Anna Norgett (Newcastle University) about her research on women's economic opportunities in refugee camps In recent years, the refugee crisis has proliferated: In 2019, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated the number of worldwide refugees to be 29.5 million refugees. Approximately 50% of these refugees are women and children.     Most commonly, refugee camps are used as a humanitarian means of providing a safe haven from political unrest. However, refugee camps pose a new complexity of conditions and obstacles to refugees, with female refugees ..read more

Why do women take charge in times of crisis? In January 2020, I gave a workshop on Men and Gender Equality at the Advance HE conference on Women in higher education. In relation to the workshop, Research Professional News published my article "Man Power" on the role of men in achieving gender equality in higher education.   ~Please reference: Sudkaemper, A. (2020, January 23) Man Power. Research Professional News. Retrieved from https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-he-views-2020-1-man-power ..read more

Federica Mogherini answering questions on gender and race at the European Institutions In August 2019, I sat on a panel of speakers on  gender equality, and barriers to women's careers specifically. The event was organised by my current employer Cambridge Assessment. It has been a real pleasure to discuss these topics, and I am glad to see that there is room and appetite for these difficult conversations.   ~Please reference: Sudkaemper, A. (2019, September 01) Barriers to Women's Careers. Retrieved from www ..read more

  Very proud to have my doctoral research published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, check it out here.    "In this paper, we develop and validate the 16-item Support for Gender Equality among Men Scale (SGEMS) across four studies. Drawing on exploratory (Study 1, n = 322) and confirmatory (Study 2, n = 358; Study 4, n = 192) factor analysis, we determine a two-factor structure: public and domestic support for gender equality. In Study 3 (n = 146) and Study 4, we validate the scale by establishing its relationship with, among other ..read more

After 3.5 long years of hard work, here it is: MY THESIS!!    "Despite progress, profound gender inequality prevails and is harmful to the aspirations and well-being of both women and men. While much research has focused on the circumstances that motivate women to engage in collective action to achieve gender equality, more recently, research has identified men’s support for gender equality as a crucial factor for change. In this thesis, we first review the literature on collective action for gender equality, and highlight the role of male allies agai ..read more

Super honored that Mayshad Mag, part of the Mayshad Foundation aiming to develop youth and women empowerment programs,  contacted me to feature in their section of interviews with women who "thrive to make a change and help others around them to succeed as well". A bit unreal to be listed among some truly inspirational women. Here's my interview, but DO have a browse and read some of the other interviews as well, some ..read more