Gender and Citizenship in a Multicultural Context

The conference is a triennial event organized by the Association of Institutions for Feminist Education and Research in Europe (AOIFE). Previous European Feminist Research Conferences were held at the universities of: Aalborg (1991), Graz (1994), Coimbra (1997), Bologna (2000) and Lund (2003). Continuing this tradition, the 6th European Gender Research Conference plans to be a high-level, interdisciplinary event focused on gender research in a wide but well-defined range of thematic areas:<br> <br> - Changing concepts and practices of citizenship in relation to gender issues in Europe<br> - Interrelations between concepts and structures of citizenship and European multicultural contexts defined as intersections of race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, nationality, religion, etc.<br> - Gender, science and technology and global citizenship<br> - Gender and participation in political and economic processes<br> <br> <b>Aims</b>: The conference will be a forum for gender researchers to facilitate networking between them; and to integrate doctoral students and young researchers into the field.<br> <br> <b>Participants</b>: The conference invites experts, established scholars and young researchers, policy makers from all member states of the EU, candidate countries, associate countries and third countries.<br> <br>