Event type:

In person

Date & time:

12 Jul 2022, 17:00 – 19:00

Gender, (social) science, and academia: reflections on a journey of 60 years

In this seminar, Ann Oakley will draw on many years’ experience of university work to explore the persistent gendering of knowledge and methodology.

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Gender, (social) science, and academia: reflections on a journey of 60 years

Professor Ann Oakley

Professor of Sociology and Social Policy

IOE

Ann was the founding Director of the Social Science Research Unit (SSRU) at IOE, where she also headed the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre). She is best known for her work on sex and gender, housework, childbirth and social science.

Her more recent interests have focused on evidence-based public policy and methodologies of research and evaluation, on the sociology of the body and on biography and autobiography as forms of life-writing.

Further information

Ticketing

Pre-booking essential

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Professor Alice Sullivan

alice.sullivan@ucl.ac.uk