RED LINES, RED TAPES CONFERENCE – STARTING TODAY

The “Red Lines, Red Tapes: Ethical Challenges in Sensitive Research in Social Sciences and Humanities” conference is starting today! Three days of inspiring discussions and exchanges at the University of Warsaw, between 30 November and 2 December. Listen to what Marta Bucholc has to say about it:

Red Lines, Red Tapes conference – coming soon!

The “Red Lines, Red Tapes: Ethical Challenges in Sensitive Research in Social Sciences and Humanities” is fast approaching! The conference will take place between 30 November – 2 December 2023, with keynote speeches by Kimberly Theidon (Tufts) and Rebecca Tapscott (University of York). Check out the programme and abstracts here: https://red-lines-red-tapes.ws.uw.edu.pl.

Video Blog 7: Why Do We Play by the Rules?

Playing by the rules is hard. So why do we do it then? Using the concept of power differentials, Marta Bucholc engages with this dilemma and more pressing questions in this episode of the project video blog.

Video Blog 6 – State vs. Women

This episode of the project videoblog goes in-depth into the case of Justyna Wydrzyńska, a Polish pro-choice activist who was sentenced by the Polish courts to community service for aiding another woman with abortion.

30 August – 1 September 2023: Annual Meeting of the ISA RCSL, Lund

The Abortion Figurations team had the privilege of participating in the Annual Meeting of the ISA Research Committee on the Sociology of Law (RCSL) at Lund University. It was an incredible event where we had the opportunity to showcase our project and engage in insightful discussions. Our team organized the panel ‘Arguing Reproductive Rights,’ chaired […]

Video Blog 2 – Roe, Dobbs, and the jurisprudential horizon

In the second Abortion Figurations project videoblog, Marta Bucholc will talk about two landmark US Supreme Court cases: Roe v. Wade (1973) and Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022). The first decision affirms the individual’s right to abortion, while the second holds that the US Constitution does not confer the right to abortion. These […]

11 May 2023: IDAHOT+ Forum 2023

Nikoletta Pikramenou was a speaker at the panel « Towards evidence-based policymaking in advancing the rights of intersex persons » during the IDAHOT+ Forum 2023. This year’s forum took place in Reykjavik and was organized by the Presidency of Iceland of the Council of Europe. https://www.coe.int/en/web/sogi/-/european-idahot-forum-2023