2025-11-042025-11-04https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/222571This 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.endisinformationgenderpowertransnational solidarities