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| Chair Steen Baagøe Nielsen |
Over 100 people participated in the founding general assembly which approved the statutes of the Society and appointed a board
with representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
There has, for some time, been a wish to strengthen the networking and research cooperation between the Nordic countries and
the creation of the Society is seen as a big step in this direction. The aim of the Society is first and foremost to promote
and disseminate information on scientific research into men and masculinities, which enhances social and cultural change,
gender equality and diversity. The Society also wishes to influence public and private funding institutions to allocate resources
needed to support research on men and masculinities. One concrete action of the Society will be holding bi-annual Nordic conferences
on research into men and masculinities.
In addition, a central task of the Society will be to take over the publication of NORMA – Nordic Journal of Masculinities
Studies. Since 2005, NIKK has been responsible for publishing the journal. Membership in the society includes a subscription
to NORMA, which is published twice a year as bilingual issues in Scandinavian and English.
Steen Baagøe Nielsen was elected as the first Chair of the Society, and he spoke at the founding general assembly:
-“We need a formalisation and democratisation of the existing Nordic networks within this research area. We should, of course,
not exaggerate the significance of such a society, but be realistic about it developing into a solid alternative to the present
national networks in the Nordic countries.”
The first board of the new Society consists of the following members:
Chair: Steen Baagøe Nielsen, PhD, Educational Theory, Roskilde University (DK)
Ordinary members:
Anders Ahlbäck, doctoral student, History, Åbo Akademi University (FI)
Helga Björnsdóttir, doctoral student, Anthropology (IS)
Jørgen Lorentzen, PhD, Comparative Literature, University of Oslo (NO)
Linn Sandberg, doctoral student, Gender Studies, Linköping University (SE)
For the time being, the society can be contacted at the address baagoee@ruc.dk
