Monday 3rd April

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10.15 -11.00: Coffee and Registration

Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building

 

11.00-12.30: Plenary 1: Feminist Institutionalism: Origins and Influences  

The Alexander Arts Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building

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Shireen Hassim 

Mona Lena Krook

Vivien Lowndes

Joni Lovenduski

Fiona Mackay (chair)

Georgina Waylen

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12.30-1.30: Lunch

Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building

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1.30-3.00: Panel Session 1

 

Towards Gendering Institutionalism: Equality in Europe

A113, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chairs: Elaine Weiner (McGill University) and Heather MacRae (York University, Canada)

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The European Social Fund and the Institutionalization of Gender Mainstreaming in Sweden and Germany

Petra Ahrens (University of Antwerp) and Anne-Charlott Callerstig (Örebro University)

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Gender Mainstreaming and EU Climate Change Policy

Gill Allwood (Nottingham Trent University)

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Resistance to Gender Mainstreaming in EU Research Policy

Lut Mergaert (Yellow Window) and Emanuela Lombardo 

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Benevolent Contestations: Mainstreaming, Judicialisation and Europeanization in the Norwegian Gender and Equality Debate

Hege Skjeie, Catherine Holst and Mari Teigen (Institute for Social Research, Norway)

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Engaging the State: Women’s Policy Agencies and Mechanisms for Gendered Change

A112, Samuel Alexander Building

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Chair: Laurel Weldon (Purdue Policy Research Institute)

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Lessons Promoting Gender Equality in the State: Institutional Evolution of Women's Policy agencies in Costa Rica and Chile

Gwynn Thomas (University of Buffalo)

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In the Belly of the Beast: Of Structural Problems and Straitjackets –the South African Commission for Gender Equality

Amanda Gouws (University of Stellenbosch)

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(Trans) formation of Institutional Mechanisms for Gender Equality in Lithuania from the Perspective of Velvet Triangle Actors

Oskana Mejere (Vytautas Magnus University)

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Gender, Labour and Work

A215, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Silke Stabb (UN Women)

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Have Recent Judicial Decisions Across the Globe Improved Gender Justice for Women Workers?

Jane Aberhard-Hodges (Investing in Women)

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“Hostel" for Women: A Sociological Study of Women's Hostels in Mumbai

Mittal Chauhan (Mithibai College of Arts, Science & Commerce)

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The Institutional Embeddedness of Household Resource Allocation in the UK, India and Pakistan

Punita Chowbey (Sheffield Hallam University)

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Why Not Rip it Up and Start Again? Questioning Gender Equality in the Cocoa Value Chain

Lauren McCarthy (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Jeremy Moon

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New Perspectives on the Politics of Presence

A7, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Sarah Childs (University of Bristol)

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(How) Does Feminisation Change a Parliament?

Rainbow Murray (Queen Mary, University of London)

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The Institutional Non-Presence of Women

Suzanne Dovi (University of Arizona)

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Bounded Agency and Intersectional Identities: African American Women State Legislators' Paths to Power

Wendy Smooth  (Ohio State University)

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Diversifying Representation: Tempering Expectations for change beyond the Legislature

Jennifer Piscopo (Occidental College, Los Angeles) and Susan Franceschet (University of Calgary)

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3.00- 3.30: Tea/Coffee

Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building

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3.30- 5.00: Panel Session 2

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Understanding the Role of Political Settlements in Shaping the Opportunities for Progressive Institutional Change in Conflict-to-Peace Transitions

A113, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Jennifer Thomson (Queen Mary University of London)

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New Institutions, New Gender Rules? Emerging Evidence from the ESRC-DfID Political Settlements Research Programmes

Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh) and Cera Murtagh (University of Edinburgh)

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Implementing the Good Friday Agreement: Understanding Institutional Change through Crisis and Attrition

Michelle Rouse (TJI Ulster University)

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Transforming Responses to Intimate Partner Violence in a Post-conflict Environment: The Case of Northern Ireland

Jessica Doyle (Ulster University)and Monica McWilliams 

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International Law Norms for Gender Equality and Domestic Processes of Institutional Change: When and How the International May Matter

