Description

The Initial Training Network Language, Cognition, and Gender investigates European languages from an interdisciplinary perspective to expand knowledge of how language influences and forms cognitive representations of women and men. The project addresses the impact of language and culture on the establishment and maintenance of gender inequality. It pursues four research objectives: (a) deriving indices for selected European languages reflecting gender-related representations, (b) investigating correlations between gender equality in formal language standards and socio-economic gender equality, (c) analysing language impact on gender stereotyping in social judgment and decision making, and (d) developing and evaluating scientifically-based guidelines and training tools for gender-fair communication.

Project Details

Project Type

Research Project

Subject Group

Law, Economics and Social Sciences

Start

Oktober 2009

End

September 2013

Funding

EU (Initial Training Network)

Organization

Faculty/Central Institute

Education and Psychology

Institute/Seminar

Primary Education

Field/Work Area

Department of School and Teaching Research

Project Team

Director

Dries Vervecken

Team Members

Prof. Dr. Bettina Hannover, Lic. Phil. Franziska Moser, M. Sc. Dries Vervecken, Prof. Dr. Sabine Sczesny, Dr. Lisa Irmen, Prof. Cristina Cacciari, Prof. Dr. Manuel Carreiras, Prof. Dr. Ute Gabriel, Prof. Jane Oakhill, Prof. Dr. Alan Garnham, Dr. Pascal Gygax, Prof. Dr. Anne Maas, Prof. Lorella Lotto, Dr. Jana Valdrová

Contact

Homepage

ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de

Keywords

Language, Gender, Cognition, Gender Studies, Gender Stereotypes, Gender-fair Communication, Gender Inequality, Gender, Interdisciplinarity

Researchers

• Dries Vervecken

  Former