Professor Vanita Sundaram to present keynote talk at BERA's virtual conference

Posted on 13 September 2021

Vanita's talk titled, 'Exploring educational settings as conducive contexts for sexism, sexual harassment and violence' will be presented Thursday 16 September at the British Educational Research Association (BERA).

Vanita's research broadly covers gender and education, focusing more specifically on gender-based violence and teenagers; tackling everyday sexism, harassment and abuse in education across the lifecourse; and sexual violence in higher education. She is the author of numerous publications on these issues, including the newly-published Lad culture in higher education: Sexism, sexual harassment and violence (Routledge)(with Prof Carolyn Jackson); Global debates and key perspectives on sex and relationships education: Addressing issues of gender, sexuality, plurality and power (2016); and Preventing youth violence: Rethinking the role of gender in schools (2014).

Prof Sundaram’s work has been drawn on by governmental inquiries into sexual harassment and violence in education, and she has acted as advisor to national policy-making bodies, such as the Universities UK task group on Staff-student sexual misconduct in higher education. She has strong international research and activist networks and is co-chair of the international Gender and Education Association.

Read further information on the BERA virtual conference.