The MA in Gender Studies is a rigorous, interdisciplinary and dynamic programme of learning in feminisms, sexualities, masculinities, gender debates, politics and activisms. A global, decolonial and intersectional perspective informs the programme, offering a complex understanding of how oppression and discrimination operate across society, politics and the economy.  

 

Over the past thirty years, Gender Studies at UCD has become one of the most established programmes of its kind in Ireland with a strong international reputation for feminist, queer, sexualities and masculinities scholarship, teaching and engagement in public policy and activism.

 

Our faculty come from across the world and from a range of academic interdisciplinary backgrounds (such as anthropology, history, law, politics, sociology). They have deep experience, expertise and ongoing engagement in social activism, and in international and national policy making and advocacy.