Catherine O’Rourke (Ulster University)

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Institutional Change, Gender Justice and Conflict in Columbia

Pilar Domingo (Overseas Development Institute) and Alina Rocha Menocal (Overseas Development Institute)

 

Feminist Institutionalism and Social Policy

A112, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Francesca Gains (University of Manchester)

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Punctuated Equilibrium, Conversion of Something else? Assessing the Continued Roles of Private Health Insurance in the US system

Melissa Haussman (Carleton University)

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Welfare Regimes and the Development of Gender Attitudes in Post-Communist Europe

Steven Saxonberg (Masaryk University, Brno)

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Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change: Understanding the Role of the Neoliberal and Maternalist Legacies in Chilean Social Policy

Silke Staab (UN Women)

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The Everyday of German Family Policy Reform: Translocal Coordination in the Organisation of Childcare

Nina Suesse (King's College London)

 

Resisting Institutional Change: Mechanisms and Actors

A215, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Elin Bjarnegård (Uppsala University)

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The Resilience of Masculinist Institutions: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Reflections

Sabine Lang (Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies) and Birgit Sauer (University of Vienna)

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Subverting Quotas:  Gendered Actors, Gendered Institutions

Leah Culhane (University of Manchester)

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Reproducing Male Dominance in Europe's New Democracies

Cristina Chiva (University of Salford)

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Gender and Cabinet Government in Ireland: Revealing the Gender Culture and Power Dynamics that Insulate Against Institutional Change

Fiona Buckley (University College Cork)

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Political Parties and Participation

A7, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Tània Verge (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

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How to Build a Women's Party (and How to Research One): Applying a Feminist Institutionalist Lens

Elizabeth Evans (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Meryl Kenny (University of Edinburgh)

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Gendering Institutions - The Role of the Party Structures for Women's Political Representation in Parliament in Ghana

Diana Højlund Madsen (Aalborg University)

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Legal Gender Quotas and Informal Institutions in Political Parties: the case of the Republic of Ireland

Claire McGing (NUI Maynooth)

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Political Origins of the Female Franchise

Dawn Teele (University of Pennsylvania)

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5.00-5.15: Tea/Coffee

Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building

 

5.15-6.45: Plenary 2: Feminist Institutionalism: Key Concepts and Methods

The Alexander Arts Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building

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Elin Bjarnegård

Louise Chappell

Vivien Lowndes

Fiona Mackay

Meryl Kenny

Georgina Waylen (chair)

 

 

6.45: Drinks reception and finger buffet

Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building

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Tuesday 4th April

 

9.00-10.30:  Plenary 3: Feminist Institutionalism in Practice

The Alexander Arts Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building

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Sarah Childs

Mieke Verloo

Tània Verge

Sylvia Walby

Georgina Waylen (chair)

Laurel Weldon

 

10.30-11.00: Tea/Coffee

Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building

 

11.00-12.30: Panel Session 3

 

Studying up? Researching Gendered Institutions in International Relations

A113, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Shireen Hassim (University of Witwatersrand)

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Critical Friends or De(con)structive Critics: How Should Feminist Academics Engage with Global Institutions and Gender Reform Agendas?

Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh) and Louise Chappell (University of New South Wales)

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The Women, Peace and Security Agenda and Post-conflict Political Institutions: A Feminist Institutional Analysis

Jennifer Thomson (Queen Mary, University of London)

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NATO Women: The Changing Role, Organisation and Activism of Military Women Within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 1961-2016

Katharine. A. M. Wright (University of Winchester) and Matthew Hurley (Oxford Brookes University)

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Researching Gender and UN Pre-deployment Training in the Rwanda Defence Force During Organisational Change

Georgina Holmes (University of Reading)

 

Understanding Policy: Change and Design

A112, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Claire Annesley (University of Sussex)

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Negotiating Gender Equitable Change in Bangladesh: The Role of Informal Institutions

Sohela Nazneen (Institute of Development Studies)

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Navigating the Formal and Informal Pathways to Policy Change in the Gender Agenda of Michelle Bachelet's Second Administration

Carmen Sepulveda (University of Manchester)

