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GENDER.ED’s Annual Research Showcase – A Retrospective

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GENDER.ED’s Annual Research Showcase returned after a two-year halt as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The showcase was an opportunity to learn about the cutting-edge gender and sexualities research projects and initiatives at the University of Edinburgh. Pre-pandemic, GENDER.ED hosted its showcase in a large hall with stalls, posters and banners. This year, the team replicated this model online through the tool gather.town. This was a novel experience for most attendees. …

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Introducing the GENDER.ED Steering Group – Ben Fletcher-Watson

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This post is part of a series of short profiles of GENDER.ED Steering Group members, on the occasion of the launch of our new website. Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson is the Administrative Manager at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. At IASH, he supports the work of visiting scholars and helps to present regular …

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Introducing the GENDER.ED Steering Group – Harriet Cornell

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This post is part of a series of short profiles of GENDER.ED Steering Group members, on the occasion of the launch of our new website. Dr Harriet Cornell is the Political Settlements Research Programme Manager and a Carnegie Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of History, Classics, and Archeology. The research programme that she manages …

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Introducing the GENDER.ED Steering Group – Laura Airey and Christina Boswell

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This post is part of a series of short profiles of GENDER.ED Steering Group members, on the occasion of the launch of our new website. Dr Laura Airey is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Business School. Her current research focuses on the experiences of older workers (50+) in the labour market. In the field …

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Introducing the GENDER.ED Steering Group – Claire Duncanson

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This post is part of a series of short profiles of GENDER.ED Steering Group members, on the occasion of the launch of our new website. Dr Claire Duncanson is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations. She is currently working as a researcher on a project called The Feminist Roadmap for Sustainable Peace. This project is …

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Introducing the PeaceFem App

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PeaceFem is a mobile phone app that illustrates women’s inclusion in peace processes around the world. PeaceFem provides information about strategies women’s rights advocates have used to influence peace agreements; information about the enabling and constraining factors that shaped the space for influence; and the gender provisions in the peace agreements that resulted and information …

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Weaving institutional change: feminist networking to achieve gender equality in academia

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Dr María López Belloso recently finished a nominated fellowship with IASH and GENDER.ED. This is a cross-post with the GEARING Roles blog. From its inception in the proposal-drafting phase, GEARING Roles partners bet on achieving institutional change through knowledge exchange and “learning by doing”. The European Commission has been funding institutional change projects since FP7, and …

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GENDER.ED: The Year in Focus

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Director Fiona Mackay reflects on the highlights of 2019-20 for GENDER.ED – the University of Edinburgh’s interdisciplinary hub for showcasing gender and sexualities studies. GENDER.ED is hosted by IASH (Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities) on behalf of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), supported by Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA), and …

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The Scottish Feminist Judgements Podcast – tackling the myth of neutrality

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This is a guest post from Gabrielle Blackburn of the Scottish Feminist Judgements Podcast. The first episode of the Scottish Feminist Judgments Podcast launched on Thursday 20th of August, and new episodes come out every other Thursday, available on all the usual podcast streaming platforms. The podcast is based on the legal research project of the …

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