About the ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics
The ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics has formally been in existence since 1986 thanks to the efforts of a number of pioneers in Gender and Politics research, including Diane Sainsbury. The Standing group first served under the name of the Standing Group on Women and Politics and switched to its current name in 2007 to better reflect research developments and includes masculinity studies, LGBT studies and intersectionality. Joni Lovenduski, Helga Hernes and Joyce Outshoorn were the first co-conveners of the Standing Group.
On the development of gender and politics in Europe and within ECPR:
The ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics forms a broad-based network on issues relating to the study of gender and sexuality in politics and world politics. Over the past twenty years, the research conducted in this field has expanded significantly and the number of gender and politics scholars participating in the ECPR Joint Sessions and General Conferences has increased exponentially. The Standing Group on Gender and Politics currently has over 750 members from different parts of the world and forms a broad-based network on issues relating to the study of gender and sexuality in politics and world politics. The Group actively encourages workshops, panels and research groups with an emphasis on gender and seeks to increase the profile of women in the main fields of political science.
In 2007, the Standing Group on Gender and Politics decided to arrange the first ever conference dedicated to this exciting field of research, called the European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG). It was held in Belfast, 21-23 January 2009, and was an enormous success: more than 300 scholars converged for three days of panels, plenaries and socializing. The aim at that time was to turn the new conference into a bi-annual international conference on gender and politics. Its second edition was held in Budapest in January 2011, and the number of participants was even larger. Since then, ECPG take place every other year with an average of 100 panels and 500 participants.
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In 2013, the ECPG charity has been created to manage the ECPG conferences and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
On the development of gender and politics in Europe and within ECPR:
- Dahlerup, D. (2010). ‘The Development of gender and Politics as a new Research Field within the Framework of the ECPR’, European Political Science 9(1): 85-98.
- Celis, K. and Kantola, J. (2009) ‘When a Feminist Political Scientist Goes International’, in J. Oldersma, J. Swiebel and P. de Vries (eds.) Joyce weet je nog? Amsterdam: Academic Women’s Press, 93–103.
- Lovenduski, J. (2010) ‘The ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics’, in K. Newton and T. Boncourt (eds.) The ECPR’s First Forty Years 1970–2010, Colchester: ECPR, 32–33.
The ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics forms a broad-based network on issues relating to the study of gender and sexuality in politics and world politics. Over the past twenty years, the research conducted in this field has expanded significantly and the number of gender and politics scholars participating in the ECPR Joint Sessions and General Conferences has increased exponentially. The Standing Group on Gender and Politics currently has over 750 members from different parts of the world and forms a broad-based network on issues relating to the study of gender and sexuality in politics and world politics. The Group actively encourages workshops, panels and research groups with an emphasis on gender and seeks to increase the profile of women in the main fields of political science.
In 2007, the Standing Group on Gender and Politics decided to arrange the first ever conference dedicated to this exciting field of research, called the European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG). It was held in Belfast, 21-23 January 2009, and was an enormous success: more than 300 scholars converged for three days of panels, plenaries and socializing. The aim at that time was to turn the new conference into a bi-annual international conference on gender and politics. Its second edition was held in Budapest in January 2011, and the number of participants was even larger. Since then, ECPG take place every other year with an average of 100 panels and 500 participants.
Add link to Previous conferences
In 2013, the ECPG charity has been created to manage the ECPG conferences and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.