by Elín Björk | Feb 9, 2011 | Events, News
On Wednesday the 16th of February, Diane Elson, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex in the UK and Chair of the UK Women‘s Budget Group, will give a public talk titled: Gender Budget Analysis for an Age of Austerity. The talk will take place in The Nordic...
by soley | Feb 1, 2011 | News
EDDA – Center of Excellence offers grants to support projects directly related to its strategic programme in contemporary critical research with emphasis on equality and difference. Applicants are invited to submit proposals for academic projects – in the humanities...
by irma | Jan 25, 2011 | News
GEST (Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme) has launched a new website. GEST promotes gender equality and women’s empowerment through education and training. The Government of Iceland, through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, funds the project as part of...
by irma | Jan 11, 2011 | News
EDDA – Center of Excellence, NORDWEL and REASSESS have issues a second call for papers for the upcoming conference Crisis and Renewal: Welfare States, Democracy and Equality in Hard Times. The deadline to submit abstracts is February 1. ...
by irma | Jan 10, 2011 | News
Last week two EDDA researchers were awarded post-doc grant by the Icelandic Centre for Research (Rannis). These were Arna Hauksdóttir and Kristinn Schram who both received postdoc grant for three years. Arna’s project is titled Health Consequences of the...
by Elín Björk | Jan 9, 2011 | EDDA in the Media, News
The current affairs television programme Silfur Egils broadcasted an interview with Professor Stefán Snævarr in relation to a lecture he gave as a part of the lecture series Eilífðarvélin. The lecture series was organized by EDDA in cooperation with Þjóðmálastofnun...