Thank you Ogólnopolski Zjazd Socjologiczny for having us! We are grateful for the opportunity to share our work, exchange ideas, and connect with so many inspiring colleagues in Białystok. Dziękujemy ✨

We’re happy to share our new article, just in time for some summer reading: “Towards a common EU-abortion policy? The European Parliament’s resolutions on abortion as a human rights issue” by Lourdes Peroni and Marta Bucholc.

The Abortion Figurations team is happy to wrap up our participation at the ISA Conference (@isa-sociology.org) ‬We had inspiring encounters in Rabat, a city full of history, murals, cats, and the warmest people. With over 4,000 sociologists from around the world +

The #PaperOfTheWeek for today is "Nationalist Revivals and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies" by our PI Marta Bucholc, which was published in the Annual Review of Law and Social Science.

New book: Dynamics of Gender Relations Edited by Stefanie Ernst, Valerie Dahl, and our PI Marta Bucholc What happens when gender is approached not as a fixed category, but as a long-term social process shaped by power balances, interdependence, and emotional regulation?

That’s a wrap from Oñati! The Abortion Figurations team participated last week in the workshop “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) under the Spectrum of Sex, Gender and Sexuality” at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL), which concluded this past Friday.

Next week, the Abortion Figurations team will be participating in the workshop “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) under the Spectrum of Sex, Gender and Sexuality”, taking place on 22–23 May at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) in Oñati.

Join us for a seminar with Angela Purulli and Vincenzo Marasco (University of Florence) exploring how Norbert Elias’s concept of social habitus can help make sense of everyday practices related to the climate transition.

The Abortion Figurations team is currently in Mozambique conducting fieldwork. We’re deeply grateful to the local researchers and partners who have welcomed us and shared their knowledge.

Dzień dobry from finally-spring Warsaw! 🌸☀️ Today’s #PaperOfTheWeek is “Religion-Related Legitimations in Abortion Policy-Making in Poland” by Katarzyna Zielińska, Irena Borowik, Inga Koralewska, and Marcin Zwierżdżyński, published in Sociology of Religion.

Last week, on April 7, it was Mozambican Women’s Day. At Abortion Figurations, we recognize the importance of this date and follow the country’s context and ongoing debates around abortion rights closely.

Seminar: Palenques Veracruzanos: A Trans-Atlantic Conversation Thursday, 10 April 2025, 16:00 CEST Online (Zoom): uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I'm having the best time working with the Abortion Figurations team at University of Warsaw!

We’re happy to welcome Dr Claire Pierson (@clairepierson.bsky.social) as a Visiting Researcher with the Abortion Figurations team in Warsaw 🧵

Dzień dobry from sunny Warsaw! Today’s #PaperOfTheWeek is “The making of clandestinity: ‘strategic ignorance’ in abortion practices in Latin America” by Cordelia Freeman and Sandra Rodríguez, published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics. Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1461...

#NewVideoBlog Alert! In our latest video blog, Lourdes Peroni, postdoctoral researcher and member of the Abortion Figurations team, shares reflections on abortion in the Inter-American Human Rights System, focusing on the case of Manuela vs. El Salvador. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oslk...

Saturday was International Women’s Day, and at Abortion Figurations we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to commemorate and recognize the importance of continuing to defend women’s rights. How is this day marked in your country? #AbortionFigurations #InternationalWomensDay

Upcoming Seminar: VIOLENT NATIONALIST POLITICS – A historical approach against tropes of ‘resurgence’ and pathological leaders. Join us for a seminar with Simina Dragoș (she/her), Research Fellow at Queens’ College, University of Cambridge.

We invite you to participate in the PhD Winter Intensive Course in Gender Studies, a week-long program exploring the intersections of gender, medicine, and reproductive rights from socio-legal perspectives.

The new issue of the journal Direito Público "Justiça Reprodutiva, Democracia e Estado de Direito" is now out! Explore the articles, including our PI piece, translated by Luciana Silva Garcia and Gustavo Miranda Coutinho.

We invite you to explore the latest issue of Confluências (Vol. 26, No. 3, 2024), which features the Dossiê Diálogos latino-americanos sobre direitos humanos e justiça reprodutiva: trajetórias de debates e mobilizações em 20 anos de judicialização do aborto no Brasil.

Today, we want to share a recent dissemination article published in the Project Repository Journal (PRj), where we share more insights from our project Abortion Figurations.

Join us for an online seminar with Professor John Goodwin, who will share his work on tracing the biographical and sociological legacy of Pearl Jephcott. Register here: uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Abortion Figurations has officially joined Bluesky, and we’re excited to continue our conversations here! FB: www.facebook.com/ERCAbortionF... IG: www.instagram.com/figurationsa... Bluesky: @abortionfiguration.bsky.social YT: www.youtube.com/@wydziasocjo...