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Abortion Figurations: Using Human Rights to Change Abortion Law: Engagement Patterns and Argumentation Figures in a Global Human Rights Figuration.

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It explores this shift as a form of internal cultural diplomacy, revealing how the EU negotiates values in the absence of formal competence.

Full text here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Towards a common EU‐abortion policy? The European Parliament's resolutions on abortion as a human rights issue
While abortion regulation may formally escape European Union competence, EU self-restraint may be under growing pressure. An EU common abortion policy may not be far-fetched, as impulses that trigger....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The article examines how the European Parliament has progressively framed abortion as a human rights issue, culminating in its call to include the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Towards a common EU‐abortion policy? The European Parliament's resolutions on abortion as a human rights issue
While abortion regulation may formally escape European Union competence, EU self-restraint may be under growing pressure. An EU common abortion policy may not be far-fetched, as impulses that trigger....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
July 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Tomek Detlaf: Large Language Models as a tool for argumentation analysis: a field report from the study of parliamentary debates on abortion.

Stay tuned to our socials, we’ll be sharing more about our experience at ISA, including reflections and exchanges in different formats.
July 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Marta Gospodarczyk: If only a man could control the rain!” strategies of polish farming households in times of drought.

Iskra De Vries and Carolina Mosquera Vera: Pregnancy interpellation under restrictive abortion laws: rethinking law through abortion testimonies in Argentina and Poland.

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July 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
we presented four papers and joined interdisciplinary conversations. Our PI chaired three panels and took part in rich discussions across fields. Here's what we shared:

Marta Bucholc: Alienated human rights? comparative insights from a study of abortion debates in Poland and Argentina.

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July 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The article examines the association between democratic transitions, the resurgence of nationalism, and the status of reproductive rights in societies that have experienced political transitions. The focus of this paper is on experiences in East-Central Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It explores how gender dynamics evolve in settings like academia, rural communities, urban public life, and intimate relationships, always through a process-sociological lens.

Follow the link to access more about the book and its contributors: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Dynamics of Gender Relations
This book unites research on gender relations using processual sociology, exploring dynamic changes in Western and non-Western contexts.
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May 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This volume brings together 21 chapters by over 32 authors working across Sociology and Gender Studies.

The book is anchored, on the one hand, in a socio-historical understanding of the trajectory of gendered societies over centuries, drawing on Norbert Elias’s Process of Civilization.
Dynamics of Gender Relations
This book unites research on gender relations using processual sociology, exploring dynamic changes in Western and non-Western contexts.
link.springer.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
, and opened space for dialogue between academia and practice. This felt like the beginning of a growing community of sociolegal gender scholars. We're looking forward to continuing the conversation.
Till next time!
May 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Over two days, we explored key issues like reproductive justice, trans rights, obstetric violence, anti-gender campaigns, and more. The conversations were deeply interdisciplinary, connecting gender studies, law, and the social sciences +
May 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Huge thanks to the wonderful organizers, and to the IISL for warmly hosting us with such care. And thank you to all the participants for your engaged presence, thoughtful provocations, and generous reflections.
May 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM