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Katarzyna Wojnicka
Senior Lecturer
Department of Sociology and Work ScienceAbout Katarzyna Wojnicka
Associate Professor of Sociology, Editor in-chief for NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies. She works at the Department of Sociology and Work Science and CERGU – Centre for European Research at the University of Gothenburg.
Fields of research: critical men and masculinities studies, gender studies, social movements' studies, migration studies, European studies
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:
1. #SolidarityWithPolishWomen: Transnational Abortion Activism in Central Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region (2024-2027) funded by Foundation of Baltic and East European Studies
The goal of the project is to investigate the character and dynamics of transnational abortion activism, a phenomenon that can be identified in contemporary Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region. Transnational abortion mobilisation in the region has not yet been investigated, despite its theoretical and social significance, given the recent limitations of civil rights and health assistance for Polish women. Hence, the proposed research is the first study where this type of mobilisation is analysed from national, comparative, and transnational perspectives. The research will be conducted in Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, and Sweden and will be supplemented by netnography and an investigation of the nature of global transnational abortion networks. The project utilizes a qualitative mixed-methods approach as individual interviews, observations (incl. shadowing) and netnography will be conducted. The theoretical framework consists of theories and concepts developed within gender studies and social movements studies, and the investigation is framed by an intersectional approach. The ambition is to contribute to the theoretical debates on transnational social movements. The results of the project will be published in scientific papers, an edited monograph, during scientific events and in the media. The project has clear societal relevance, providing knowledge on an under-researched social phenomenon, relevant to increasing the level of gender equality in the region.
PI: Katarzyna Wojnicka, Co-applicant: Eva Karlberg
2. European fathers' rights movements: gender (in)equality discourses and politics (2019-2024) funded by Swedish Research Council (VR)
The goal of this project is to conduct research on European fathers’ rights movements (FRMs), a particular facet of men’s social movements and their discourses on gender (in)equality as well as practices aimed at combating gender-based discrimination. Fathers’ rights groups exist in all EU countries and are the most recognizable and “powerful” phenomena among European men’s movements. However, to date, there has been a lack of sufficient research on these phenomena. Therefore, the aim of this research project is to fill the knowledge gap on European fathers’ rights movements by conducting a scientific investigation from national, comparative and transnational perspectives. The project draws on preliminary qualitative research on Polish, Swedish and British fathers' rights movements and will be enriched by new data gathered through several social research methods including quantitative and qualitative studies. Firstly, quantitative research, including groups mapping and internet-based surveys, will be conducted in all EU/EFTA states. Secondly, in-depth interviews will be conducted with movement activists from a) Germany and Spain and b) transnational organisations, and this data will then be analysed. The project will combine and contribute to the literature on social movements, critical men and masculinities studies and European studies. Aside from its theoretical, methodological and empirical significance, the project has significant societal relevance.
PI: Katarzyna Wojnicka
3. European queer memorials: from Homomonument to HBTQI memorial in Gothenburg (2023-2024) funded by Adlerbertska Foundation
This project studies the citizens' perceptions of the first Swedish queer monument, created by the artist Conny Carlsson Lundgrens, that will be installed in Gothenburg in 2023 and its connection to the broader European context. In order to do so, qualitative social research (interviews, observations and visual material collection) will be conducted in 16 European cities with the most prominent queer monuments, as well as in the city of Gothenburg, after its own memorial will be installed.
PI: Katarzyna Wojnicka
4. How did I end up here? Stories from migrant men (2023-2024) funded by Swedish Research Council (VR)
In recent years, Sweden has received large numbers of migrants and refugees and majority of them are men. This has caused significant public debates, as in the public eyes, the typical migrant is a young, single man and the growing number of male migrants has been one of most vivid concern of the European societies. Therefore, the main aim of the project is to strengthen communication of newest research findings to the public and increase the level of nuanced knowledge on masculinities, gender attitudes and living conditions of all male migrants in Sweden. The project aims to present the findings of the ongoing ethnographic research project on single migrant men in the EU entitled "Transnational bachelors. An ethnography about singleness among migrated men in the European Union" (VR 2018-01476). This will be done in order to combat stereotypes and misinformation regarding single migrant men living in Sweden. This will be done by following activities: project website maintenance, social media campaign, development of popular science blogposts and podcasts as well as organisation of a storytelling workshop and science theatre. Consequently, target groups are: Swedish general public, single migrant men that live in Sweden and relevant stakeholders.
PI: Ulf Mellström, Co-applicant: Katarzyna Wojnicka
Previous research projects:
Transnational bachelors. An ethnography of singledom among migrant men in the European Union (2019 - 2023) funded by Swedish Research Council (VR); PI: Ulf Mellström, Co-applicants: Andreas Henriksson, Katarzyna Wojnicka, Andrea Priori
Friendship, partnership and family. Normative ideas of young men and women with migration experience (2018-2020) funded by German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth; PI: Magdalena Nowicka, Co-applicant: Katarzyna Wojnicka
Evaluation of European Perpetrator Programmes (2013-2014) funded by European Commission, Daphne III Programme; PI: Ralf Puchert, Co-applicants: Katarzyna Wojnicka, Heinrich Geldschläger, Christian Scambor, Marianne Hester, Rosa Logar, Thangam Debbonaire
Teaching and tutoring: Katarzyna has thought diverse courses on masculinities, gender, migration, social movements, European studies and qualitative research methods at the University of Gothenburg, Humboldt University of Berlin and Jagiellonian University in Poland. She supervises BA, MA and PhD theses focused on broadly understood abovementioned topics, with a special focus on qualitative research methodology.
Current teaching:
- Applied Qualitative Research Methods – lecturer
- Research Theories and Methods - lecturer
- Local and Global Social Movements - lecturer
- Applied qualitative Research Methods, problems and design - lecturer (CES)
- Social Europe – course leader and lecturer (CES)
- European Integration - lecturer (CES)
- European Heritage and Identity - lecturer (CES)
- Qualitative Methods in public health science - lecturer (Sahlsgrenska Academy)
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Protectors and Modern Princesses: A Qualitative Investigation of Gender Ideals Among Young Migrants in
Berlin
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Magdalena Nowicka
Gender Issues - 2024 -
Leaping the Abyss: The Problematic Translation of Social Research Results into Policy
Recommendations
Seweryn Rudnicki, Katarzyna Wojnicka
SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE - 2024 -
He leads a lonely life: single men’s narratives of dating and relationships in the context of transnational
migration
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Andrea Priori, Ulf Mellström, Andreas Henriksson
Journal of ethnic and migration studies - 2024 -
The COVID-19 pandemic and caring masculinity: New prospects or a wasted
opportunity?
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Julia Kubisa
Gender, Work & Organization - 2024 -
From Homomonument to "Gläntan": What is so European in European queer
memorials?
Katarzyna Wojnicka
30th International Conference of Europeanists - 2024 -
Intersectionality and masculinities studies, go together like a horse and
carriage
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Norma - 2024 -
Men and gender
equality
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Sophia Belghiti-Mahut
Encyclopedia of Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - 2024 -
Leaping the Abyss: The Problematic Translation of Social Research Results into Policy
Recommendations
Seweryn Rudnicki, Katarzyna Wojnicka
Sociological research online - 2024 -
Protective migrant masculinity. Between marginalisation and
privilege
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Migratory Men. Place, Transnationalism and Masculinities - 2023 -
Waiting or dating? Migrant bachelors in the European
borderscapes
Andreas Henriksson, Ulf Mellström, Andrea Priori, Katarzyna Wojnicka
Norma - International Journal for Masculinity Studies - 2023 -
Racism (un)spoken: Exclusion and discrimination in emotional narrations of young migrants in
Berlin
Magdalena Nowicka, Katarzyna Wojnicka
Emotion, Space and Society - 2023 -
His body, his choice? Patriarchy, discrimination against men and protective masculinity at
war
Katarzyna Wojnicka
NORMA - 2023 -
Unveiling racism through qualitative research: The politics of
interpretation
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Magdalena Nowicka
Qualitative Research - 2023 -
Not all that glitters is gold: rethinking the concept of caring
masculinities
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Sam de Boise
Symposium: What is the State of the Art in Contemporary Masculinity Studies - 2023 -
From fathers' rights movement to single parents advocacy: the case of Platform for European
Fathers
Katarzyna Wojnicka
XX ISA World Congress of Sociology - 2023 -
Fathers’ activism in the EU: mobilisation against or for gender
equality?
Katarzyna Wojnicka
EUGenDem Final Conference 'European Politics, Equality, and Democracy' - 2023 -
He leads a lonely life: single migrant men, sexual capital and the search for an intimate
relationship
Katarzyna Wojnicka
118th ASA Annual Meeting: The Educative Power of Sociology - 2023 -
Post-separation fatherhood narratives in Germany and Sweden: between caring and protective
masculinities
Tatjana Elke Graf, Katarzyna Wojnicka
Journal of Family Studies - 2023 -
What's masculinity got to do with it? The COVID-19 pandemic, men and
care
Katarzyna Wojnicka
European Journal of Women's Studies - 2022 -
Understanding Migrant Masculinities through a Spatially Intersectional
Lens
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Magdalena Nowicka
Men and Masculinities - 2022 -
In the name of the father, the child and gender equality? Identifying European fathers’
activism
Katarzyna Wojnicka
28th International Conference of Europeanists - 2022 -
INSIDE&OUT: researching single migrant men in Europe through gender and citizenship status
lens
Katarzyna Wojnicka
NORA Conference "Tensions and Potentials in Nordic Feminist and Gender Research - 2022 -
Mission impossible? The desire of befriending locals in the narratives of young
migrants
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Magdalena Nowicka
Sociologidagarna 2022 - 2022 -
Leaping the abyss: Translating social research results into policy
recommendations
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Seweryn Rudnicki
Sociologidagarna 2022 - 2022 -
On war, hegemony and (political)
masculinities
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Ulf Mellström, Sam de Boise
Norma - 2022 -
Invisible yet significant: the case of complicit masculinities’ transparency in
power
Katarzyna Wojnicka
NORMA - 2021 -
Men and masculinities in times of crisis: between care and
protection
Katarzyna Wojnicka
NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies - 2021 -
Echte Männer, richtige Frauen? Geschlechterbilder von Jugendlichen mit
Migrationsgeschichte
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Magdalena Nowicka
2021 -
Women’s mobilisation in Poland and
beyond
Katarzyna Wojnicka
From the Arab Spring to Lockdown 2011-2021: Panel Discussions on Global Protests - 2021 -
Wie blicken Jugendliche mit Migrationsgeschichte auf
Homosexualität?
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Magdalena Nowicka
2021 -
Gender (equality) ideals among young migrants in
Berlin
Katarzyna Wojnicka
XV ESA Conference - 2021 -
Racism unspoken: race, discrimination and (white) privilege in emotional narratives of young
migrants
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Magdalena Nowicka
XV ESA Conference - 2021 -
The EU, men and
masculinities
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Jeff Hearn, Iva Smidova, Keith Pringle
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics - 2021 -
Boyz2Men. Male Migrants’ Attitudes to Homosexuality and What Age Has To Do with
It
Katarzyna Wojnicka
THYMOS: Journal of Boyhood Studies - 2020 -
Sex and the Fieldwork: Gender, Sexuality, Nationality, and Social Class in Research on European (Heterosexual)
Men
Katarzyna Wojnicka
International Journal of Qualitative Methods - 2020 -
What’s masculinity got to do with it? The COVID-19 pandemic, men and
care
Katarzyna Wojnicka
“POLITICS AND INTERSECTIONS OF COVID-19: Critical Perspectives from Gender Studies Online” - 2020 -
Men and masculinities in migration
processes
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies - 2020 -
Protective
masculinity
Katarzyna Wojnicka
27th International Conference of Europeanists - 2020 -
Understanding migrants' negotiations of masculinity through intersectional
lens
Katarzyna Wojnicka
14th Conference of the European Sociological Association, 20-23 August 2019, Manchester, UK, S702 - 2019 -
Sex and the fieldwork: gender, sexuality, nationality and social class in the research on European
men
Katarzyna Wojnicka
