EDDA – Research Center at the University of Iceland is an interdisciplinary center in critical contemporary research, with emphasis on (in)equality and difference; societal and political ruptures politics; the welfare state; and security and development.
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions is an online conference on the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents and its consequences that are bound to be enormous: Economies may collapse, political leadership will come under extreme...
The Democratic Constitutional Design Podcast
The persistent lack of trust in politics and politicians in many well-established democracies has led to increased calls for new and meaningful ways for citizens to participate in democratic decision-making beyond elections. The Democratic Constitutional Design (DCD)...
SOGIE workshop
People who flee persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression (SOGIE) constitute a particularly vulnerable group of migrants in both asylum and integration processes. On October 11-12, the GEST programme launched a two-day workshop...
RESEARCH & PUBLICATION
EDDA – Research Center promotes research projects and publications that align with the center’s research program.
EVENTS
Featured events
VIÐBURÐADAGATAL
Tredagarskurs i Malmö om våld i nära relationer (02.12.2020, Malmö)
Nu erbjuder Jämställdhetsmyndigheten tillsammans med Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola en tredagarskurs om mäns våld mot kvinnor och våld i nära relationer, med fokus på särskild utsatthet.
Konference om ’the manosphere’ (25.11.2020)
Konferencen skal formidle den seneste viden på området og skabe dialog mellem fagpersoner, myndigheder og beslutningstagere.
Feminist theories, methodologies and epistemologies in research processes (24.11...
Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at UiT The Arctic University of Norway welcomes applications to course on feminist and gender epistemologies, theories and methodologies. Application deadline June 1th/September 1th.
FRÉTTIR FRÁ RIKK
FRÉTTIR FRÁ UNU-GEST
GEST joins GRÓ - Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal C...
After many years of collaboration, the United Nations University and the GEST programme are parting ways. They do so along with the other three Icelandic UNU programmes (FTP, GTP and LRT). The four programmes and the United Nations Educational, Scien...
10-Year Anniversary Seminar in Nairobi
This week on December 16-18, the GEST Programme celebrates its 10-year anniversary at the Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development Nairobi in collaboration with the UNESCO Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST) and the Kenya National...
A Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls: Ambassador‘s Dialogue with GES...
Last week, GEST alumni in Uganda participated in a dialogue with Ambassador Unnur Orradóttir Ramette, as a part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.