DIS/CONNECT: Gender, Power and Disinformation across borders

This initiative is a virtual, interdisciplinary, and transnational intensive workshop series that
brings together students, early-career researchers, and practitioners to critically engage
with the intersections of gender, sexuality, human rights, and digital cultures. The program
consists of four interconnected workshops, each designed to interrogate contemporary
challenges such as digital disinformation, gender-based violence, masculinist backlash, and
policy gaps in human rights protection. The program will run for the length of one semester
and have four 4 hour-workshop sessions (with breaks). A total of 168 hours hours of
participation will give students 6 ECTS (24 hours of workshop and 144 hours of personal
work including pre-workshop reading and assignment, see section 5).
Learning outcomes include:
• Critical analysis of gendered disinformation and online hate speech through
intersectional feminist, queer, and critical masculinity studies lenses.
• Development of nuanced understandings of legal and policy frameworks addressing
gender-based violence and human rights violations.
• Enhanced capacity to design and evaluate gender-inclusive communication
strategies and campaigns.
• Hands-on experience in collaborative, project-based media production that
translates academic insights into public-facing digital content.
• Students’ empowerment with conceptual tools to critically evaluate and respond to
contemporary gender justice challenges.
Cross-cultural, interdisciplinary dialogue and solidarity among emerging scholars
and practitioners.
• Simulation of real-world policy and media environments, through innovative, critical,
and reflexive responses to complex gender and human rights issues.
• Exploration and application of gender-sensitive research methodologies, including
the conduct of online research on sensitive topics such as gender-based violence and
hate speech, with critical reflection on ethical issues related to safety and well-
being.