Delphine Gardey

Delphine Gardey is a Full Professor of Contemporary History and Sociology at the Institute for Gender Studies, Geneva School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva. She has held leadership roles including Director of the Master’s and Doctoral programs in Gender Studies and Director of the French-speaking doctoral school in gender studies. Previously, she served as Director of the Institute of Gender Studies and as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Education:

• Habilitation à diriger les recherches, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), 2007
• Ph.D. in History, Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, 1995

Her research focuses on gender history, gender and science, technology, biomedicine, feminist epistemologies, cyberfeminism, and the history of parliamentary institutions. She explores how gender intersects with scientific knowledge, technological development, and political representation, particularly through material and institutional histories. Her work critically engages with feminist theory, science and technology studies (STS), and postcolonial perspectives.

Her recent scholarly output spans topics such as the medicalization of female sexuality, the material culture of parliaments, and feminist readings of Donna Haraway and Judith Butler. The articles reflect a consistent engagement with the gendered dimensions of science, politics, and embodiment, combining historical depth with theoretical sophistication.

Scientific Awards and Fellowships:

• SHOT Fellow (Society for the History of Technology)
• Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
• Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study)
• Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Wissenschaftgeschichte
• Fellow, Zentrum für Frauen und Geschlechterforschung, TU Berlin
• Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study in Paris

She has advised numerous academic initiatives and served on editorial and advisory boards, including Travail, genre et sociétés. She has organized major international workshops and colloquia on gender, science, and politics. Her academic leadership extends to promoting gender studies across Europe and fostering interdisciplinary dialogue in the humanities and social sciences.

She is affiliated with the Institute for Gender Studies at the University of Geneva, contributing to research on gender, coloniality, and democratic institutions.