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The Institutionalisation of Gendered Ideas: Theoretical and Methodological Insights from an Ideational Perspective on Institutional Change

Josefina Erikson (Uppsala University)

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More Than Just Money? A Sociological Analysis of the Relationship between Feminist Organisations and VAWG State Funders in Scotland

Tanita Louise Maxwell (University of Aberdeen)

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Feminist Institutionalism in Unstable Institutional Environments

Andrea Kirszan (Central European University) and Conny Roggeband (University of Amsterdam)

 

Transforming/Gendering the Legislature

A215, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Susan Franceschet (University of Calgary)

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Gendered Institutional Change or More of the Same? Assessing Canada's New Sexual Harassment Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament

Cheryl N. Collier (University of Windsor) and Tracey Raney 

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Understanding the US Congress as a Gendered Institution: The Perspectives of Women Members

Kelly Dittmar (Rutgers University-Camden), Kira Sanbonmatsu, and Susan J. Carroll

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Gendered Institutional Change: The Case of the Women and Equalities Committee in the UK Parliament

Sarah Childs (University of Bristol) and Chloe Challender

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Why does the Committee on Gender Equality not Gender Mainstream Legislation?

Mette Marie Stæhr Harder (Roskilde University)

 

Explaining the Representation of Women in Parliament: Candidate Selection and Quotas

A7, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Meryl Kenny (University of Edinburgh)

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Gender Differences in Political Career Progression: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland

Lisa Keenan (Trinity College Dublin)

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Renomination and Gender Bias: Institutionalist Analysis

Michal Smrek (Uppsala University)

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Change or More of the Same? Gender Quotas and the 2016 Irish General Election

Fiona Buckley (University College Cork) and Mary Brennan (University College Dublin)

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Female Candidates, Female MPs: Representation, Roles and Quotas. France, 1998-2017

Graziani Ghislain (Université Paris Diderot-Paris7/Università di Bologna)

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Do Gender Quotas Work? A Quantitative Assessment of Their Impact on Representation, Candidate Quality and Future Career

Tomas Turner-Zwinkels (University Of Basel), Marijtje van Duijn, Andreas Flache , Melinda Mills

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12.30-1.30: Lunch

Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building

 

1.30-3.00: Panel Session 4

 

Cabinets and Gender

A113, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Gwynn Thomas (University of Buffalo)

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Feminist Institutionalism and Cabinet Appointments: Tools and Numbers

Claire Annesley (University of Sussex), Karen Beckwith and Susan Franceschet (University of Calgary)

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Gendering Coalition Presidentialism in Brazil

Pedro G. dos Santos (Luther College) and Maria Luiza Gatto (University of Zürich) and Kristin N. Wylie (James Madison University)

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The Gendered Distribution of Ministries in German State Cabinets, 1990-2016

Isabel Köhler (Georg August University Göttingen)

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Institutions, Change, and Leadership: Women as National Executives in Anglo Systems

Patricia Lee Sykes (American University)

 

Understanding Institutional Dynamics

A112, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Anna Sanders (University of Manchester)

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Doing Gender in Municipal Politics: Local Variations of Gender Mainstreaming and Women's Inviobility

Renee Andersson (Örebro university) and Gun Hedlund

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Evaluation as a Tool for Gender Institutional Change: The Experience of Evaluating the GENOVATE Project

Maria Bustelo (Complutense University of Madrid) and Julia Espinosa

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Gender, Actors and Rules: Understanding Institutional Dynamics in the Case of Police Governance

Francesca Gains (University of Manchester) and Vivien Lowndes (University of Birmingham)

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Tracing the Evolution, Structure and Content of Gender and Institutions Research

David Hudson, Bridi Rice, Chris Roche and Orlanda Ward (University College London)

 

Women Representing Women: Opportunities, Constraints and Contestations

A215, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Jennifer Piscopo (Occidental College, Los Angeles)

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Women Representing Women: Opportunities and Incentives in Divided Powers

Grace Lore (University of British Columbia)

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The Institutional Dynamics of Substantive Representation of Gender in Politics

