- How are gender and sexuality intertwined with other structural inequalities, injustices and violence in the context of global capitalism, as well as growing populism and authoritarianism?
- What are the social, political and economic forces that are in the way of gender, sexual and social justice and how do they operate?
- What can we learn from how individuals and communities navigate inequalities, injustices and oppression, mobilize resistance and build alternatives?
The Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice Academic Team approach gender and sexuality from several topics and fields including:
- conflict
- peace and security studies
- labour
- queer studies
- sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)
- sex work
- migration
- displacement and humanitarian contexts
- food sovereignty and climate justice
- religion
- social movements
What unites them is a common interest in moving beyond narrow, individualist and (neo)liberal rights-based approaches and instead situating both gender and sexuality in the context of structural relations of power, inequality and marginality.
Understanding the rise of authoritarianism, global inequalities and anti-gender politics in the light of Western colonial legacies
Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice researchers examine current debates around gender and sexual justice by looking at them in the light of Western colonial legacies, hierarchical North-South relations and the persistent hegemony of neoliberal capitalism.
They share a commitment to epistemic justice and research ethics, inspired in queer feminist epistemologies and methodologies, as well as an interest in designing and developing research in collaboration with non-academic knowers/partners.
Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice research projects
Links to teaching
News about our research
Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice professors
Dr Bilge SahinAssistant Professor Conflict and Peace Studies
Gender and armed conflict; Women, peace and security; Feminist peacebuilding
Dr Elissaios PapyrakisAssociate Professor in Development Economics (Macroeconomics)
LGBT Studies; LGBT economics; Queer mining geographies
Dr Karin Astrid SiegmannAssociate Professor in Labor and Gender Economics
Gender and labour; Sex work; Feminist epistemologies and methodologies
Dr Silke HeumannAssistant Professor of Sociology
Queer intersectional feminisms; Sexual politics and social justice; Feminist methodologies and epistemic justice
Dr Sreerekha Mullassery SathiammaAssociate Professor, Gender and Political Economy
Feminist political economy; Critical perspectives on decolonial thought; Feminist theories from the Global South
Postdocs and visiting scholars
Dr Cynthia BejenoVisiting scholar
Gender and land; Women and social movements; Feminist epistemologies and methodologies
Dr Jaffer Latief NajarVisiting scholar
Marginality; Human trafficking; Migration governance
Dr Lilian Sol CuevaVisiting scholar
Feminist epistemologies and methodologies; Energy transitions; Cities
Dr Marhabo SaparovaPostdoc
Gender and migration; Carework and transnational inequalities; Gender and space/place
Dr Saad KhanVisiting scholar
Critical religious/spiritualities; Trans/queer studies; Men and masculinities
Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice PhD researchers
Get in touch!
Dr Silke Heumann
Research Team leader
- Email address
- heumann@iss.nl