PSA WOMEN AND POLITICS SUMMIT on WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION Friday 10 June 2016 University of Edinburgh Keynote Speakers: Professor Jane Mansbridge, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Yvonne Galligan, Queen's University Belfast This one-day international summit, organized by the Political Studies Association’s Women and Politics Specialist Group, and hosted by the School of Social and… Continue reading PSA Women and Politics Summit on Women in the Profession
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Women and Politics Panels at PSA Conference
For those coming to the PSA Annual Conference in Brighton next month, there are a number of PSA Women and Politics panels and other sessions on women, gender and politics that you may be interested in attending. We also hope that you can make it to our Specialist Group Business Meeting at the Conference, which will take place Tuesday 22 March,… Continue reading Women and Politics Panels at PSA Conference
CfP: Male Over-Representation in Politics – Preliminary Research and Developing a Research Agenda
A one-day workshop Held at the University of Bristol’s SPAIS Gender Research Centre, Wednesday, 3rd of Feb 2016 Hosted by the University of Bristol SPAIS Gender Research Centre, the School of Politics and IR at QMUL and Uppsala Universitet, Sweden, and the UK PSA Women & Politics Specialist Group At the 2015 ECPR Joint Session… Continue reading CfP: Male Over-Representation in Politics – Preliminary Research and Developing a Research Agenda
Gender and the Independence Referendum, #GE2015, Brexit, and beyond
A report from the latest seminar in the ESRC Seminar Series ‘Feminizing Politics in the UK’ (PI: Sarah Childs, Bristol).
How do women engage differently in referenda and elections? And why does this matter? These were some of the questions explored at Feminizing Politics ESRC Seminar in Edinburgh last month on ‘Voice: Women, the Independence Referendum 2015, and the General Election 2015’. Cera Murtagh (University of Edinburgh) reports.
The UK sits at a critical juncture, with the future of the state, its borders and its external relations, far from settled. In 2014, a referendum was held to decide on Scottish independence; in 2017 another will determine whether the UK remains within the European Union. Meanwhile, the 2015 General Election saw some fundamental shifts with implications for the country’s political and constitutional future. The ballot box stands central to these outcomes. And gender matters in that debate.
Elections and referenda in the UK, and what they mean for women, were the agenda of the second seminar in the Economic and Social Research…
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Women, Gender and Political Leadership Workshop
On Friday 15 May, the PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group and the Political Leadership Specialist Group - supported by Birkbeck and Canterbury Christ Church University – co-hosted a workshop on ‘Women, Gender and Political Leadership’. The increasing prominence of female leadership and recruitment, ranging from the UK General Election debates to the US Presidential… Continue reading Women, Gender and Political Leadership Workshop
PSA Annual Conference – Panels on Women, Gender and Politics
For those attending the PSA Annual Conference in Sheffield this week, there are a number of panels and other sessions on women, gender and politics that you may be interested in attending. We also hope that you can make it to our Specialist Group Business Meeting at the Conference, which will take place Monday 30… Continue reading PSA Annual Conference – Panels on Women, Gender and Politics
Call for Papers: Women, Gender and Political Leadership Workshop, Friday 15 May
WOMEN, GENDER AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP One Day Workshop Friday 15 May 2015 Birkbeck, University of London Call for Papers The study of leadership is a growing area of political studies. However, the issue of gender and leadership remains relatively understudied. The increasing prominence of female leadership and recruitment, from the major parties in Scotland to… Continue reading Call for Papers: Women, Gender and Political Leadership Workshop, Friday 15 May
Researching Gender in Divided Societies: A conversation
With the kind support of the PSA Irish Politics and Women and Politics Specialist groups, on the 7th of November the University of Ulster hosted a conversation between three leading academics on the pitfalls and possibilities of researching gender issues in ethno-nationally divided societies. Organised by Jennifer Thomson (Queen Mary, University of London) and Claire… Continue reading Researching Gender in Divided Societies: A conversation
Amy Mazur Seminar at Birkbeck – 2nd December 2014
'Studying Women's Movements in Comparative Perspective: A New Measurement from the Research Network on Gender and Politics (RNGS) Professor Amy G. Mazur, Washington State University (& visiting professor at Birkbeck during the fall of 2014) Tuesday 2nd December 2014, 13.00 - 14.30 Paul Hirst Seminar Room, Department of Politics Birkbeck, 10 Gower Street, WC1E 6DP… Continue reading Amy Mazur Seminar at Birkbeck – 2nd December 2014
Call for Papers: UK General Election 2015 Conference
CONFERENCE INFORMATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS Citizens, parties and political action: Political participation and the UK General Election 2015 Wednesday 4 February 2015, 9.30 am - 5 pm The Division of Politics and International Relations at Nottingham Trent University is pleased to invite participants to this conference which will run three panels: * Panel 1:… Continue reading Call for Papers: UK General Election 2015 Conference
PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group 