EDGES

Joint European PhD in Womens and Gender Studies

Gender @ Work
Career Opportunities In Gender Studies

EDGES Dissemination Conference

Universidad de Oviedo
Paraninfo Universidad Laboral (Gijn)
June 4, 2014

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
9.00-9.30 OPENING AND WELCOME BY AUTHORITIES

Covadonga Betegn, Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Postgraduate Studies

Anne Hrlein, Director, European Research and Development Office
Carmen Sanjurjo Gonzlez, Director, Asturian Womens Institute
Lilla Maria Crisafulli, EDGES Coordinator, University of Bologna
Aleksandra Rozalska, EDGES Dissemination WP Leader, University of Lodz
Adelina Snchez Espinosa, EM GEMMA General Coordinator, University of Granada
Isabel Carrera Surez, PhD in Gender and Diversity Coordinator and EM GEMMA
Coordinator, University of Oviedo

9.30-10.15 PROJECT PRESENTATION

Chair: Aleksandra Rozalska, University of Lodz

Lilla Maria Crisafulli, EDGES Coordinator, University of Bologna, Why the EDGES
Project?
Suzanne Clisby and James Turner, Hull University, EDGES: Doctorate Structure
and its Aims
Elisa Arfini, Associazione Orlando, Bologna, The Importance of Employability: the
Results of Focus Group Meetings with Stakeholders

10.15-10.50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Chair: Lilla Maria Crisafulli, University of Bologna

Integrated Plan for Regional Actions:

Gender Opportunities for Women and Men 2014-2016

Cristina Balboni, General Director, Education, Training and Employment, Emilia-

Romagna Region, Italy

10.50-12.00 ROUND TABLE

GENDER AT WORK. PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENDER EXPERTS

Chair: Adelina Snchez Espinosa, University of Granada

Monica Poo Ruiz, Training and Education Council, Spanish Red Cross (Andalucia), Spain
Kaja Zapedowska-Kling, Expert on Gender Training for Third Parties (teachers, NGOs,
private sector) and Administrator of EU Research Projects (WS Debate,
GenderGraduates, ETICA), Poland
Gail Teasdale, Integrated Services Manager (Children & Young People's Health), Hull City
Council, United Kingdom
Laura Viuela Surez, ESPORA, Gender Consulting, Spain

Video Interview: Gender Equality Knowledge, Interview with Ana Sofia

Fernandes, European Institute for Gender Equality, Resource & Documentation
Centre Officer, Lithuania
12.00-12.30 COFFEE BREAK

12.30-13.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Chair: Isabel Carrera Surez, University of Oviedo

Is Literature Hermaphrodite? Or How I Set Out to Be a Writer but Became a

Female Writer Instead

Laura Freixas, Writer, Journalist and President of Clsicas y Modernas, Association for
Gender Equality in Spanish Culture

13.30-14.30 ROUND TABLE

WHAT IS GENDER STUDIES GOOD FOR?

GRADUATE STUDENTS EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS

Chair: Liamar Durn Almarza, University of Oviedo

Presentation of EDGES Students Survey Results

Aleksandra Rozalska, University of Lodz

Elena Avanzas, MA in Gender and Diversity student (University of Oviedo)

Anarrubenia Capelln, MA GEMMA student (University of Oviedo)
Ana Mara Cristea, GEMMA alumna and PhD Candidate in Gender and Diversity
(University of Oviedo)
Cristina Gamberi, GEMMA alumna and PhD in Gender Studies (University of Bologna
and Hull University)
Mnica Garca, GEMMA alumna and PhD Candidate in Gender and Diversity
(University of Oviedo)
Eva Pelayo, GEMMA alumna and PhD Candidate in Gender and Diversity (University of
Oviedo)
Gloria Rodrguez Hevia, PhD Candidate in Gender and Diversity (University of
Oviedo)

14.30-14.45 CONCLUSIONS AND NEW OPENINGS

Jasmina Lukic, Central European University and Marta Zarzycka, Utrecht University

14.45-15.00 CLOSING REMARKS

Lilla Maria Crisafulli (UNIBO), Adelina Snchez Espinosa (UGR), Suzanne Clisby
(UHull), Jasmina Lukic (CEU), Elisa Arfini (Orlando), Marta Zarzycka (UU),
Aleksandra Rozalska (ULodz), Isabel Carrera Surez (UNIOVI).
 EDGES Partners

Associazione Orlando
Central European University
University of Bologna
University of Granada
University of Hull
University of Lodz
University of Oviedo
University of Utrecht

http://edgesproject.eu

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects
the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may
be made of the information contained therein.