Call for Papers – Gender Studies 2019 Conference: On Violence

admin 10th April 2019

The conference will be held from 24th of October – 26th of October 2019, University of Helsinki, Finland. Call for papers for all workshops: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/gender-studies-2019-conference/call-for-papers After selecting the appropriate workshop, you can submit your paper proposal using an e-form: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/97441/lomake.html   The submitted paper proposals will be sent to the workshop organizers, who will select the papers to […]

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New book from Professor Frances Raday: ‘Economic Woman: Gendering Inequality in the Age of Capital’

admin 8th April 2019

This book introduces Economic Woman, making her visible in duality with ‘economic man’ and calling for her empowerment. Global data shows that despite an international ethos of gender equality and significant gains in education and political representation, there is a grave deficit in women’s economic power. Revealing a near male monopoly in macro-economic decision-making, the […]

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Statement from the OxHRH Calling for Oxford University to Rescind the Sultan of Brunei’s Honorary Degree

admin 7th April 2019

We at the Oxford Human Rights Hub strongly support calls to rescind the Sultan of Brunei’s Honorary Degree in Civil Law. Oxford University should express our condemnation of the abhorrent provisions in the new Penal Code in Brunei in the strongest and most unequivocal terms. We call on the University to move as quickly as […]

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2019 Migration Summer School Athens

admin 3rd April 2019

The 3rd Migration Summer School (MIGSS): ‘Moving Beyond Crisis? From exclusion to integration of migrants and refugees in Europe’ is a summer program carefully designed and developed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of issues regarding the integration of immigrants and refugees in Europe and on a scientific level to develop arguments in relevance to social […]

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Research Associate Position: Four Year Project Investigating the Use of Algorithms in the Criminal Justice System

admin 27th March 2019

Professor Karen Yeung, based at the University of Birmingham’s Law School and School of Computer Science, is currently seeking to recruit a Research Fellow to work on an exciting, innovative and cutting-edge project at the forefront of technological developments, entitled ‘Deciding about, by and together with algorithmic decision making systems (‘the Project’)’. Working with Principal […]

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