Susanne Bygnes
PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
Title: PhD Candidate
Phone: +47 55 58 97 32
E-mail: Susanne.Bygnes@global.uib.no
Visiting address: Rosenbergsgt. 39
Room number: 317
PhD-project (2008-2012): 'Challenging “the national” in perspectives on diversity' (working title) The project focuses on the intersection between gender issues and multiple equality claims and how different social movement organizations relate to societal diversity.
Key interests: gender, diversity, social movements, social policy
Master's degree in sociology, University of Bergen 2005: Questioning Modernity and Development: A qualitative inquiry on Women’s emancipation in Kerala, India
Verv:
Medlem av Forskerutdanningsforum 2011-2012
Medlem av styret for det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet 2009-2010
Styremedlem i Sosiologiforeningen, Avdeling Vestlandet 2009-2010
Research stays:
University of California, Berkeley 2012
Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India 2004
Conferences/seminars/leactures etc:
How to write an article based thesis. Talk at the faculty of social sciences UiB March 2012
Session chair Migration, Globalization and New Social Formations. IMER 15 year anniversary conference: http://org.uib.no/imer/seminars/index.htm
Paper presentation IMER seminar series, University of Bergen, September 2011 http://org.uib.no/imer/seminars/index.htm
Paper presentation Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging, Oxford September 2011
Training for international publishing on transnationalism and international migration Ved The International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in collaboration with the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) at the University of Sussex
PUBLICATIONS
Bygnes, S. (forthcoming) Ambivalent Multiculturalism. Sociology, forthcoming
Bygnes, S. (2012): Gender-equality as boundary: 'Gender-nation frames' in Norwegian EU campaign organizations. European Journal of Women's Studies 19(1): 7-22
Bygnes, S. (2010): Making Equality Diverse? Merged Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Measures in Norway NORA Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2010, pages 88-104
Bygnes, S. (2008) Interviewing People-oriented Elites. Eurosphere Working Paper Series. Online Working paper no. 10, 2008 (fulltekst pdf)
Bygnes, S. (2008): Dorothy E. Smith. In: Kjønnsteori. Gyldendal Akademisk 2008
Bygnes, S. (2008): Questioning modernity and development. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller 2008 (112 pages, published MA-thesis)
WORK IN PROGRESS
First and Foremost a Feminist: Social Movement Leaders' Framing of Multiple Equality Claims. Conference paper presented at the 5th Global Conference 'Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging', Mansfield College, Oxford (September 2011)
'We are in Complete Agreement': The Diversity Issue and Disagreement in The European Women's Lobby. Revise and resubmit, Social Movement Studies.
Press
Bygnes, S: Har vi multikulturalisme? VG 7. mai 2012 s. 28-29
SOS101: Individuals and Society
SOS112: International Migration and Ethnic Relations
SOS321: Enviroment, development, migration
PHD-project (2008-2012) focuses on the intersection bewteen gender issues and multiple equality claims and how different social movement organizations relate to societal diversity.
Related to EUROSPHERE: see eurosphere.org