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Completed Events

9th RINGS Conference "Gender, Climate, Movement: Feminist Research and Activism Meet Climate Change and Mobility", University of Paderborn, October 18–20, 2023


The Chair of Sociology/Social Inequality and Gender is a member of the local organising committee of the 9th conference of RINGS - The International Research Association of Institutions of Advanced Gender Studies. The conference deals with the topic "Gender, Climate, Movement: Feminist research and activism meet climate change and mobility" and will take place hybrid at the Centre for Gender Studies (ZG) at Paderborn University from October 18–20, 2023. Abstracts can be submitted until June 01, 2023 (extended deadline).

The Call for Papers can be found here.
The programme can be found here.

International Workshop "Contested Reproductive Rights in Turbulent Times: Interrogating the Politics, Ethics, and Practices of Reproduction From Feminist and Intersectional Perspectives", RUB, May 13–15, 2020


The Chair of Sociology/Social Inequality and Gender organises the international workshop "Contested Reproductive Rights in Turbulent Times: Interrogating the Politics, Ethics, and Practices of Reproduction From Feminist and Intersectional Perspectives" which will take place on May 13–15, 2020. Abstracts are invited by October 31, 2019.

The call for abstracts can be found here.

Because of the corona pandemics the international workshop had unfortunately to be cancelled.

Panel "The Pursuit of Excellence in Contemporary Universities and the 'Business Case' for Gender Equality: Critical Perspectives from Gender Studies, the Humanities and the Social Sciences", University of Göttingen (Germany), 12–15 September, 2018


Prof. Dr. Fiona Jenkins (Australian National University), Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor in International Gender Studies in the winter term 2017/18, and Prof. Dr. Heike Kahlert are organising an international panel on excellence and gender equality in knowledge production which will take place at the 10th European Feminist Research Conference at the University of Göttingen (Germany), 12–15 September 2018.

The programme can be found here.
The call for papers can be found here.

International Workshop "Doing Science – Doing Excellence – Doing Inequalities? Interrogating the Paradigm of Excellence in Academia", RUB, November 08–10, 2017


The international workshop is organised by the Chair of Sociology/Social Inequality and Gender with the Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor Programme in International Gender Studies. It will take place at the Ruhr University Bochum.

The programme can be found here.
The call for abstracts can be found here.

International Conference "Politiken der Reproduktion – Politics of Reproduction", Hanover/Germany, March 27–29, 2017


During the conference "Politiken der Reproduktion – Politics of Reproduction", Hanover/Germany, 27th March until 29th March, 2017, Prof. Dr. Heike Kahlert, Dr. Bärbel Miemitz (Hanover Medical School) and Prof. Dr. Corinna Onnen (University of Vechta) will lead the Stream "Biographien - Biographies".

The programme can be found here.
The Call for Abstracts can be found here.

Workshop "Interrogating the Fertility Decline in Europe: Politics, Practices, and Representations of Changing Gender Orders", RUB, January 18–20, 2017


The international workshop is organised by the Chair of Sociology/Social Inequality and Gender with the Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor Programme in International Gender Studies. It will take place at the Ruhr University Bochum.

The programme can be found here.
The call for papers can be found here.

Stream "Scientific Excellence and Gender Change: Managerialism and Newly Emerging Science Policy", Keele University/UK, June 29 – July 1, 2016


During the 9th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference "Gender, Work & Organization", Keele University, UK, 29th June until 1st July, 2016, Prof. Dr. Heike Kahlert, Prof. Dr. Johanna Hofbauer (Vienna University of Economics and Business) and Prof. Dr. Julia Nentwich (University of St. Gallen) will lead the Stream "Scientific Excellence and Gender Change: Managerialism and Newly Emerging Science Policy".

The programme can be found here and conference information here.
The Call for Abstracts can be found here.