Outreach/Resources

Anti-Gender Politics: Insights from the Network

Researchers in dialogue: Understanding Anti-gender politics

Explore our interactive map featuring short video capsules from researchers involved in COST Action Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME Countries. Through interviews recorded across Europe, scholars present their research, discuss key concepts, and reflect on the diverse manifestations of anti-gender politics in different national and regional contexts.

The map offers an accessible way to discover the expertise within the network, highlighting the interdisciplinary and international perspectives that underpin the Action. Whether you are a researcher, student, policymaker, journalist, or member of civil society, these interviews provide valuable insights into current debates and emerging research on anti-gender politics in Europe.

Online Lectures

Working Group 3 Series

  • 3 September 2025: Bastiaan Redert (University of Antwerp), Title: From protest to policy (and back again?): Towards an Integrated Framework on LGBTQ+ interest organizations
  • 1 October 2025: Rok Smrdelj and Roman Kuhar (University of Ljubljana), Title: Anti-Gender Mobilizations in Europe and the Feminist Response
  • 5 November 2025: Bishnu Prasad Mohapatra (MIT World Peace University), Title: Democratic Movements for Minority Rights in Secular States-A case of India
  • 18 February 2026: Nadezhda Beliakova (Bielefeld University), Title: Female Religious Activists from the Soviet Union and the
  • 4 March 2026: Mina Baginová (Charles University), Title: Contemporary feminist movements in Central and Eastern Europe: transnational mobilising against anti-gender alliances

Syllabi

Here, members of CA23149 provide selected course syllabi that cover both English- and German-language courses. The list is constantly being updated; the most recent syllabi are listed at the top of the list.

 

Conference presentations

  • Băluță, I. (2026). "The Garden of the Mother of God": Orthodoxy and anti-gender politics in Romania. European Conference on Politics and Gender, June 15–17, 2026. Newcastle University, UK
  • Băluță, O. (2026). The Orthodox Church as a political actor: Anti–sex education mobilizations and the making of an illiberal consensus in Romania. European Conference on Politics and Gender, June 15–17, 2026, Newcastle University, UK.
  • Bošković, B. (2025). Right-wing populism as a driver of a change? The impact on social and economic status of women [Paper presentation]. 11th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS), May 28–30, 2025, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
  • Gökçenaz, G.(2026). Bacha Posh as Symptom of Democratic Fracture: Anti-Gender Politics in Nadia Hashimi's The Pearl that Broke Its Shell. The 2nd International Women's Studies Congress, March 6-8, Ankara/Türkiye
  • Kondakov, A. and Tabatadze, S. (2026) Borrowed or Homegrown? Examining Russia’s Influence in Georgia’s Anti-Gender Politics. 32nd International Conference of Europeanists: Integrity, Solidarity, and Unity: Hopes and Realities of the European Future. University College Dublin, Ireland, 16-18 June.
  • Margvelashvili, K. (2026) Contested national space, gender, and the Orthodox Church: comparing Georgia and Greece. . European Conference on Politics and Gender, June 15–17, 2026, Newcastle University, UK
  • Nenova, G. (2026). From support to instrumentalization of the anti-gender movements? The case of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. European Conference on Politics and Gender, June 15–17, 2026, Newcastle University, UK
  • Özküralpli, İ., & Işık, H. (2026). Sex and cis trouble in Turkey: The 11th Judicial Package and trans people. The European Conference of Politics and Gender in Newcastle, UK, 15 June 2026
  • Tabatadze, S., & Margvelashvili, K. (2026). Mapping the anti-gender mobilization constellation: The state, far right, and the Orthodox Church in Georgia. Research Workshop on Mapping Actors and Transnational Networks in Anti-Gender Mobilizations, May 28–29, University of Helsinki, Finland.
  • Ushkovska, M. (2025) Beyond Populism. Perspectives on the Nation State, the EU, Immigration, and Social Values in the Visegrad Group. Presented IPSA 2025 World Congress, July 12-16, 2025, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Walczak, J. (2026) 'Gay Is Bad, Gay Is Dumb’: Ridicule as a Discursive Strategy in Polish Conservative Media.” The European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 15–17 June 2026.

Publications

  • Sasha Kondakov, A., Tabatadze, S. Borrowed or Homegrown? Examining Russia’s Influence in Georgia’s Anti-Gender Politics. Sexuality Research and Social Policy (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-026-01304-x
  • Gergorić, M., & Vuckovic Juros, T. (2025). A new wave of anti-gender mobilizations in Croatia: targeting abortion and trans rights. European Journal of Politics and Gender https://doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2025D000000107
  • Valkovičová, V., & Maďarová, Z. (2025). The Practices and Subjects of Feminist Digital Activism: Experiences from Slovakia and Czechia. Gender a výzkum/Gender and Research, 26(1), 59-84. https://doi.org/10.13060/gav.2025.007