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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...
Reykjavík Dialogue International Conference
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
Rikos ja rakkaus – Homoseksuaalisuuden dekriminalisointi -verkkonäyttely (04....
Verkkonäyttely on esillä toistaiseksi
Koulutusta turvapaikanhakijoihin kohdistuvasta sukupuolistuneesta väkivallasta ...
11.11. ja 13.1.2022 klo 8:30–16
Työpaja sukupuolitietoisesta toiminnasta liikunta- ja urheiluseuroille (09.12.2...
Torstaina 9.12.2021 klo 17:00 - 19:30 verkossa
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
Final Seminar 2021
The presentations of the final assignments of the 2021 cohort of the Gender Equality Studies and Training programme (GRÓ GEST) will take place on Monday, December 6, at the lecture hall in Veröld (VHV-023), University of Iceland, from 8:50 am – 3...
Final Seminar 2021
The presentations of the final assignments of the 2021 cohort of the Gender Equality Studies and Training programme (GRÓ GEST) will take place on Monday, December 6, at the lecture hall in Veröld (VHV-023), University of Iceland, from 8:50 am – 3...
Short Course on Gender and Climate Change in Malawi
Today, a short course on Gender, Environment and Climate Change was completed in Mchinji district in Malawi. The short course was developed through a collaboration of GRÓ-GEST and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR).