THE INSTITUTE OF THEMATIC GENDER STUDIES

KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY, LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY, ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN

2006

Management and equipment. Structure

  • Chair
  • Board Members
  • Adjunct board members
  • Administrative Coordinators

Objectives

  • Collaboration between the Centre for Gender Studies (CGF) at Karlstad University, Tema Genus at Linköping University and the Centre for Feminist Social Studies at Örebro University.
  • To coordinate research and education otherwise conducted and given by its partners within the framework of their respective faculty organization.
  • To contribute to the continuous strengthening of transdisciplinary gender research as a field of knowledge both within and outside of Sweden. 
  • The Institute aims at establishing national and international excellence in research as well as PhD and Masters Programmes in thematic and post-disciplinary gender research.

Ongoing projects

  • GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies (It aims to develop transnational, intersectional and transformative gender research, and to become a meeting place for different generations of excellent gender scholars).