About the book
Higher education institutions (HEIs) all over the world are facing difficult times that are often labelled a crisis but could also—due to the complexity of the phenomena under discussion—be characterised as a polycrisis. The chapters in this edited volume approach crisis in the context of higher education (HE) from a social constructivist perspective.
The individual contributions adopt multidimensional, multilevel and intersectional approaches to gender inequalities to better understand power relations as expressed through institutional and cultural change processes. The chapters explore the ways in which crises play out and the extent to which they undermine, ratify or reconfigure gender relations in higher education. Contributing authors from different geographical locations also reflect on how higher education management conceives of gender when responding to crisis, as well as the consequences of a binary approach and related essentialism.
About the event
The two editors will present the crisis framework developed for the book and give an overview on the publication, followed by short presentations of individual chapters. After the presentations, there will be a Q&A session with the authors.
A detailed program of the event is available here.
Please use this link to join the virtual presentation.
About the network
The Women in Higher Education Management (WHEM) Network is an international feminist research consortium. Their newest publication, Gender and Higher Education Management in Times of Crisis, was edited by Sarah Barnard(Loughborough University) & Angela Wroblewski (IHS).
This event is a guest event, organised by the WHEM Network at IHS.