The concept of intersectionality has been attracting growing attention in recent years for its theoretical, methodological, and practical value in understanding multiple inequalities. Increasingly, debates on intersectionality are present beyond feminist theorizing. They have emerged in critical policy studies, social movement research, analyses of political discourse and policy framing, research on institutions, and legal research. The notion of multiple inequalities is also used, to an ever-growing extent, to inform policy and legal practice. This course aims not only to unpack pertinent theoretical and conceptual debates but also to link theoretical thinking to doing intersectional research in an increasingly intersectionalized policy environment. The course will explore intersectionality and: comparative approaches, developing standards of measurement, understanding institutional change, and discursive shifts from a homogenous gender category to one that is embedded in a complex web of multiple inequalities.
Target Audience
The course is aimed at advanced PhD students or postdoctoral researchers working in the fields of Gender Studies, Sociology, Political Science, Policy Studies, Law, or related subjects. Ideal applicants will have had some previous engagement with the topic of intersectionality. Accepted participants will be required to submit a piece of written work for discussion during the course.
Level of the Course
Advanced graduate and post-doctoral research.
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