Co-ordinator: Dr. Delphine Resteigne (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) & Dr. Sara Rubenfeld (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
About
Aim:
The Working Group Gender and the Military aims to promote, support and conduct interdisciplinary and comparative research on gender-related issues
Scope:
The scope is very wide and according to members' interests and will. Topics that are addressed include, but are not limited to:
Gender relations and gender hierarchies, women accession and integration into the military, military masculinity, career advancement and shortcomings, professional orientations, career-family trade-offs, buddy relationships in combat and non-combat environments, sexuality and affection in the workplace, gender discrimination and role segregation, sexual harassment, women soldiers' roles and different functions with special reference to international and intercultural missions.
The working group welcome contributions from sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, history, and more.
History:
The Gender & the Military WG (previously Women in the Military)was founded by Marina Nuciari, Turin University,after a notification in the ERGOMAS newsletter before the conference in Prague, 2000. Since its inception, this WG has been a forum for raising interest in topics about gender-related issues which affect servicewomen, for the presentation and exchange of research in this domain during ERGOMAS conferences, and for enabling international collaboration, comparative research and publication. The WG’s scope has been intentionally broad, and covered topics such as women’s accession and integration into the military, issues affecting women’s career advancement in the armed forces, as well as their professional orientations, career-family trade-offs, sexuality in the workplace, gender discrimination and role segregation, sexual harassment, female soldiers’ roles and different functions with special reference to international and intercultural missions. After many years of strong leadership and development of the Gender and the Military WG, Marina Nuciari stepped down from the coordinator role in 2017.
News and activities
Dear members and friends of ERGOMAS,
We are pleased to note that the 15th biennial ERGOMAS conference is on track and will be organized in Lisbon on 17-22 June 2019.
In preparation of the conference and in line with the general theme: “Military Studies in a Post-Truth Society: Challenges and Perspectives”,we are planning to organize sessions on that specific theme related to gender issues.
More practical information will be given during the following months and, in the meantime, we wish you a beautiful summer and weare looking forward to meeting you in Lisbon and have fruitful reflections and discussions on gender topics!
Nina and Delphine
This WG is also a collaborative network. In that regard, we are always open for collaborations and projects around new ideas. Everybody interested in proposing research projects related to gender and the military is welcome to contact us.
Paper room
Papers presented at previous ERGOMAS conferences. For more details, please contact the presenters directly:
The 10th Biennial conference of ERGOMAS in Stockholm, June 22-26, 2009:
·Gerhard Kümmel (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (Sozialwissenschaftliche Institut der Bundeswehr, SOWI, Germany). Sex in the Military: The German Case.
·Anders W. Berggren (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (Swedish National Defence College, Sweden). Sexual Harassment in the Swedish Armed Forces 1999-2005
·Armando X. Estrada (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (WSUV - Psychology, Vancouver, Canada). Antecedents and Consequences of Sexual Harassment, Discrimination in the Swedish Armed Forces 1999-2005
·Sophia Ivarsson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) & Lena Pettersson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (Swedish National Defence College, Sweden). Recruiting women into the Swedish Armed Forces - a single objective and a method of achieving policy aims in the areas of security, development, defence and equality
·Helena Carreiras (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, Portugal). Public attitudes towards women in the military: The Portuguese case in comparative perspective
·Karen D. Davis (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (Canadian Forces Leadership Institute, Canada). Public Discourse and the Warrior Paradigm: Canadian Casualties of Afghanistan, 2006
·Patricia M. Shields (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (Texas State University, San Marcos, USA). Hidden in Plain Sight: Women's Contribution to Military and Societal Transformation.
· Donna Winslow (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (Centre on Governance University of Ottawa, Office of the Auditor General of Canada). Gender Mainstreaming: Lessons for Diversity.
