Sustainability and Masculinity

Within this research theme, the focus is on the relationship between gender and sustainability. The group’s work centers on questions of how sustainability discourses and practices take gender into account, and whether—and in what ways—sustainability efforts reproduce or transform gender relations and gender (in)equality. The theme also hosts the Research Group on Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities, which analyzes men and masculinities from a gender perspective, often with intersectional approaches. Additionally, the theme explores intersections between sustainability, mobility, and masculinity.

Sustainability
Research within the sustainability theme explores diverse actors engaged in sustainability efforts across politics and civil society, including corporations, organizations, and political parties. Drawing on feminist theoretical approaches to understanding human–environment interactions, the group contributes to the development of ecofeminism, feminist environmental security studies, and feminist institutionalism. Furthermore, the research examines strategies for fostering a socially just and environmentally sustainable transition, with particular attention to justice and inclusion in mobility transformations. This includes critical analyses of gendered dimensions of mobility cultures and political interventions aimed at promoting sustainable mobility.

Working Group on Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities
The research within this group focuses on empirical studies and theoretical development concerning men and masculinities in areas such as transnational change, boyhood, digitalization, love and sexuality, family, sport (including skateboarding), and mobility. The research also includes projects that examine how ecofascism employs environmental discourse to gain greater social acceptance.