Gender Studies Education

Since 1999, TEMA Gender Studies has conducted interdisciplinary education and research with a critical and research-based approach. We offer doctoral education in gender studies, an international master’s programme, and independent courses at both undergraduate and advanced levels.

Our master’s programme, Gender Studies – Intersectionality and Change, provides students with an in-depth understanding of intersectional gender studies and its application in various societal contexts. The programme attracts students from around the world and equips them with the tools to analyse and challenge power relations from a global perspective.

For those looking to broaden or deepen their knowledge, we offer single-subject courses in gender studies at both undergraduate and advanced levels. These courses are research-based and address a wide range of contemporary issues related to gender and intersectionality.

At Gender Studies, education and research are integrated into a dynamic and international environment. Our doctoral students and researchers collaborate with colleagues from Cape Town to Luleå, from Kathmandu to Santa Cruz – and our teaching is characterised by the same global and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Master's Programme

Gender Studies - Intersectionality and Change, Master's Programme, 120 credits

You learn to challenge norms and structures in education, organisations, media and politics. Focusses in intersectional gender – gender in interplay with other social categorisation such as ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, age, (dis)ability etc.

Single Subject Courses in Gender Studies

Undergraduate Level

Are we sisters after all? Gender and postcolonialism, 7.5 credits

Do you want to make the world a better place? The course is designed as a lively discussion space and offers you to critically tackle the main current debates on gender, identity, migration, coloniality, racism, intersectionality, memory,...

Gender Studies - Introduction, 7.5 credits

Advanced Level

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Gender, Labour, and Social Reproduction, 7.5 credits

Do you want to deepen your understanding of how gender and social factors influence labour market conditions and societal structures? This course offers you the opportunity to critically analyse these issues.

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Feminist Pedagogy and Intersectional Gender Didactics, 7.5 credits

Do you want to make a change in the world through education? In this course we learn what changes are needed in the pedagogical practices, how to think about content, teaching methods, learning activities, the role of the teacher, and learning...

Feminist Enviromental Humanities, 7.5 credits

How are socio-cultural discourses connected to environmental issues? What is the relation between nature and culture? What are the linkages between social and environmental justice? In this course, you'll explore the intersections of environmental

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Decolonial Feminist Thought, Activism, and Art, 7.5 credits

Decolonization has presently turned into a new global trend. It involves not only the struggles of indigenous and colonized people and minorities for their survival, rights and autonomies, but also the students` and professors` fights for...

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Queer Studies: Subjects, Bodies, Ecologies, 7.5 credits

How do gender and sexuality shape – and how are they shaped by – history, culture and society? How can queer literacy help us understand discourses and representations of gender, sex, and sexuality across cultural debates and expressions, art, and

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Director of studies

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Gender studies (TEMAG)

At Tema Genus, we conduct research, PhD training, undergraduate and master’s education, and social outreach, all with a foundation in interdisciplinary gender studies and often together with international collaborators.

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PhD Programme in Gender Studies

Doctoral students receive an education that provides gender analytical skills at a high, international level. The interdisciplinary approach gives opportunities to work with and analyze gender in many different contexts.

Education

Why study at Linköping University? LiU offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. Our students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.