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Centre for Women's and Gender Research (SKOK) is a multidisciplinary research center that aims to strengthen the critical diversity, sexuality and gender research at the University of Bergen.

Our core activites are research, dissemination and education.

>> Read more about SKOK here.

Want to know what's happening at SKOK? Meet our staff, see an overview of our events here, follow us on Bluesky & Facebook and send us an e-mail if you want to be on our mailing list.

SKOK's 25th anniversary symposium
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May 26

Symposium: Gender research in troubled times

What is the status for gender, sexuality and diversity research today? Where should we head in the future?

Podcast
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Rowan Maddox about autism and trans

In this podcast episode of Trans Norge, Rowan Maddox talks to Luca Dalen Espseth about their PhD thesis that they defended at SKOK in 2024.
Conference
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May 22

Sex and politics in a global perspective: Two-day gathering & conference

The conference concludes the combined seminar series, PhD and master course organised by SKOK, LawTransform and SkeivForsk.

Research communication
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A travel letter - in solidarity from London

Centre for Women's and Gender Research PhD, Sunniva Árja Tobiasen, has been on a research stay at the University of Westminster in London. Below is their travel letter.

PhD and master course
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Sex and politics in a global perspective

In spring 2025, SKOK, LawTransform and Skeivforsk will organize a cross-disciplinary, combined master and PhD course about the dynamics between sex and politics in a global perspective.