Gender
and violence in the Nordic countries
a research programme 2000-2004
Issues related to gender and violence are today clearly present both on the
political and research agendas in the Nordic countries. In several countries
reform measures have been initiated, which aim for changes in law, in
protection, preventative and treatment programmes, as well as stimulating
debate. Research on gender and violence is current and/or has been initiated in
most of the Nordic countries and has in some cases also developed into
international co-operation. However so far, the Nordic possibilities for
co-ordination of research on gender and violence have not been sufficient. The
research has mainly been conducted by single researchers in shorter projects, or
in rather small research communities, which impedes continuity and limits the
possibilities for co-operation. Furthermore, this form of isolation places a
burden on the researchers. Therefore an overarching and co-ordinating Nordic
research programme is needed.
The Nordic Council of Ministers have decided to initiate a five year research
programme on gender and violence, for the period 2000 - 2004. A steering
committee appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers is responsible for the
programme, which is administered by the Nordic Research Training Academy
(NorFA). On behalf of the steering committee, NorFA now issues a call for
co-operation projects on research and research training within the following
four prioritised areas:
1. Power, violence, sexuality and victimization as a gender specific process;
2.
Parenthood, gender and violence: parenthood as a gendered social institution;
3.
Masculinity and violence as mutually constituting one another and cultural
definitions of sexuality which privilege men's and subordinate women's
sexuality;
4. The
implications of "culture" and "cultures" for the link
between gender and violence.
For further details, see the programme description with the guidelines and
application forms at NorFA's
homepage www.norfa.no.
The aim of the programme is to connect small and dispersed research communities
in the Nordic countries and to support Nordic development of the sphere of
competence and research training.
The programme supports network co-operation on research and research training,
where among other things Ph.D. grants, postdoctoral grants, research training
courses, seminars and workshops can be included. To be considered, the network
co-ordinator must come from a Nordic country and the network must have
participants from several Nordic countries. The research groups can include
participants from the Baltic states and Northwest Russia, and other European
countries.
The Nordic Council of Ministers have for the period 2000 - 2001 agreed to
institute a total sum of 3,57 MDKK annually for the programme. The programme
committee expects to support 6-8 projects in this first call. Funding will take
the form of two year framework grants, with the possibility of applying for an
extension.
Application deadline: 2 October 2000 (Postmarked Date).
Further information can be obtained from NorFA's homepage (www.norfa.no),
programme co-ordinator Maria Eriksson, Department of Sociology, Uppsala
University,
e-mail: maria.eriksson@soc.uu.se
; or advisor Morten Bennum, NorFA,
e-mail: morten.bennum@norfa.no
(until 31/8/00:
, e-mail: mbe@fsk.dk
)
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