Diversity and inclusion
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Gender and sexuality in the Caribbean
Dr Julian Isenia is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. His areas of expertise include the fields of gender and sexuality in the Caribbean, as well as archives, museum collections, the history of LGBT activism and activism of people of colour in the Netherlands and Curaçao. | W.G.S.J.Isenia@uva.nl
Promotion of women's and LGBTQ rights
Dr Hanna Muehlenhoff is an assistant professor in European Studies. She looks at the European Union's external relations from a feminist perspective, focusing on the promotion of women's and LGBTQ rights in Turkey, as well as the EU's security and defense policy. | H.L.Muehlenhoff@uva.nl | 020 525 2268
Diversity and Inclusion at the UvA
Dr Machiel Keestra is the UvA's Central Diversity Officer (CDO). Additionally, he is an associate professor of Philosophy at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. As CDO, he contributes to diversity and inclusion at the UvA through policy advice, knowledge sharing, and concrete projects. His research focuses on, among other things, the significance of integrating multiple perspectives in developing solutions to complex problems. This can involve various scientific perspectives as well as diverse perspectives related to socio-cultural context or lived experience. | M.Keestra@uva.nl
Pinkwashing
Dr Anna Berbers is an associate professor of Corporate Communication. She researches how organisations communicate about LGBTQIA+ issues and how this impacts perceptions of authenticity and legitimacy of these organizations. She investigates the phenomenon of pinkwashing. She is curious about how LGBTQIA+ individuals perceive expressions of support from organisations towards them. When do they consider such support to be pinkwashing. What are their grounds for considering such support to be either legitimate or a case of pinkwashing? | A.P.V.Berbers@uva.nl | 06 15 48 67 52
Racialisation, ethnicity and equity in medicine and care
Dr Alana Helberg-Proctor is an assistant professor in the Health, Care and the Body programme group in the Department of Anthropology. Her research focuses on diversity and inequality in healthcare and medical science. She investigates how ‘race’ and ethnicity appear in biomedical research, health policy and healthcare in the Netherlands and Europe.| a.e.g.helberg-proctor@uva.nl
Politicisation of gender and equality
Dr Conny Roggeband is an associate professor of Public Policy and Governance. She specialises in the politicisation of gender-based violence, gender mainstreaming and equality policies, social movements and transnational feminist networks. Her current research focuses on the relationship between (de-)democratisation and gender equality. This is based on research in Europe (the Netherlands, Spain, Central and Eastern Europe) and Latin America. | C.M.Roggeband@uva.nl | 020 525 3555
Rights and recognition of transgender and intersex people
Anne Louise Schotel is a PhD candidate in Political Science. She focuses on political representations of sex, sexuality and gender identity in the Netherlands and Germany, with a focus on the rights and recognition of transgender and intersex people. | A.L.Schotel@uva.nl
Sexual and gender diversity in families
Prof. Henny Bos is professor of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Families and Youth, and focuses in her research on families with parents of the same sex and on young people who belong to a sexual minority and/or are gender non-conforming. | H.M.W.Bos@uva.nl | 06 4312 9060
Prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination
Dr Allard R. Feddes is an assistant professor in the Social Psychology department. Feddes is interested in the question of how group membership influences the way we feel, think and behave. His research includes topics such as the development of intergroup prejudice and stereotyping, discrimination, acculturation, and the antecedents and consequences of hate-crime. He is currently working on a study about discrimination against people of Asian background. | A.R.Feddes@uva.nl