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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.
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...
RIKK and GEST Lecture Series Spring 2020
RIKK and the GEST Programme Lecture Series in spring 2020 is devoted to gender and climate change. The lecture series is held in partnership with the National Museum of Iceland. The lectures take place at noon, usually on Thursdays, in the Museum’s Lecture Hall, and...
Climate Crisis and „the Logic of Masculinist Protection“
Ole Martin Sandberg is the first lecturer of the RIKK and GRÓ-GEST Lecture Series for Spring 2020 with a lecture entitled “Climate Crisis and “the Logic of Masculinist Protection.”” The lecture will be held Thursday 23 January, 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
Tredagarskurs i Malmö om våld i nära relationer (02.12.2020, Malmö)
Nu erbjuder Jämställdhetsmyndigheten tillsammans med Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola en tredagarskurs om mäns våld mot kvinnor och våld i nära relationer, med fokus på särskild utsatthet.
Konference om ’the manosphere’ (25.11.2020)
Konferencen skal formidle den seneste viden på området og skabe dialog mellem fagpersoner, myndigheder og beslutningstagere.
Feminist theories, methodologies and epistemologies in research processes (24.11...
Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at UiT The Arctic University of Norway welcomes applications to course on feminist and gender epistemologies, theories and methodologies. Application deadline June 1th/September 1th.
NEWS FROM EDDA – RESEARCH CENTER
First ReNEW Summer School kicked off today at the University of Iceland
Fourteen students from Sweden, Finland, Poland, Denmark and Iceland were ready in their seats this morning, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first lecturer at the ReNEW Summer School 2019, which kicked off today at the University of Iceland in col...
Legacies of 1918: Sovereignty, New States and the Collapse of Empires after the ...
To mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, a symposium – sponsored by the EDDA Research Center and the Institute of History at the University of Iceland (UI) in cooperation with the French and German Embassies in Reykjavik – will be...
“States of Exception” and the Politics of Anger
The EDDA Research Center, in cooperation with the ReNEW Excellence Hub, hosts an international conference—to be held at the University of Iceland on 19–20 October 2018—on emergency politics. It brings together scholars in diverse academic fi...
NEWS FROM GRÓ–GEST
GEST joins GRÓ - Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal C...
After many years of collaboration, the United Nations University and the GEST programme are parting ways. They do so along with the other three Icelandic UNU programmes (FTP, GTP and LRT). The four programmes and the United Nations Educational, Scien...
10-Year Anniversary Seminar in Nairobi
This week on December 16-18, the GEST Programme celebrates its 10-year anniversary at the Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development Nairobi in collaboration with the UNESCO Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST) and the Kenya National...
A Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls: Ambassador‘s Dialogue with GES...
Last week, GEST alumni in Uganda participated in a dialogue with Ambassador Unnur Orradóttir Ramette, as a part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.