26th International Conference of Europeanists - 2019 -
Zgoda buduje, niezgoda rujnuje? Konflikty społeczne wokół queerowych pomników w Polsce i
USA
Katarzyna Wojnicka
XVII Polish Sociological Congress - 2019 -
Social Movements and Intersectionality: The Case of Migrants’ Social
Activism
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Social Stratification and Social Movements Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on an Ambivalent Relationship - 2019 -
Issue 2: Men and Migration
II
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Paula Pustulka
NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies - 2019 -
Research on men, masculinities and migration: past, present and
future
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Paula Pustulka
NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies - 2019 -
Feminist Movements in Central and Eastern
Europe
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Julia Kubisa
Praktyka Teoretyczna - 2018 -
Migrant men in the nexus of space and
(dis)empowerment
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Paula Pustulka
Norma - 2017 -
Self-positioning as a man in transnational contexts: constructing and managing hybrid
masculinity
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Agnieszka Trabka
Norma - 2017 -
Men’s pro-gender equality initiatives in
Europe
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Časopis za kritiko znanosti, domišljijo in novo antropologijo - 2017 -
Men and
Feminism
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Social Movement Studies - 2017 -
Men and masculinities in transnational migration
processes
Katarzyna Wojnicka
“Decolonizing Masculinities: (Re) configuring Bodies, Affects and Politics” at the III Men in Movement Conference. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain: 16-17 November 2017 - 2017 -
Framing Gender-Based Violence Discourses in the European Fathers’ Rights
Movement(s)
Katarzyna Wojnicka
24th International Conference of Europeanists, July 2017, University of Glasgow, UK: 12-14 july 2017 - 2017 -
Gender-based violence in the European fathers’ rights movement(s) discourses (and
practices)
Katarzyna Wojnicka
"Men and Masculinities: Politics, Policy, Praxis Conference”. Örebro University, Sweden: 14-16 June 2017 - 2017 -
Theorising European fathers‘ rights
movement
Katarzyna Wojnicka
“Exploring the Dark Side. Theorising Resistances and Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Comparative Perspective”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Nottingham, UK: 26 April 2017 - 2017 -
How to engage migrant men for gender
equality?
Katarzyna Wojnicka
“Making the Invisible Visible” Nordic MenEngage Conference, Reform – resource centre for men. Oslo, 16 february: Norway Februar - 2017 -
Men and Migration in Europe and
beyond
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Paula Pustulka
Norma - 2017 -
Researching men: Main issues and challanges in qualitative
research
Katarzyna Wojnicka
The European Health Psychologist - 2016 -
Gender equality and gender rights in the European fathers’ rights movement(s)
discourses
Katarzyna Wojnicka
CIEG International Conference, Gender Studies in Debate: Pathways, challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives. May 25-27 2016, Lisbon, Portugal. - 2016 -
Od kryzysu męskości do ruchu projektu: ruchy męskiej duchowości w Polsce (i na
świecie)
Katarzyna Wojnicka
XVI Ogólnopolski Zjazd Socjologiczny. September 14-17 2016, Gdansk, Poland. - 2016 -
Between Love and Anger: The Role of Emotions in the European Fathers’ Rights
Movements
Katarzyna Wojnicka
3rd ISA Forum of Sociology. July 10-14 2016, Vienna, Austria. - 2016 -
Balanced – unbalanced men’s initiatives in
Europe
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Produktive Spannungsverhältnisse? Gleichstellungsorientierte Dialoge und Allianzen in der Geschlechterarbeit. May 12 2016, Graz, Austria. - 2016 -
Fathers’ Rights Movement(s): The Unmaking of
Europe?
