Young Researchers in Gender and Social Sciences Conference

About the conference

The conference brings together researchers working on gender inequalities across the social sciences at different points of their careers, and gives them a space to present ongoing work, receive prepared comments and build contacts beyond their own institution.

Four thematic panels cover political behaviour, socialization, backlash and the far right, labour markets, care work, migration, representation and gender-based violence. A closing roundtable brings together senior scholars to discuss the main challenges facing gender research today.

Everyone is welcome to attend any session, and undergraduate and master's students are particularly encouraged to come.

Programme

Thursday, 12 November

15:00–15:30

Welcome and coffee

15:30–17:00

Panel 1 · Becoming Political: Socialization, Generations and the Gender Gap

Chair: Berta Caihuelas Navajas

Lidia Núñez-Alañón (UC3M) The timing of gendered political socialization Discussant: Mónica Ferrín
Raúl Villegas Santana (IPP-CSIC) Too Busy to Become Political: Early Life Working Hours and the Gendered Development of Political Interest Discussant: Mónica Ferrín
María Ruiz Hernández (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) When Work Fails Men: Labour Market Insecurity and Populist Attitudes in Spain Discussant: Gema García Albacete
Rebeca González Antuña (University of Lucerne) Compared to Whom? Gender, Generation, and the Reference Groups of Young Men's Grievance Discussant: Gema García Albacete

17:00–17:15

Short break

17:15–18:45

Panel 2 · Gender Inequalities Across the Life Course: Health, Education and Work

Chair: Misun Lim

Florencia Caro Sachetti (UC3M) Structural transformation, migration and the reorganisation of gendered occupational segregation Discussant: Leire Salazar
Milica Vranic (UC3M, Department of Economics) Consequences of Air Pollution and Natural Disasters on Human Capital Development Discussant: Alicia García-Sierra
Patricia Lorente (UC3M) The Development of Gender Differences in Dispositions Toward Effort among School Children Discussant: Alicia García-Sierra
Maria Rubio-Cabañez (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) The Stratified Effect of Extreme Temperatures on Birth Weight: The Role of Energy Prices Discussant: Alicia García-Sierra
Annelien Bouland (UC3M) The Potential of Student-led Initiatives in Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct Among Students Discussant: Leire Salazar

20:30

Conference dinner at Choose restaurant

Friday, 13 November

10:00–11:30

Panel 3 · Shaping Gender Attitudes: Norms, Networks and Backlash

Chair: Itzá Camacho de Domingo

Eva Anduiza (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Gender issues and attitudinal constraint in Spain Discussant: Irene Sánchez-Vítores
Álvaro Calvo-Rodríguez (Universidade da Coruña) Catalysts or Echo Chambers? Anti-Gender YouTube, Modern Sexism, and Radical-right Support Discussant: Alejandro Tirado Castro
Isabel Rodríguez Marín (Collegio Carlo Alberto) Gender Norms in the Making: Design and Pilot Evidence from a Longitudinal Network Study of Spanish Adolescents Discussant: Irene Sánchez-Vítores
Leire Rincón (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) The Paradox of Progress: Women's Rights, Sexual Objectification, and Gender Backlash Discussant: Alejandro Tirado Castro

11:30–12:00

Coffee break

12:00–13:30

Panel 4 · Feminist Identities, Mobilisation and Representation

Chair: Lidia Núñez-Alañón

Irene Jiménez-Bravo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Gender Attitudes Without the Feminist Label: Mapping the Identification Gap in Spain, 2017–2025 Discussant: Alba Huidobro
Nerea Gándara Guerra (UC3M) We march, she runs? The effect of protests on political nominations Discussant: Silvia Clavería
Alejandro Tirado Castro (IPP-CSIC) Gender Echo Chambers: Friendship Networks and Gender Attitudes Discussant: Silvia Clavería
Marta Fraile (CSIC) Gendered Self-Concepts in Contemporary Europe: Individualization, Tradition, and Their Correlates Discussant: Alba Huidobro

13:30–14:30

Lunch

14:30–16:00

Roundtable · Challenges and Horizons in Gender Research and the Social Sciences

Senior and early-career scholars discuss the main challenges facing gender research today: interdisciplinarity, publication strategies, research funding, and the future of gender studies within the social sciences.

Gema García Albacete (UC3M)
Marta Fraile (CSIC)
Eva Anduiza (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Leire Salazar (CSIC)
Silvia Clavería (UC3M)
Irene Sánchez-Vítores (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Celia Valiente (UC3M)
Mónica Ferrín (Universidade da Coruña)