Gender Studies

Direction of the programme and scientific committee:
Dr. Fenneke Reysoo, Director, IHEID
Prof. Elisabeth Prügl, IHEID
Prof. Anne-Françoise Praz, UNIFR
Prof. Delphine Gardey, UNIGE
Prof. Nicky Le Feuvre, UNIL
Prof. Ellen Hertz, UNINE

Contact person:
Ms Magali Delaloye
magali.delaloye@graduateinstitute.ch
 

Programme description:
The CUSO doctoral programme “Gender Studies” is a forum for scientific training and exchanges aimed at doctoral students working in a gender studies context. Following in the footsteps of the Lemanic Doctoral School (2002-2008) and the French-speaking Doctoral School of Gender Studies (2008-2011), the new doctoral programme is part of a dynamic to consolidate knowledge on a wider footing (institutional and disciplinary). This doctoral programme will enable us to achieve the following objectives:

• The CUSO doctoral programme provides an opportunity to gauge interdisciplinary contributions fundamental to gender studies.
• The envisaged modules propose a genuine forum for exchanges between doctoral students and colleagues more advanced in their careers, and will provide greater insight, both theoretical and methodological, into gender studies questions.
• The CUSO doctoral programme also facilitates networking among young researchers, not only at a regional level but also nationally and internationally.
• Sessions of the doctoral programme allow doctoral students to familiarise themselves with scientific communications and improve their ability to showcase their research, particularly through individual or collective publications.

Programme duration: 2012

Admission deadline and requirements:
Enrolment on the programme is open to anyone registered at one of the five member institutions whose doctoral research touches on the subject of gender studies, either centrally or peripherally. Interested doctoral students are requested to send an application with a covering letter describing the research project and a CV to the programme coordinator: magali.delaloye@graduateinstitute.ch. Applicants are strongly advised to inform their thesis supervisor of participation in the programme. The enrolment period is open all year.