Katarzyna Wojnicka
23rd International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia, USA April 14-16, 2016 - 2016 -
Men’s social movements in Poland and their role in achieving gender
equality
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Workshop - Gender Equality in Eastern Europe (and beyond), laws and practices. Freie Universität Berlin 29 January 2016 - 2016 -
New pathways in the evaluation of programmes for men who perpetrate violence against their female
partners
Katarzyna Wojnicka, C. Scambor, H. Kraus
Evaluation and Program Planning - 2016 -
Masculist Groups in Poland: Aids of Mainstream
Antifeminism
Katarzyna Wojnicka
International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy - 2016 -
Wymiary
męskości
Urszula Kluczynska, Katarzyna Wojnicka
Interalia - Journal of Queer Studies - 2015 -
Men and masculinities research in the European
dimension
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Urszula Kluczynska
Studia Humanistyczne AGh - 2015 -
The politics of men’s social
movements
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Interdisciplinary Conference “Political masculinities and social transition”, 2015, University of Koblenz Landau, Germany - 2015 -
Men, masculinities and physical violence in contemporary
Europe
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Studia Humanistyczne AGH - 2015 -
Men and Masculinities research in the European dimension - guest editors'
introduction
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Urszula Kluczynska
Studia Humanistyczne AGH - 2015 -
Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence in Eastern European and Baltic
countries
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum - 2015 -
Men and gender equality in European
perspective
Katarzyna Wojnicka
International Conference “Masculinities: Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality”, March 2015, NYC, USA - 2015 -
Men and gender equality in European
perspective
Katarzyna Wojnicka
22nd International Conference of Europeanists, July 2015, Paris, France - 2015 -
Men’s social movements in Poland and their role in achieving gender
equality
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Summer School “Gender Equality and Quality of Life. Policy-making in times of new gender regimes” lecture, August-September 2015, Kraków, Poland - 2015 -
The typology of contemporary men’s social
movements
Katarzyna Wojnicka
12th Conference of the European Sociological Association, August 2015, Prague, Czech Republic - 2015 -
Men and gender equality: European
insights
Elli Scambor, Nadja Bergmann, Katarzyna Wojnicka, Sophia Belghiti-Mahut, Jeff Hearn, Øystein Holter Gullvåg, Marc Gärtner, Majda Hrzenjak, Christian Scambor, Alan White
Men and Masculinities - 2014 -
Framing the Involvement of Men in Gender Equality in Europe: Between Institutionalised and Non-Institutionalised
Politics
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Elli Scambor, Nadja Bergmann
MCS – Masculinities and Social Change - 2014 -
Overview of the project Evaluation of European Perpetrator
Programmes
Katarzyna Wojnicka
1st European Congress on the “Evaluation of Programmes for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence”, October 2014, Barcelona, Spain - 2014 -
Possibilities of Evaluation in a Multi-Site/-Country
Approach
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Daphne III IMPACT project workshop “Evaluation of European Perpetrator Programmes” April 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark - 2014 -
Framing men in gender equality. Changing
structures
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Nordic Conference “Emerging ideas on masculinity research – Masculinity studies in the North”, June 2014, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland - 2014 -
Masculist groups in
Poland
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Interdisciplinary Workshop on “Men’s Groups: Challenging Feminism” May 2014, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada - 2014 -
Possibilities for multi-site/multi-country European evaluation studies on domestic violence perpetrator
programmes
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Christian Scambor, Elli Scambor
2014 -
The Role of Men in Gender Equality - European strategies &
insights
Katarzyna Wojnicka
2013 -
The profeminist movement in
Poland
Katarzyna Wojnicka
GENDER Zeitschrift fuer Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft - 2012 -
Reconstructing men and masculinity a la
polonaise
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Men and masculinities around the world. Transforming men’s practices - 2011 -
Karuzela z mężcyzynami. Problematyka męskości w polskich badaniach
społecznych
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Ewelina Ciaputa
2011 -
Gender w społeczeństwie
polskim
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Krystyna Slany, Justyna Struzik
2011 -
Społeczeństwo i codzienność: w stonę nowej
socjologii?
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Stypinska Justyna, Rudnicki Seweryn
2009 -
Masculinity crisis?-Is it really
so?
Katarzyna Wojnicka, Maria Adamczyk
Transgressing gender. Two is not enough for gender equality - 2006 -
Metrosexuality and psychological androgyny. Are metrosexual men androgynous
people?
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Understanding sex and gender. Zrozumieć płeć III - 2006