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Professor Kathrin Thiele holds the position of Professor of Gender, Culture & Ecologies at Utrecht University's Department of Media and Culture Studies. She directs the Graduate Gender Programme (GGeP) and is Academic Director of the Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG). Her expertise spans Gender Studies, Feminist Philosophy, Queer Feminism, Critical Theory, Environmental Humanities, and Decolonial Ecology. Trained in Gender Studies, Sociology, Critical Theory, and Literary Studies, her research integrates queer feminist, decolonial, and critical posthumanist perspectives to address systemic inequalities and relational understandings of the world.
- Education:
- PhD in Comparative Literature from University at Buffalo (2007)
- MA in Comparative Literature from University at Buffalo (2002)
- BA/MA in Sociology from Bielefeld University and London School of Economics (1992-1999)
- Key Projects:
- Co-founder of the Terra Critica network (2012) and the Relational Matters Archive
- Editorial roles in journals like Journal of Gender Studies and philoSOPHIA
Research Interests: Her work focuses on ethics, politics, and relationality through lenses of ecological critique, decolonial thought, and feminist new materialisms. She explores asymmetrical power relations, in/exclusion processes, and planetary condition critiques.
Awards & Grants:
- NWO Aspasiapremie (VIDI) - 2016
- CUCo Spark Grant - 2021
- Unusual Collaborations Grants - 2023 & 2024
Teaching & Mentorship: Supervised 7 doctoral students and pioneered vulnerable pedagogies emphasizing care and carriance in higher education.
Labs & Initiatives: Leads NOG and MCW’s Graduate Gender Programme, fostering interdisciplinary critical humanities research.
