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 - - - - - - Kiin Catrine Andersson Associate Professor (Docent) of Social Work Department for Social Work, Malmö University 205 06 Malmö