| Dr Lucrecia Rubio visiting, IPP-CSIC, Spain (expert on prostitution politics, surrogacy politics, EU, contestations within feminist movement) | 6-12 March 2026 | 10 March (Palazzo Strozzi, aula Altana): 9.30-13 Talk in RT: “Divide and Conquer? Anti-Gender Politics, Feminist Responses and Intra-Feminist Debates in the European Parliament” |
| Panel Gendered Political Emotions in the Climate Crisis: Power, Care, and Resistance – CIDAPE conference Chairs: Emanuela Lombardo (SNS) and Ipek Demirsu (SNS) Discussants: Linda Coufal (Charles University), Giada Bonu Rosenkranz (SNS) | 12/3/2026 | (Palazzo Strozzi, aula Altana): h 11.45-13.15 |
| Dr Petra Ahrens visiting, University of Tampere, Finland (expert on EU gender equality policies, European Parliament, gender-sensitive parliaments, qualitative methods) | 13-20 March 2026 | 17 March, 10:00–12:00: Public lecture “The international norm of gender-sensitive parliaments in times of democratic backsliding and anti-gender actors”, Palazzo Strozzi, aula Pollaiolo 20 March (h 10-12 Palazzo Vegni, Sala del Consiglio): Informal Q&A sessions with PhD researchers focusing on qualitative research methods and academic publishing and editorial practices |
| “The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen. Gender, Leadership, Policies, and Crises” Speakers: Gabriele Abels (University of Tübingen), Johanna Kantola (University of Helsinki), Emanuela Lombardo (SNS), Henriette Müller (NYU Abu Dhabi), Jane Freedman (SciencePo Paris), Hussein Kassim (University of Warwick), Maryna Shevtsova (KU Leuven), Anna Elomäki (University of Tampere) Discussants: Hanz-Jörg Trenz (SNS) Other discussant TBC | 8 May 2026 | Palazzo Strozzi, aula Altana 2 roundtables (10-11.30 and 12-13.30) |