Helena Stensöta (University of Gothenburg) and Lena Wängnerud

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Where There's a Will there Isn't Always a Way: The Case of the Brazilian's Women's Caucus

Larissa Peixoto Vale Gomes (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

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Just Amongst Us: Women's Caucauses, Collaboration and Policy Making in US State Legislatures

Mirya R. Holman (Tulane University), Anna Mahoney (Tulane University), and Zhu Zhang

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Feminists or Women? Disputes over Gender Politics in Brazilian Parliament

Maíra Kubík Mano (Universidade Federal da Bahia)

 

FI and International Organisations

A7, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Shirin Rai (University of Warwick)

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Feminist Institutionalism and International Organisations: Comparing the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in the EU, NATO and the OSCE

Anne Jenichen (Aston University), Jutta Joachim, Andrea Schneiker, Nina Wüstemann

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Regional International Organisations and Gender Regimes: Promoting or Hindering Gender Equitable Change?

Anna Van der Vleuten (Radboud University)

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The Lex Specialis Obstacle to Representing Women and Their Interests Within the World Trade Organization

Judit Fabian (University of Calgary)

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Different Ways of 'Seeing' Gender Within International Organisations: The OECD and the ECLAC

Rianne Mahon (Wilfrid Laurier University)

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External Influences: The Role of Interest Groups in Effecting Change in EU Political Institutions

Sara Reis (University of Sheffield)

 

3.00-3.30: Tea/Coffee

Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building

 

3.30-5.00: Panel Session 5

 

Constitutional Change and Design

A113, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Catherine O’ Rourke (University of Ulster)

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Please Don't Forget Women: Women Participation in the Institutional Transformation of Colombia

Olga Patricia Velaquez Ocampo (Universidad de los Andes)

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Improving the Conditions for Women's Participation in a Brazilian Sub-national Legislative: The Trajectory of a Constitutional Amendment

Clarisse Paradis Goulart (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Larissa Peixoto Vale Gomes 

(Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

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When Quotas go to Court: Institutionalizing Electoral Justice with a Gender Perspective in Latin America

Jennifer Piscopo (Occidental College, Los Angeles)

 

State Institutions and Women’s Rights

A112, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Carmen Sepulveda (University of Manchester)

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Addressing Gender Equality in Japan: Challenges and Potentials of Transforming Institutions

Maki Kimura (University College London)

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Moroccan Women and the Public Sphere: An Institutional Gendered Analysis

Amina Haddadi (Mohammed I University, Morocco)

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Muslim Women and Sharia Law in 'The West'

Amira Aftab (Macquarie University)

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Women’s Rights as “Gendered Temperance”: Institutional Perspectives on Gender Violence in the Pacific Islands

Nicole George (University of Queensland)

 

The Republican Party as a Gendered Institution (Roundtable)

A215, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Ronnee Schreiber (San Diego State University)

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Race and Republican Women: Latinas and the Politics of Whiteness in the Post-Trump Era

Cristina Beltran (New York University)

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Republican Women in the 2016 Election: Progress or Same Old Patterns?

Kelly Dittmar (Rutgers University-Camden)

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The Republican Party and the Myth of Gender Neutrality

Ronnee Schreiber (San Diego State University)

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Higher Hurdles for Republican Women in U.S. Primaries

Shauna Shames  (Rutgers University-Camden)

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Women and the Republican Party in Comparative Perspective

Christina Xydias (Clarkson University)

 

International Institutions and Domestic Politics: Gendering Interactions

A7, Samuel Alexander Building

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Panel Chair: Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh)

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From Yugoslavia to the EU: Transformations of Institutional Gender Knowledge in Croatia (1980-2013)

Leda Sutlovic (University of Vienna)

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Framing Gender Equality Policy in Serbia: From Unity to Disconnection

Zorana Antonijević (University of Novi Sad Center for Gender Studies)

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Do International Norms Matter? The Impact of CEDAW on Italian Domestic Politics and Policy

Alessia Donà (University of Trento, Italy)

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Gendering National Projects and Discourses in Feminist Institutionalism

Jill Vickers (Carleton University)

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5.00: Close

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