Gender Studies

As a student in gender studies you will learn about the construction of gender, how this changes over time and its effects on the power structures at the core of culture and society.

Gender is an essential part of the fabric of culture and society as well as the personal lives and relationships of all human beings. Gender relations change over time and differ between groups and societies. As a student in gender studies you will receive an education on an advanced pedagogical level where there will be numerous opportunities to develop your skills in academic writing.

You will learn to analyse political decisions and policy making, as well as the impact of gendered structures in culture and media.

Gender studies at Stockholm University is cross-disciplinary, and as a student you will be introduced to methodology and theories from a wide range of academic disciplines and topics. Other important factors in the understanding of the interactions between gender and power, such as class, sexuality, race and age, are also included in the curriculum.

Studies in Gender Studies provide useful and sought-after skills in a range of areas in the labour market. They are useful in professions related to gender equality, women's and men's conditions, LGBTQIA+ issues or norm-critical perspectives.

Knowledge of the subject is also valuable in professions that require skills to analyse, critically review and assimilate information from a larger body of material.

Gender studies is useful in a wide range of contexts, from working in organisations of various kinds, with personnel issues as well as overall organisational contexts, to teaching at all levels, and in professions that have to do with the assimilation and processing of information, as well as in legal contexts.

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