Internship

Aim

On completion of the course, the students should, on an advanced level within the field of Gender Studies – Intersectionality and Change, be able to:

• independently identify and critically assess problems and possibilities in relation to transformatory work in a relevant organization, public and private workplace/business;
• report and critically and reflexive analyze and assess demands, problems and possibilities in relation to transformatory work in a relavant workplace;
• critically assess and reflect the potentials and limitations of their own knowledge and skills in terms of addressing specific work situations in relevant professional ways.

Content

This course is based on giving the students the empirical experience of transformatory work in a relevant workplace and thereby enabling the students to test and put their theoretical skills into practical strategies and tools regarding how to work with aspects such as gender mainstreaming, diversity and equal opportunities in specific settings. With an intersectional perspective as point of departure the students are given a lens through which organizational structure as well as the practical outcomes of everyday practices, power relations etc. can be viewed and critically analyzed and in the long run possibly altered and hereby the students are enable to identify possible gaps of knowledge relevant for at future work life. The examination expecting a self-reflective written report also teaches the students to perform introspective analyses.

The students are responsible themselves for finding their own internships by contacting relevant organizations and the internship must be approved by the program director/ course coordinator.

The internship can be fulfilled in Sweden or abroad.