Gender Studies and the New Academic Governance Global Challenges, Gl

What is happening to gender studies and gender research as emerging but contested fields of scientific knowledge in the conditions of the new academic governance? And which role do gender studies and gender research play in the current transformations in

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Gender Studies and the New Academic Governance Global Challenges, Glocal Dynamics and Local Impacts

Gender Studies and the New Academic Governance

Heike Kahlert Editor

Gender Studies and the New Academic Governance Global Challenges, Glocal ­Dynamics and Local Impacts

Editor Heike Kahlert Bochum, Germany

ISBN 978-3-658-19853-4  (eBook) ISBN 978-3-658-19852-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19853-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017962071 Springer VS © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer VS imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH The registered company address is: Abraham-Lincoln-Str. 46, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany

Content

Introduction: Gender Studies and the New Academic Governance . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Heike Kahlert I

Interventions: Gender, Gender Studies and Academic Feminism

Gender in the Neo-liberal Research Economy: An Enervating and Exclusionary Entanglement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Louise Morley Gender Studies at the Time of Neo-liberal Transformation in Estonian Academia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Kadri Aavik and Raili Marling Neo-liberalism and Feminism in the South African Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Desiree Lewis II Interactions: Gender Research, Academic Feminism and Society The Relationship between Gender Research and Society in the Norwegian Brainwash Controversy of 2010–2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Pia Vuolanto The Place for Gender Research in Contemporary Portuguese Science and Higher Education Policies within the Context of Neo-liberalism . . . . . . .