Global Gender Studies
Global Gender Studies explore the complexities of current assumptions about gender, gender affiliation and sexuality. Focus is on global perspectives and the effects of increasing globalisation, migration and mobility for people around the globe.
About
The courses deal with gender related questions in relation to local and global power relations and processes of change. The courses aim at engaging a discussion of the possibilities of changing local and global power relations concerning gender, sexuality, and identity.
Upcoming Courses
In Autumn 2025, we are launching our new course, Global Gender Studies: An Introduction to Contemporary Gender Studies.
The course introduces you to the field of global gender studies, primarily by exploring the various "waves" of feminism and gender studies. What characterizes the different waves' perspectives on sex, gender, and social differences from various global viewpoints?
Read more about the course in our online education catalogue.
In the Autumn semester of 2026, two new courses will begin:
- Gender and Global Politics
In this in-depth course at first cycle level, we will focus on how several issues in global politics are related to sex and gender. - Global Gender Studies: Core Course Package
This package will include both Gender and Global Politics as well as Global Gender Studies: An Introduction to Contemporary Gender Studies.
Additional courses are planned to start in the Spring semester of 2027.
After graduation
Global studies are especially suitable for those who aspire to a career in occupational fields dealing with global challenges to social, economic, and ecological sustainability. The courses in global gender studies are aimed at those who want to specialize in such challenges related to gender issues. They are also suitable for those who want to add competence relating to gender and globalization to their education in other fields.
