Program Overview

Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies is a FCT Centre of Excellence.

About Us

• The centre has an advisory board and a team that includes members, coordination, and founders.
• The centre offers teaching programs, including:
  • Post-Graduation in Gender Equality
  • Master in Family and Gender
  • PhD in Gender Studies

Training

• The centre offers specialized courses, including:
  • 1st Edition of the Specialized Course on Gender Equality
  • 2nd Edition of the Specialized Course on Gender Equality
  • 3rd Edition of the Specialized Course on Gender Equality
• The 1st Edition of the Specialized Course on Gender Equality:

  Course Description

  The course aims to provide participants with a broad reflection and promote critical thinking, as well as practical skills and deep knowledge on Gender Equality issues.

  Course Objectives

  The course aspires to provide the resources needed to evaluate institutions and organizations in order to promote equality through the application of a gender perspective on public policies and action plans.

  Course Details

  The 1st Edition of the Specialized Course started on October 22nd, 2016, and ended on February 4th, 2017.

Research

• The centre has ongoing and completed research projects.
• Research areas include:
  • Post-Doctoral Programmes
  • PhD Fellows CIEG/FCT

CIEG Activities

• The centre hosts conferences, including:
  • CIEG's Anniversary Conferences
  • Other CIEG Conferences
  • Gender in debate
  • Workshops
  • International Congresses
• Past events include:
  • 11th Anniversary Conference: Student decolonial activism: Impacts on South African scholarship and gender studies in South Africa
  • 22 | Gender in Debate | Feminisms, trans experiences and controversies
  • 21 | Gender in Debate | Precarities of the present time: a gender perspective
  • 10th Anniversary Conference: Equality and Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies - a decade of change
  • 9th Anniversary Conference: Gender, Technological Innovation and Social Innovation