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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.
A virtual symposium to celebrate the publication of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of The #MeToo Movement
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 Thursday 3 December 2020, 16.00-17.30 GMT. The book identifies thematic and theoretical...
Evaluation of Bjarkarhlíð – Center for Adult Survivors of Violence
RIKK has published an evaluation of Bjarkarhlíð – Center for Adult Survivors of Violence, a cooperative project between the City of Reykjavík, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Reykjavík Metropolitan Police, the Women’s Shelter,...
Climate Change, Gender Equality and Development Cooperation
Auður H. Ingólfsdóttir is the third lecturer of the RIKK and GEST Lecture Series for Spring 2020 with a lecture entitled “Climate Change, Gender Equality and Development Cooperation.” The lecture will be held Thursday 5 March, 12:00-13:00, at the Lecture Hall of the...
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. Program.
EVENTS
RIKK organises conferences, symposiums and other events in the field.
GENDER CALENDAR
Digital PhD course: Institutional Ethnography (07.12.2020 - 08.12.2020, Online)
This PhD course, offered by the Centre for Gender Research, gives an introduction to Institutional Ethnography (IE). It will explore core concepts of IE, and engage with methodological tools and procedures for exploring organised social interaction.
PhD-stafett 2020 (07.12.2020 09:00-14:00, Online)
Senter for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning (SKOK) ved UiB inviterer alle interesserte Ph.D.-kandidater til et tverrfaglig Ph.D-seminar mandag 7. desember
Queerseminarium: Trans and Sex Change in Contemporary Iran:A Socio-legal Study o...
Zara Saeidzadeh completed her doctoral degree in Gender Studies at Örebro University in 2020. In her doctoral thesis, she examines the lives of trans people who undergo sex-change surgery in Iran from a socio-legal perspective. She now teaches and w...
NEWS FROM EDDA – RESEARCH CENTER
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 Thursday 3 December 2020, 16.00-17.30 GMT. The book identifies ...
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...
SOGIE workshop
People who flee persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression (SOGIE) constitute a particularly vulnerable group of migrants in both asylum and in...
NEWS FROM GEST
GEST Director Awarded for her Contributions to the University of Iceland
It is an honour to announce that Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, Director of the Gender Equality Studies and Training programme (GEST) was awarded today by the Rector of the University of Iceland for her outstanding professional contributions to the Univers...
The Launch of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement
GEST is proud to announce the virtual launch of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement at 1600/4pm GMT on 3 December 2020. The handbook is edited by GEST staff Dr. Giti Chandra and Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir.
‘The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement’ published!
GEST is proud to share that ‘The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement’, edited by GEST staff Dr. Giti Chandra and Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, will be published on 30 November 2020.