Gender Research

In the database Cristin you may search for Norwegian gender reseachers by areas of expertise.

Gender researchers are found within almost all disciplines and fields in Norway. Almost all Norwegian researchers have some of their work published in English, which makes it accessible for international readers.

View the latest gender research publications in English by researchers from Norway.

Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research) promotes Norwegian and international gender research. The main language is Norwegian, but they also accept manuscripts in Swedish, Danish and English.Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning is an interdisciplinary referee-based periodical.

NORA is an interdisciplinary journal of gender and women’s studies and a conduit for high-quality research from, and across, all disciplines. Rooted in the politics of its Nordic location, the journal recognizes and conveys in particular the situatedness of Nordic feminist research.

NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal for research on men and masculinity and is considered to be in the forefront in its field.

ATGENDER: The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation is a professional organization in the field of international gender studies.

The Women’s Information Network of Europe, WINE, is a network of libraries, archives, and information centres across Europe. The purpose of the network is to provide a common platform to help facilitate discussion and information-sharing in the areas of gender, feminist and women’s studies and research. Currently more than 50 organizations from many countries are members of WINE.

The Centre For Gender Reseach at the University of Oslo is the largest gender research centre in Norway and has existed since 1986. The Centre offers a bachelor programme and master programme in Gender Studies and courses in Gender Studies at BA, MA and Phd level, in close collaboration with other departments and faculties at the University of Oslo. 

The Center for Gender studies at NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology is an integral part of the Norwegian Gender Research field. It is a member of the National Association of Gender Studies and is connected to both Nordic and international research networks. The Center offers courses and programmes at Bachelor, Master's and PhD level. The Center for Gender studies also runs the university-wide, cross-disciplinary network NTNU GenderHub.

The Centre for Women’s and Gender Research (SKOK) at the University of Bergen is an interdisciplinary research centre that aims to service all the faculties at the University of Bergen. SKOK’s main objective is to strengthen women’s and gender research at the university as well as other research communities, both nationally and internationally. SKOK also offers a bachelor program in gender studies, a one-year program in gender studies and doctoral education within the field.

Centre for women's and gender research is a meeting place for women and men, students and employees at UiT - The Arctic University in Norway. Their aim is to strengthen competence and to stimulate gender and women research within different disciplines at the university. 

The Network for Gender Research at the University of Stavanger involves researchers from a range of academic disciplines, representing multiple approaches to gender research and feminist theory. The network offers courses in gender studies at bachelor and master level.

CORE – Centre for Research on Gender Equality conducts research on gender equality, with particular emphasis on challenges in working life. We produce high-quality research that is socially and politically relevant.

The PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security (PRIO GPS Centre) is a resource hub for gender research at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). 

The Institute of Women's Law is part of the Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo. The aim Women's Law is to describe, explain and understand women's legal position in order to improve women's position in law and society.

Fafo is an independent and multidisciplinary research foundation who works within both a domestic Norwegian and larger international context. A key to Fafo’s work on gender issues is the mainstreaming of gender issues in social analysis. All projects have an explicit aim to include gender as variable in the analysis, in line with a general holistic perspective on living conditions.

The Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) develops research on violence and traumatic stress. The centre has several projects dedicated to research on violence and abuse in close relationships. 

KUN Centre for Equality and Diversity is a non-governmental organization. KUN has two offices located in Steigen and Steinkjer, Norway. They conduc research, run workshops, arrange courses, conferences, and study trips on a broad range of topics. The essence of their work is to provide perspectives for change, as well as to bridge the gap between research and practice, by cooperating with government agencies, counties, municipalities and various business associations.

The Centre for Equality is an inter-disciplinary expertise centre that since its inception in 1983 has worked to address equality issues in all layers of Norwegian society. Our role is to create and communicate theoretical and practical knowledge relating to equality that can be applied by public authorities, private enterprises and volunteer-based organisations. We do this primarily through research, counselling, courses and workshops, and the publication of reports, analyses and issue briefs.

The Centre for Gender and Equality offers research and competence and aims to strengthen the education and dissemination about gender and equality in the Agder region in southern Norway. The centre is a cooperation between the University of Agder, Agder Research and the Agder counties.