GENA: database for Swedish dissertations in gender research

SND-ID: 2023-265. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/s9zr-s031

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - KvinnSam, Gothenburg University Library rorId

Description

The GENA database was initiated in 2001 by KvinnSam, Gothenburg University Library, on behalf of the National Secretariat for Gender Research. The database was finalized in 2022 and covers the period from 1960 to 2022.

The database includes doctoral theses in women's, men's, and gender studies from Swedish academic institutions. This encompasses research that problematizes how gender is made, constructed, and created at different levels in culture and society. Women's, men's, and gender studies include gender equality research (investigating injustices in society related to gender and proposing measures to address them), women's studies (women and femininity), feminist research (emancipatory research with a focus on power), men's studies/masculinity research (men and masculinity), and queer research (critique of heteronormativity).

The database is available as an Excel file with multiple sheets (.xlsx), as semicolon separated values (.csv), and as a PostgreSQL dump file that may be used to reconstruct the original database configuration (.sql).

Data contains personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Names for authors

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Dissertations in women's studies, men's studies, and gender research

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Purposive
The selection has taken place by monitoring the publishing of Swedish doctoral theses, for example, through searches in the Libris database and legal deposits to the Gothenburg University Library. The theses chosen to be included in the GENA database encompass women's studies, men's studies, and gender research from Swedish academic institutions. This refers to research that problematizes how gender is done, constructed, and formed at various levels in culture and society. Gender research includes studies on gender equality (research on injustices in society related to gender and proposals for addressing them), women's studies (women and femininity), feminist research (emancipatory research with a focus on power), men's studies/masculinity research (men and masculinity), and queer research (critique of heteronormativity).

Time period(s) investigated

1960 – 2022

Variables

16

Number of individuals/objects

1896

Data format / data structure

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Content coding
  • Description of the mode of collection: The selection has taken place by monitoring the publishing of Swedish doctoral theses, for example, through searches in the Libris database and legal deposits to the Gothenburg University Library.
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2001 – 2022
  • Data collector: University of Gothenburg
  • Source of the data: Communications: Public, Communications
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

KvinnSam, Gothenburg University Library

Contributor(s)

University of Gothenburg, Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research rorId

Commissioning organisation

Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research

Topic and keywords

Research area

Gender studies (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Gender and gender roles (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Publications

Versions

Version 1. 2024-02-26

Version 1: 2024-02-26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/s9zr-s031

Homepage

Contact for questions about the data

Linda Börjesson

kvinn@ub.gu.se

Published: 2024-02-26
Last updated: 2024-03-08