Call for Papers: Beyond the Gender Blind Spot: Intersectional Feminist and Gendered Perspectives to Business and Human Rights, 12-13 November 2026
Research Workshop 12-13 November 2026
· in Nürnberg/Erlangen Hosted by CHREN, FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg and European University Viadrina
Abstract submission deadline: 5 July 2026
The workshop aims to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from law, social sciences, political economy, sustainability research, gender studies, information systems, and management studies to contribute to the foundations of an intersectional feminist BHR research agenda.
Thematic Strands
We welcome papers addressing one or more of the following themes, but not limited to:
• Intersectional feminist critiques of HRDD laws, including the LkSG, CSDDD, and related frameworks, including BHR frameworks outside of Europe • Gendered harms in extractive industries, agribusiness, and global value chains
• Social reproduction, care work, and corporate value creation
• Gender, climate change, and corporate environmental responsibility
• (Harmful) algorithmic decision-making, (feminist) artificial intelligence, platform labour, and gendered and intersectional digital harms
• Access to remedy for marginalised rights-holders, judicial and non-judicial enforcement, and feminist legal mobilisation
• Decolonial, Third World, and Global South perspectives on gender and corporate accountability
Papers that connect several strands or offer interdisciplinary perspectives are especially welcome.
Format
The workshop is a closed, non-hierarchical space for discussing works-in-progress in facilitated sessions rather than formal panels. Papers will be pre-circulated, and each will be assigned a discussant. The workshop will also include a public evening keynote and roundtable, open to the FAU community, partner institutions, and the wider Erlangen–Nuremberg public.
Submission Guidelines
Please submit:
• an abstract of up to 500 words, in English, outlining the main argument, methodology, key prior research, and contribution to the workshop theme;
• a short biography of up to 150 words, including institutional affiliation (if applicable), career stage, and research focus.
Please submit the above to this Google Form.
Deadline: 5 July 2026
Notification of acceptance: 25 July 2026
Full draft papers: 6,000–8,000 words, due by 10 October 2026.
Envisioned maximum of participants: 10 to 15.
Eligibility
We welcome submissions particularly from early-career researchers, including doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers within five years of their PhD award. Contributions may come from law, political science, sociology, anthropology, political economy, sustainability research, gender studies, information systems, business and management studies, or related fields.
Funding and Travel Support
There is no participation fee. Accommodation for up to three nights will be provided for all participants. A limited number of travel grants may also be available, subject to funding confirmation, with priority given to early-career researchers, scholars without institutional travel budgets, and participants from the Global South.
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