in different countries.
Twisting the well-known conjunction fallacy to reveal our reliance on race and sexual orientation stereotypes
“One of the most important things is solidarity between women”.
I don’t think there is another sentence that has burned itself into my consciousness more than this call for solidarity during my Bachelor’s degree in European Ethnology. Discussing the effects of capitalism, power imbalance, and gender inequality in everyday life, my professors emphasized the importance of solidarity as a form of empathy, support and awareness of different needs and life situations, to counteract the inequality-creating structures of society.
