Gender-based Violence in Higher Education

Call  for Abstracts

Gender-based Violence in Higher Education International Workshop to Connect
Ongoing Research

May 8-9, 2019 at GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne,
Germany

The workshop provides a platform for scientific exchange on various aspects
relating to the study of gender-based violence (GBV) in universities and
research institutions in Europe, including sexualized violence such as sexual
harassment and gendered cyber bullying. The workshop is an opportunity to
connect your research to other researchers’ ongoing work.
Working language: English.

Submissions may address the following aspects:
–    Forms of gender-based violence and harassment, case studies focusing
on specific academic disciplines, institutions, countries, or status groups.
–    Measuring and analyzing GBV on campus, including the prevalence,
gender stereotyping in questionnaires, measurement instruments, measurement
bias, coverage bias, multivariate analysis of GBV, the role of intersecting
characteristics e.g. gender identity, ability, age, social status, and
research ethics.
–    The relationship between GBV and perceptions of harassment with gender
regimes, stereotyping, sexism, prejudices, social competences, political
inclinations, and extremism.
–    Research findings on interventions against GBV in higher education,
including training, policies and legal frameworks, as well as bystander
interventions, etc.