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FIIN at 20: Building Feminist Institutionalism Across Borders and Generations

In this first blog post, the current FIIN Directors — Cecilia Josefsson, Elin Bjarnegård, Josefina Erikson, Proma Raychaudhury, Claire Annesley, and Natalie Galea — take the opportunity to reflect on Feminist institutionalism’s relevance, and the network's role today, 20 years…

Celebrating Professor Fiona Mackay’s Career and Retirement

In late October, colleagues, collaborators, and friends gathered at the University of Edinburgh to celebrate Professor Fiona Mackay’s career and retirement — a joyful and moving two-day event honouring her profound contributions to feminist political science and to the Feminism…

Book Launch: Defending the Status Quo by Cecilia Josefsson!

Two new books have recently been published in Oxford University Press’s series Studies in Feminist Institutionalism: The Face of the Nation: Gendered Institutions in International Affairs by Elise Stephenson Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas…

FIIN feature: Gender-based violence policy reform: assessing the risks and public value of co-production with survivors

Available online at: Bristol University Press Lisa J. Wheildon, Asher Flynn, Jacqui True, and Abby Wild Centre for Gender and Violence Research University of Bristol 2023 Abstract: Governments worldwide are increasingly engaging service users to reform public policies and services…

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FIIN feature: Intersectionality and climate policy-making: The inclusion of social difference by three Swedish government agencies

First available online at: SAGE Singleton, B. E., Rask, N., Magnusdottir, G. L., & Kronsell, AEnvironmental Social Science, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Malmö University, Sweden Abstract: Climate change effects, views and approaches…

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FIIN feature: Gendering Cabinet Reshuffles in France and Spain

First available online at: Cambridge University Press Karen Beckwith and Susan FranceschetDepartment of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Political Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada https://econ.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/ Abstract: Presidents and prime ministers who form gender-parity…

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FIIN feature: Solidarity and mutual aid: Women organizing the ‘visible hand’ urban commons

First available online at: Wiley Online Zofia ŁapniewskaInstitute of Economics, Finance and Management, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland https://econ.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/ Abstract: The involvement of women in the organization and functioning of voluntary self-help groups and their activity in the forums of these…