As part of an international EU-funded research project (RE-WIRING), this course aims to address the root causes of persisting gender inequalities from various perspectives by using its unique transformative equality approach for fixing institutions, not women.
An interdisciplinary summer school on transformative gender equality.
This summer school aims to equip participants with an in-depth understanding of Transformative Gender Equality using an interdisciplinary framework that identifies and challenges structural, institutional, and symbolic gendered power hierarchies. The course is organised as part of the “Realising Girls’ and Women’s Inclusion, Representation and Empowerment” (RE-WIRING) Project. The RE-WIRING approach—an intersectional and decolonial perspective—shifts the focus from “fixing women” to re-wiring institutions to foster real gender equality.
Students participating in this course will explore gender (in)equality in various domains, including education, employment, media, politics, law, and crisis contexts (e.g., climate, financial). The pedagogical approach of the summer school is built on interactive learning and learning by doing. Therefore, the summer school integrates lectures with various learning exercises such as group assignments, field trips, case studies and class discussions.
This program is suitable for students, researchers, professionals, and policymakers interested in gender studies, law, sociology, political science, psychology, economics, education, media studies, and human rights. The course is led by core members of the RE-WIRING international and interdisciplinary research team who have background in law, psychology, sociology, economics, and gender studies.
The course is open to postgraduate students (e.g. Master, PhD, etc.) as well as young professionals from various fields interested in transformative gender-equality. We will consider applications also from final year Bachelor students that show a high interest in the course and prove a sufficient level of preparation in their motivation letter.
Contact hours daily: five hours
Self-study daily: one/two hours of readings and preparation
Note: these contact hours include discussion, group work assignments of students, lectures. Additionally, social activities are planned throughout the week.
The housing costs do not include a Utrecht Summer School sleeping bag. This is a separate product on the invoice. If you wish to bring your own bedding, please deselect or remove the sleeping bag from your order.
We encourage early applications to ensure enrolment.
For this course you are required to upload the following documents when applying: