Courses

The Graduate School of Gender Studies regularly arranges postgraduate courses and seminars, some of them in English. Our courses are usually given every two years, as long as there are applicants.

Current courses

Autumn 2026

Introduction to gender research (7,5 hp)

Schedule and literature

The course is given on campus in Umeå and in English.

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The aim of this course is to give doctoral students with different disciplinary backgrounds an introduction to the most common ways of conducting gender research. Emphasis is on gender research conducted in various disciplines beyond Gender Studies, not on Gender studies as a discipline of its own. The course provides an introduction to how key theoretical perspectives from feminist theory influence and structure empirical studies in different fields, and constitutes an opportunity for participants to explore how gender research has been conducted within their own field of research. The course is suitable for doctoral students in the beginning or middle of their research education.

Feminist theory (7,5 credits)

The course is given on campus in Umeå and in English. The course syllabus may be due to changes. More information will come.