Sue Scott , Univ., Univ of Helsinki
Conceptualising Gender: History, Politics and Practice
24th july- 03:45 PM
Auditorium Adriano Moreira
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Marta Soler CREA/UBarcelona
Revisiting consent, communicative acts and gender violence
26th july - 02:30 PM
Auditorium Adriano Moreira
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 Professor Sue Scott is a sociologist, primarily, of gender and sexuality. She has held professorships at four UK Universities. She has also held the a number of senior positions: Postgraduate Dean, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research She is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences and a member of its Council. She was President of the British Sociological Association 2007-2009 and is currently President of the European Sociological Association. She is now an Honorary Professor at York and a Visiting Professor at Helsinki. She acts as a research consultant and advisor to a number of UK and European Universities and organizations and as a mentor to a number of people in academic leadership positions. She is a founding managing editor of Discover Society discoversociety.org
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 Marta Soler, Harvard PhD, is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Barcelona, where she is the Director of CREA Research. She is currently Vice-president of the European Sociological Association and President of the Catalan Sociological Association, Treasurer of the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities, and Editor of the journal International Sociology. She coordinated the H2020 SOLIDUS project funded by the European Commission, as well as research on the Impact of Communicative Acts in Gender Relations funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science. CREA has done the first research about gender violence in Spanish universities.
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