CENTRE FOR FEMINIST SOCIAL STUDIES

ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN

Management and equipment. Structure

  • Head of the Centre
  • Researchers

Objectives

  • To be a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary gender research environment.
  • To be grounded in feminist theory and oriented towards social science.
  • To investigate social and political conditions and phenomenon in the broadest sense of the term.
  • The use of diverse feminist theories and promotes dialogue between different theoretical perspectives and feminist traditions.
  • The CFS community make us of theoretical approaches such as feminist realism, postmaterialism, intersectional and postcolonial theory, critical theories on men and masculinities, as well as queer and trans theory.
  • The CFS and its different research groups provide a platform for researchers to come together around broader shared interests and projects.

Research and results

Research teams:

  • Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities (Daniel Alsarve). Finished Research Projects:
    • Coaching boys into men. A project on sports, gender equality and masculinity (Daniel Alsarve).
  • Feminist violence studies (Sofia Strid). Finished Research Projects:
    • Rape and Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones (Sofia Strid, 2014-2018).
    • FATIMA: Preventing Honour Related Violence by Education and Dialogue Through Immigrant NGOs (Sofia Strid, 2015-2018).
    • Feminist Theories on Intersectionality, Transversal Dialogues and New Synergies (Liisa Husu).
    • Gender Based Violence in Sports (Sofia Strid, 2015-2017).
    • VRVR: Regimes of Violence: Theorising and Explaining Variations in the Production of Violence in Welfare State Regimes (Sofia Strid, 2018-2021).
    • The politics, expressions and prevalence of violence against trans* people in the EU (Zara Saeidzadeh, 2020-2022).
  • Gender and knowledge production (Liisa Husu). Finished Research Projects:
    • Gender diversity, research and innovation (Jörg Müller). website: www.gedii.eu
    • Gender dynamics of East-West research mobility (Liisa Husu).
    • GenPORT – A community sourced Internet Portal on gender and science (Liisa Husu, 2013-2017). Website genderportal.eu
    • GenSET – Building institutional capacity for action on gender dimension in science (Liisa Husu, 2010). Final report available on the Centre website.
      • Gender, work and organisations (Liisa Husu). Finished Research Projects:
  • Gender mainstreaming and innovation in public services (Anne-Charlott Callerstig).
  • GenPORT – A community sourced Internet Portal on gender and science (Liisa Husu, 2013-2017). Website genderportal.eu
  • GenSET – Building institutional capacity for action on gender dimension in science (Liisa Husu, 2010). Final report available on the Centre website.

Ongoing projects

Research teams:

  • Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities (Daniel Alsarve). Research Projects:
    • Ice hockey in change – masculinity ideal and violence norms in Swedish ice hockey circa 1965 to today (Daniel Alsarve).
    • Involuntary Celibacy and Singlehood: Gender and Vulnerability in Times of Precarious Love (Lena Gunnarsson, 2022-2024).
  • Feminist violence studies (Sofia Strid). Research Projects:
    • RESISTIRÉ: Responding to outbreaks through co-creative inclusive equality strategies (Sofia Strid, 2021-2024).
    • Gender, work and organisations (Liisa Husu). Research Projects:
    • Gender paradoxes in academic and scientific organisations (Liisa Husu).