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Jördis Grabow is a Research Fellow and heads the "Teaching and Basic Research" department at the Institute for Diversity Research, University of Göttingen, within the Faculty of Social Sciences. She has held this postdoctoral position since October 2021, following her role as Scientific Coordinator at the same institute from August 2020. Her career spans institutional leadership in gender studies across multiple German universities and research projects.
Her academic background includes:
- Master's degree in Sociology with Gender Studies focus from Georg August University of Göttingen (2012), thesis: "From Theory to Practice: On the Connection between Intersectionality Research and Diversity Management at German Universities."
- Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover (2005), thesis: "Men with Breast Cancer. A Qualitative Analysis of the Psychosocial Consequences for Gender Identity."
- Vocational training as dental assistant (2005).
Grabow's research centers on feminist resistance practices analyzed through dispositif theory, examining how these challenge and transform gender structures at both individual and societal levels. Her work emphasizes intersectional analyses of social inequality and subjectification processes, with particular focus on institutional development of women's and gender studies in Germany.
Her doctoral research (completed October 2020) investigated contemporary feminist resistance, while her current habilitation project extends this to emancipatory resistance practices in East Germany, exploring connections between subject formations and transformation processes. She specializes in qualitative empirical social research methodologies.
Professionally, she coordinates the State Working Group of Institutions for Women's and Gender Studies in Lower Saxony (LAGEN) and has contributed to BMBF-funded projects like "Gender Research and the New Governance of Science". She serves on the Research Commission and Faculty Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences and reviews for journals including PERIPHERIE and FQS.
As department head, she leads initiatives in academic teaching and foundational research while engaging in university didactics training. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications in diversity management and institutional transformation.
