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Sociology Research

 

Jorune Linkeviciute is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include feminist theory, post-socialist transitions, and the multifaceted understandings of gender. Jorune's doctoral project explores how feminist knowledge was (re)produced in post-socialist Lithuania through the construction of gender equality discourses.

Jorune holds an MSc degree in Sociology from the University of Oxford and a BA degree in Social Sciences and Humanities from Sciences Po-Paris. Prior to her PhD, Jorune gained professional experience at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU, and several research institutes.

Research Interests

Feminist theory; gender studies; post-socialist transitions; sociology of knowledge; qualitative research methods.

Research Projects

From the ‘woman question’ to gender equality: feminist knowledge (re)production in post-socialist Lithuania

Teaching

SOC10: Sociology of Gender

Publications

Linkeviciute, J. (2021). The Perception of the Istanbul Convention in the Lithuanian mainstream media: Is “gender ideology” on the rise? Politické vedy [Political Sciences]: Feminist perspectives in political science in Central and Eastern Europe, 24(4), pp.16-37.

PhD Supervisor

Dr Peggy Watson

Job Title:
From the “woman question” to women’s rights: the development of feminism in post-socialist Lithuania, Supervisor: Dr Peggy Watson