3:29 p.m.
Hi everyone,
Thank you for everyone's engagement during our two days of network meeting! A lot of
very good ideas for the future came out of our discussions and I will try to summarize
them below:
First of all: we have funding for the two coming years, from the Nordic LGBTI Fund (the
Nordic Research Council)!
https://nikk.no/en/fundproject/the-nordic-network-for-lgbti-research-on-hea…
This includes money for keynotes, conference facilities for meetings (one per year) and
for some time for me to work as a coordinator. Unfortunately there is no funding for
travel or accommodation for participants, but I have applied for funding from Forte and
Nordic Gender Fund as well - so hopefully this can be covered also for future meetings.
For coming network meetings we discussed several possible themes that we want to delve
into:
* Methodology - 1. Labels/categories/terms, 2. Positionality (insider/outsider
etc.'), 3. Who the research is for and by, participatory research (Would queer methods
be something we can focus on for future program applications and project plans?)
* Pedagogy - dilemmas of teaching LGBTQ+ "knowledge", lack of courses, more
diverse student group - challenges
* Disciplinary issues - meet up in disciplinary as well as multi-disciplinary groups
for support and strategies
* Early researchers' perspectives - focus on applications, articles, mentoring
* Discussing conference ideas for 2027? - coordinating with history conferences (2025,
2026) and the trans conference (2026-27)
* Keynote suggestions: Sari Van Anders. We have quite a lot of money for keynotes, so
please suggest your dream keynote to me!
Other plans:
* Zoom meetings for ideas/pitches, discussing texts, presenting results
* Arranging a workshop about LGBTQ+ research applications with PI's from the Forte
special call
* Edited volumes in Social Work and Education were discussed
* Conference working groups were discussed for the Nordic Social Work Conference and
NERA, the Nordic Educational Research Association, conference
We have a coordinating group: Amanda Klysing, Mats Christiansen, Ylva Odenbring, Madeleine
Kirsch Eriksson, Emilia Brusila
Thank you all for joining! It would be great to also have someone from Norway and
Denmark.
Attached is a Menti cloud that summarize why people at the meeting wanted to participate
and their wishes for the network - a very good inspiration for the future! We concluded
that the social and community aspects of these types of meetings should not be
underestimated, and we will continue to prioritize those.
I will get back to you with some plans for Zoom meetings in the spring. Please let me know
if you want to be a part of the coordinating group, or arrange something for the network
(maybe together with me) that you feel passionate about.
Warm regards and hopes for a restful holiday ahead,
Catrine
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Kiin Catrine Andersson
Associate Professor (Docent) of Social Work
Department for Social Work, Malmö University
205 06 Malmö