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RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference is a leading institute in the field of women’s, gender and equality research in Iceland. Founded in 1991, RIKK promotes interdisciplinary gender research and the dissemination of research results and information.
Keynote: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun, will give a keynote talk in the Large Hall of Háskólabíó / University Cinema on Friday 10 September at 14.00. The lecture is a part of The Reykjavík International Literary...
The Reykjavík Dialogue: International Conference and Activist Meeting
The Reykjavík Dialogue is an international event that is held both virtually and in-person in Harpa Reykjavík, if conditions allow, to support activist leadership, with victim-survivors centre stage. It is hosted by the Icelandic government in co-operation with the...
Local Government in the Pandemic. Does Gender Make the Difference?
The Centre for Gender Studies (Panteion University) in collaboration with RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference (University of Iceland) and the Center for Gender Research (Norwegian University of Science and Technology -NTNU) invites you to the 5th...
LECTURE SERIES
The RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference Lecture Series allows scholars to present and discuss new research in the field of gender and equality studies. The lecture series aims for an interdisciplinary approach with diverse themes and topics. The lecture series in spring is organized in cooperation with the GEST Programme. The lectures are at noon, usually on Thursdays at the lecture hall of the National Museum of Iceland. The Lecture Series is held in partnership with the National Museum of Iceland and the lectures are conducted in either English or Icelandic.
EVENTS
RIKK organises conferences, symposiums and other events in the field.
GENDER CALENDAR
Open call: Nordic Research Initiative on sexual harassment, Open Call 2 (28.08.2...
This Open Call 2 for initiating practice-oriented research in collaboration with working life actors specifically aims to add new practice-oriented knowledge for prevention and intervention relevant for combating sexual harassment in working life in ...
Utlysning: Nordisk LGBTI-fond 2021 (01.09.2021 - 30.09.2021 00:00-14:00, Onlin...
Projects that contribute to work for equal rights, equal treatment and equal opportunities for LGBTI people in the Nordic countries can apply for financing from the Fund.
Open call: Nordic LGBTI Fund 2021 (01.09.2021 - 30.09.2021 00:00-14:00, Online...
Projects that contribute to work for equal rights, equal treatment and equal opportunities for LGBTI people in the Nordic countries can apply for financing from the Fund.
NEWS FROM EDDA – RESEARCH CENTER
International Conference: Democracy in a Digital Future
The digital era is changing the terms on which democracies operate. The Prime Minister’s Office of Iceland hosts an international conference on the challenges of digital technologie...
A virtual symposium to celebrate the publication of The Routledge Handbook of th...
A virtual symposium to celebrate the publication of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of The #MeToo Movement, edited by Giti Chandra and Irma Erlingsdóttir, will be held on Th...
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions is an online conference on the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents and its consequences that are bound to be enormous: Economies may collapse, political leadership will com...
NEWS FROM GEST
Open Lecture: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun, will give an open lecture in the Large Hall of Háskólabíó – University Cinema on Friday, 10 September at 2 pm. The lecture is a part of The Reykjavík Inte...
GEST Welcomes the 2021 Cohort
It was with a great pleasure that the GEST team welcomed its 2021 cohort to Iceland in August. The fellows arrived over a period of two weeks, and the teaching started on the 13th of August, after three days of orientation that was partially online. ...
GRÓ GEST facilitates Teaching Gender to Youth with Girls of A Feather, St. Luci...
GRÓ GEST had the pleasure of facilitating a two-day online version of the short course Teaching Gender to Youth, in partnership with Girls of A Feather in St. Lucia on 12-13 July.