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The politics, expressions and prevalence of violence against trans* people in the EU (2020-2022)

About this project

Project information

Project status

Completed

Contact

Zara Saeidzadeh

Research subject

Research environments

The objective of the project is to produce knowledge to inform the development of social and legal policies and practices to reduce violence against trans* people in the context of EU. In doing so, the project first produces a systematic review of studies on violence against trans* people in the EU. Second, it identifies and conceptualises all forms of violence experienced by trans* people, including the full range from direct physical to subtle and previously unmentioned and unmeasured violence. Third, the project theorizes violence against trans* people as an entity on its own, rather than as forms of violence against LGBTQI people. The project follows an intersectional methodological framework and a theoretical framework based on violence regimes, thereby considering conceptualising all forms of discrimination, abuse, prohibition and suppression as violence.

Research groups

Research funding bodies

  • Swedish Research Council