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Professor Wendy Harcourt wins FAME Athena Award

The award celebrates staff and students who stimulate female talent within the academic environment

Orange the World

Uncovering the patterns, power structures and lived realities behind gender-based violence

Realising Palestinian Self-Determination and State Sovereignty: What next?

Call for conference papers - deadline 15 January 2026

Finding fissures for countering anti-trans violence
Trans activists from Pakistan, Turkey and the Netherlands shared their experiences and reflections on the gender-based violence that comes with transphobia
- Tuesday 2 Dec 2025
- General
Congratulations to Dr Daniele Rossi Doria
Daniele Rossi Doria investigated how Water User Associations in Morocco promote farmers' participation and reduce irrigation system maintenance
- Tuesday 2 Dec 2025
- PhD defence
Five decades of Dutch transnational feminist solidarity
Ireen Dubel analyses the history of nearly five decades of Dutch transnational feminist solidarity with women’s rights in the Global South in particular
- Tuesday 2 Dec 2025
- Publication

Between Piety and Precarity: Women’s movements, care work and labour force stagnation in Indonesia
Tutik Rachmawati & Yohanes Andika Tjitrajaya investigate the current state of female labour force participation in Indonesia
- Wednesday 3 Dec 2025, 16:00 - 17:15
- Seminar
PhD defence by Corinne Lamain
In her PhD thesis Corinne Lamain examines the rise, expansion and stretching of climate security as a discourse and practice globally
- Tuesday 9 Dec 2025, 13:00 - 14:30
- PhD defence
PhD defence by Amod Shah
In his PhD thesis Amod Shah investigates India's anti-coal struggles, focusing on struggles in the Mand-Raigarh coalfield in the state of Chhattisgarh
- Wednesday 10 Dec 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
- PhD defence