My Research Interests

My Statement on the #FeministAcademia Campaign

Building Positive Academia through a feminist lens

In academia, we often encounter environments shaped by competition, exclusion, and hierarchy that can hinder the flourishing of collaboration and care, inclusion, and networks. It’s time to challenge these norms and reimagine academia as a space that uplifts, nurtures, and empowers. Christa Sathish, a passionate advocate for feminist perspectives in her research and teaching, has created and launched this campaign to drive this transformation.

Through #FeministAcademia – a complement to the #EveryLittleActionCounts initiative (launched by Christa Sathish) and the #PositiveAcademia initiative (launched by Anne-Wil Harzing) – we enhance the development and nurturing of Positive Academia as a transformative vision for academia. This vision emphasises intersectionality, gender equality, collective action, empowerment and autonomy, and social justice. Feminism teaches us that power is not finite, success is not individual, and the stories of those on the margins hold profound wisdom to help us shaping a better future.

This campaign uses weekly fables to reimagine academia as a zoo – a place where structures, hierarchies, and behaviours can be critiqued and reshaped. I would like to take this opportunity to highlight two of my dear CYGNA sisters, Axèle Giroud and Martyna Śliwa. I had a wonderful discussion with them about the academic zoo and safari during our Cumberland Lodge event in 2024, which inspired me to walk the talk.

Our weekly allegories explore and promote feminist practices such as:

• Collaboration over competition: building networks of mutual support and dismantling hierarchies that privilege the few.
• Care as a core value: prioritising well-being and challenging the myth of endless productivity.
• Equity in opportunity: addressing systemic barriers to ensure every voice can grow and thrive.
• Reimagining power: moving toward collective, inclusive decision-making that empowers all.

Our campaign is not just about telling stories – it is a call to action. Each fable challenges us to reflect on the structures we inhabit and inspires us to imagine and build new ones. #FeministAcademia envisions an academic world where every contribution is valued, no one is excluded, and the future is shaped collectively.

Join us on this transformative journey. Together, we can weave a new web for academia – one strong enough to hold us all!

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Vol 1. 2025