GENDER.ED's Annual Research Showcase 2026

Event Information

GENDER.ED spotlights cutting-edge academic and institutional research (including by PhD researchers and undergraduate dissertation students), student campaigns and change projects at the University of Edinburgh in an Annual Showcase event. This will also be an opportunity to interact with the community of gender and sexualities researchers and change agents at the University. The Showcase event will include a roundtable conversation and a reception.

Schedule

15:00 - 15:10 Welcome and Director’s Report

15:10 - 15:20 GENDER.ED-EUSA UG Feminist Trailblazers and Yuan Changying Awards

15:20 - 16:15 Roundtable Discussion on ' The Politics of Not Knowing: Gender, Sexuality and the Production of Ignorance'

16:15 - 17:30 Showcase and Networking Reception

Speakers

The panel will be chaired by Dr Rebecca Hewer, GENDER.ED Co-Director

Confirmed speakers include: 

Dr Wannes Dupont, Lecturer in History of Sexuality, School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Dr Katherine Inglis, Chancellor's Fellow - Senior Lecturer, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

Dr Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye, Lecturer in Black Geographies, School of Geosciences

Registration
Click here to register via Eventbrite.

This event will be in-person only.

This is a free event, which means we overbook to allow for no-shows and to avoid empty seats. While we generally do not have to turn people away, this does mean we cannot guarantee everyone a place. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please note, filming, recording and/or photography may take place at this event.

If you have any queries regarding this event, please email gender.ed@ed.ac.uk