UNU-GEST Lecture Series 31 March - Men of the World ... and what to do about them: resistance, responsibilities and responses

In his lecture, Prof. Hearn will address some of the implications of globalisation and transnationalisations, that is, transnational social processes across multiple arenas, such as global economy, migration, and ICTs, for assessing the changing state of critical studies of men and masculinities. These are relevant not only to matters of research, analysis and explanation, but also to those of politics and policies. In facing these matters, questions of resistance, responsibilities and responses in relation to men and masculinities are considered and contested. The lecture is in English and is open to everyone and admission is free. The lecture series in the spring semester 2016 is held in collaboration with The National Museum of Iceland and RIKK. The event is also on Facebook!

Prof. Hearn is a Guest Research Professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, based in Gender Studies,Örebro University, Sweden; Research Professor of Sociology, University of Huddersfield, UK; Professor Emeritus, Management and Organization, Hanken School of Economics, Finland; and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences, UK. His current research focuses is on gender, sexuality, violence, men, organizations and transnational processes. He is co-editor of Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality book series, co-editor of NORMA: the International Journal for Masculinity Studies, and associate editor of Gender, Work and Organization. His latest books are Rethinking Transnational Men (edited with Marina Blagojević and Katherine Harrison, Routledge, 2013), Opening Up New Opportunities for Gender Equality Work (with Anna-Maija Lämsä et al., Edita, 2015), and Men of the World: Genders, Globalizations, Transnational Times (Sage, 2015).