Program Overview

Program Overview

The program in question appears to be a course titled "Doing feminist political research" offered during the academic year 2025/2026.

Course Details

• Duration and Format: The course spans from February 2026 to March 2026, with a total of 20 hours, all of which are dedicated to lectures.
• Examination Method: The examination format varies between PhD and master's students, with PhD students participating in a seminar format and master's students engaging in both seminar and written formats.
• Evaluation Criteria: Evaluation is based on active participation in class and discussion of readings.

Prerequisites and Eligibility

• The course is open to all PhD and master's students.

Course Objectives

The course aims to explore the meaning and practice of doing feminist political research, including how it enhances the rigor, ethics, and transformative impact of social and political research. It discusses various feminist approaches to political analysis, such as women, gender, intersectionality, deconstruction, and post-deconstruction, and applies these to key concepts like power, agency, and institutions.

Bibliographic References

Key texts include:

• Ackerly, Brooke and Jacqui True. 2011. Doing Feminist Research in Political & Social Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Ackerly, Brooke and Jacqui True. 2018. With or Without Feminism? Researching Gender and Politics in the 21st century. European Journal of Politics and Gender 1(1-2): 259-78, DOI: 10.1332/X
• Ahrens, Petra, Barbara Gaweda, Valentine Berthet, Johanna Kantola, and Cherry Miller. 2024. Friends, Experts or Witches: Doing Feminist Research in Challenging Political Contexts. European Journal of Politics and Gender XX(XX): 124, DOI: 10.1332/Y2024D
• Berthet, Valentine, Barbara Gaweda, Johanna Kantola, Cherry Miller, Petra Ahrens and Anna Elom鄢i. 2023. Guide to Qualitative Research in Parliaments: Experiences and Practices. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Cooke, Jennifer and Line Nyhagen eds. 2025. Intersectional Feminist Research Methodologies. Applications in the Social Sciences and Humanities. London: Routledge.
• Harding, Sandra. 1991. Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Ithaca: Cornell.
• Kantola, Johanna and Emanuela Lombardo. 2017. Gender and Political Analysis. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
• Mendoza, Breny. 2012. The Geopolitics of Political Science and Gender Studies in Latin America. In Jane Bayes ed. Gender and Politics: The State of the Discipline. Opladen: Barbara Budrich, 33-58.
• Verloo, Mieke ed. 2007. Multiple Meanings of Gender Equality. A Critical Frame Analysis of Gender Policies in Europe. Budapest: CEU.