Research

The Innsbruck Doctoral College “Gender and Gender Relations in Transformation” (IDC Gender) investigates transformations of gender and gender relations in their historical, spatial and reciprocal relationships, conditions and effects.

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The Doctoral College is grounded in intersectional critical gender studies. It is a space for PhD candidates where they can engage in dialogue between queer studies, trans* studies, postcolonial studies, disability studies and feminist theories. The IDC Gender defines gender as a social and historical construct that structures institutions, politics, and action, and offers an interdisciplinary platform for analyzing the complex interplay of gender, power, and social inequality, as well as for analyzing practices of negotiating and subverting gender regimes.

From both historical and contemporary perspectives, the IDC Gender focusses on the following themes:

  • Power, Domination and Violence 
  • Democracy and Hegemony
  • State, Political Economy and Crisis
  • Subjectification, Bodies and Norms
  • Regimes, Institutions of Practices of Care
  • Migration and Un_Belonging
  • Cultural Studies
  • Media, Language and Representation
  • Resistance and Subversion
  • Epistemologies and Knowledge Productions

The Innsbruck Doctoral College “Gender and Gender Relations in Transformation” is affiliated with the Research Platform “Center Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Innsbruck” (CGI) and offers to collaborate in a transdisciplinary network of Gender Studies.

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