Section: Student Profiles
Rosalind Cavaghan
- Name Rosalind Cavaghan
- Organisation
- Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh - Address
- Rm 3.13 CMB 15A George Square Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
- R.M.Cavaghan@sms.ed.ac.uk
- Research Interests
- Gender,Policy,EU,Knowledge
- URL
- http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/student_profiles/rosalind_cavaghan
Qualifications
- MA German and Politics, University of Edinburgh
- Msc by Research Politics, University of Edinburgh
Working Title
Explaining Persistence and Change in the Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming: Stabilisation, Mobilisation and Co-existence of Gender Knowledge.
Research Interests
My research interests span the broad themes of public policy, gender, science and technology policy and the EU. I am particularly interested in combining concepts from interpretative policy analysis and gender theory to better understand the political struggles involved in policy implementation.
Thesis
My thesis examines the implementation of gender mainstreaming, in EU science and research policy, as a case study of change or resistance in gender relations within the state. In it I tackle an enduring research puzzle in feminist public policy: Why does rhetorical acceptance and promotion of gender equality policy often coexist with disappointing or patchy policy outcomes?
Drawing on interpretative policy analysis and Actor Network Theory (ANT) I conceive of gender mainstreaming implementation in terms of knowledge processes, whereby unfamiliar, (feminist) conceptions of gender/gender equality are inserted into mainstream institutions. To capture this my thesis develops the theoretical concept ‘Gender Knowledge’ which helps us identify the processes through which perceptions of gender equality issues are stabilised and mobilised in policy making and implementation processes.
Supervisors
Dr Richard Freeman and Dr Fiona Mackay.
Awards
- Roberts Fund Award 2008
- Andrew Smith Memorial Foundation Small Award 2006
- ESRC 1+3 Quota Studentship 2006-2010
- University of Edinburgh German Prize 2003
- Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Undergraduate Stipend 2000
- Erasmus Studentship - UniversitÄt Leipzig 2000
Research Networks and Activities
I am active in a number of UK and international research networks. Recent activities include:
- January 2011 Proposing Chair ‘Knowledge and Gender in Public Policy and Institutions’ at the ECPR European Conference on Politics and Gender, Budapest, Hungary.
- June 2010 Panel Co-chair ‘Translation Practices’ the 5th Interpretative Policy Analysis Conference with Christophe Dubois (University of Liege, Belgium)
- February-Sept 2010 visiting scholar at Fachgebiet Gender und Globalisierung, Humboldt Universitaet.
- 2009-2010 Presenter in the ‘Practising EU Government: Problematisation, Mobilisation, Legitimation’ Seminar series in conjunction with the Europa Institute and the Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh.
- June 2008 Co-organizer of the PSA Northern Postgraduate Conference.
- 2008 Participant in the Garnet Network of Excellence on Global Governance Regionalisation and Regulation: the Role of the EU, Universitaet Kassel.
Recent Publications and Conference Papers:
Conference Paper: (2011) Implementing Gender Mainstreaming in EU Science and Research Policy: Mobilising and Stabilising Gender Knowledge, prepared for the 2nd ECPR Conference on Politics and Gender, Budapest, 13th-15th January 2011.
Conference Paper: (2010) Gender Mainstreaming as Translation: The Case of EU Science and Research Policy, Paper prepared for the 5th Interpretative Policy Analysis Conference, Grenoble June 23-25 2010, Panel 3 ‘Translation Practices’, Grenoble, France.
Book Chapter: (2010) Gender Knowledge a Review of Theory and Practice. In Brigitte Young and Christoph Scherrer (Eds). Gender Knowledge and Knowledge Networks in International Political Economy, Baden-Baden: Nomos
Conference Paper: (2009) EU Gender Mainstreaming in Science Policy: the Construction of a Policy Space? Paper prepared for The Role of Gender Knowledge in Policy Making: International Symposium, 29th-30th May 2009, Humboldt Universetaet zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Book Review: (2009) Multiple Meanings of Gender Equality: A Critical Frame Analysis of Gender Policies in Europe, Mieke Verloo (Ed.) (2007). In Journal of Social Policy, Vol 38 (1).
Conference Paper: (2008) Knowledge and Interpretative Struggles in EU Gender Mainstreaming Policy Development, paper prepared for The 7th Garnet PhD School Global Governance, Regionalism and the Role of the EU, Kassel/Hofgeismar, December, 1-5 2008.
Conference Paper: (2008) Policy Formation and Europeanization – Gender Mainstreaming in the EU, Methodology Paper, prepared for The 3rd International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis: Democracy, Governance and Methods, University of Essex, UK June 18-21, 2008.
Teaching Experience:
I am the Senior Tutor for the post graduate course ‘Data Collection’ which forms part of the MSc by Research core courses. I have also tutored on two undergraduate introductory courses, Introduction to Politics and International Relations and Democracy in Comparative Perspective and have facilitated introductory workshops on SPSS.
University of Edinburgh Research Groups:
Gender and Politics Research Group; Policy Research Group; Europa Institute Postgraduate Research Group.
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