Elín Björk Jóhannsdóttir

NORA Conference: Border Regimes, Territorial Discourses and Feminist Politics

by Elín Björk Jóhannsdóttir | May 21, 2019 | Fréttir, Ráðstefnur

The NORA conference 2019, on critical feminist cross-disciplinary research and activities relying on contemporary and/or historical perspectives, focuses on the theme of material and symbolic borders in a period of nationalist revival, putting forward questions on the...

Reflections on Gender and Transformative Wellbeing in Postconflict Contexts: The Political Economy of Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Liberia

by Elín Björk Jóhannsdóttir | Feb 18, 2019 | Fréttir, Hádegisfyrirlestrar

Dr. Marsha Henry, is the fourth lecturer in the 2019 RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference & UNU-GEST – United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme – lecture series during spring term 2019. Her lecture is titled:...

Opening the (Gender) Blinds: Towards an Inclusive Gender-Based View of Trauma and Addiction

by Elín Björk Jóhannsdóttir | Feb 17, 2019 | Fréttir, Ráðstefnur

This is the second conference held by RIKK, The Root, and their collaborators, on addiction and treatment. The first was held in September, 2015. This conference’s objectives are: getting together Nordic and international scholars and professionals working with...

Victim or Survivor? Choosing Identity and Being Acknowledged after Wartime Sexual Violence in Bosnia

by Elín Björk Jóhannsdóttir | Feb 2, 2019 | Fréttir, Hádegisfyrirlestrar

Dr. Zilka Spahić-Šiljak, Associate Professor, is the third lecturer in the 2019 RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference & UNU-GEST – United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme – lecture series during spring term 2019....

Broadening the Scope – The Risks and Benefits of Integrating Masculinities and LGBTIQ into the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

by Elín Björk Jóhannsdóttir | Jan 18, 2019 | Fréttir, Hádegisfyrirlestrar

Dr. Henri Myrttinen, Head of Gender and Peacebuilding with International Alert, is the second lecturer in the 2019 RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference & UNU-GEST – United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme – lecture...