The 11th Biennial conference of ERGOMAS in Amsterdam, 13 – 17 June 2011:
·Anuradha Parasar (NIIT University, Rajasthan, India, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) The Indian Women in Army - The Analysis
·Charles Kgosana (Stellenbosch University, South Africa, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Perceived discrimination of women and organizational citizenship behaviors
·Nina Rones & Kari Fasting (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences – Defence Institute, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) “When they [women] failed to contribute and was only an obstacle, everybody started to dislike them”
·Trond Svela Sand & Kari Fasting (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Defence Institute, Norway, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Gender Issues in Military Research in the Scandinavian countries
·Kari Fasting & Trond Svela Sand (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Defence Institute, Norway, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Why doesn’t Norway manage to increase the number of women in the military?
·Ashu Pasricha (Department of Gandhian Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Women, Conflict and Peace with special reference to Jammu and Kashmir
·Wesley S. Huey (United States Naval Academy, USA This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Erasing the Gender Difference in Work-Group Leader Acceptance – The Moderating Effect of Workplace Hierarchy
The 12th Biennial conference of ERGOMAS in Madrid, 4–7 June 2013:
The 13th Biennial conference of ERGOMAS in Ra’anana, June 8–12 June 2015:
·Nina Hellum (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Exposure towards the opposite sex reduces stereotypical biases
·Emma Jonsson & Johan Österberg (Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership, Swedish Defence University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Effective recruitment of women—Developing a new method
·Nina Rones (The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) What is at stake in the social struggle over who should be allowed in the military profession/field?
·Marten Meijer (NATO Strategic Communication Consultant, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) & Rodney De Vries (Netherlands Ministry of Defense, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Women in dangerous jobs: How the weak beat the strong
·Yael Topel (Tel Aviv University & IDF, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) The ' other' in the male discourse: Power in talks about sexual harassment among military men
·Orna Sasson-levy (Bar Ilan University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) & Edna Lomsky-Feder (Hebrew University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Military service and shaping women's emotions
·Tair Karazi-Presler (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Between empowerment and shame: Retrospective view of power among women military officers
·Orna Sasson-levy (Bar Ilan University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) & Edna Lomsky-Feder (Hebrew University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Gray areas of sexual harassment: Managing emotions and maintaining gender power relations in the military
·Erica Weiss (Tel Aviv University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Feminized Emotions or Feminist Emotions? Shaping women’s resistance to militarism in Israel
The 14th ERGOMAS Biennial Conference in Athens, June 26–30 2017:
·Delphine RESTEIGNE (Chair of Sociology, Royal Military Academy; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). On Masculine Domination in Military Organizations
·Ashu PASRICHA (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts, Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Women: A Bridge Builder and Peacemaker
·Stefanie VON HLATKY (Director Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen’s University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Nurse or Warrior? The role of Gender in the Armed Forces
·Heli HӒYRYNEN (University of Jyväskylä, Finland; Continuing Education and Training in the Finnish National Defence University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) The Meaning of Military Leadership Training to Young Women´s Leadership Competency: a Narrative Viewpoint
·Eleni NINA – PAZARZI (Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of Piraeu; Vice President of European Sociological Association and ELEGYP; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Vilara KALLIOPI (Ph.D Candidate, University of Piraeus; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) ARTEMIS – EQUAL: The Organization of Support Centers in the Greek Armed Forces
·Nina RONES (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) "The Queen Bees and the Women’s Team". A Study of the All-Female Special Reconnaissance Platoon in the Norwegian Armed Forces’ Special Command compared with Previous Studies of Women in the Military.
·Suvi KOURI (University of Jyväskylä, Military Chaplain in Finnish Defence Forces, Guard Jaeger Regiment, Helsinki; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Female Officers’ Narratives on Career Choice and Finding their Place in the Military Community
·David G. SMITH (Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law, United States Naval Academy; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Judith E. ROSENSTEIN (Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law, United States Naval Academy; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Margaret NIKOLOV (Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, United States Naval Academy) Prejudiced Backlash in Subjective Performance Evaluations: Military Women’s Lack of Fit in the Military Profession
·Minna LEINONEN (Work Research Centre, University of Tampere, Finland; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Intersectionality and Organizational Change in the Finnish Defence Forces
·Irene KAMBERIDOU (Associate Professsor of Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Executive Group of the European Centre for Women and Technology; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Gender, Volunteerism and Military Hospitals: War Nurses, Educators and Philanthropists of the Nineteenth-Century