Gender Arc is a gender-focused research network initially set up as an inter-institutional collaboration between researchers on gender-related topics at UL-NUIG in response to the research alliance established in the same year between the two institutions. Since then we have held numerous research network meetings, seed-funding intiatives, collaborative conferences, symposia and public lectures and forged inter-institutional research collaborations. International Speakers include... Research projects in the first five years addressed gender and sexualities in relation to:
In 2017 we decided that while continuing to encourage cross-institutional collaborative initiatives (research projects, joint funding applications and events), we would organise as two independent networks: Gender Arc @ UL and Gender Arc at NUI Galway. The purpose of Gender Arc @ UL is to: