Audrey Kathleen Geissinger

PhD Candidate

PhD Project

This project explores how Norwegian social movements negotiate expectations of who holds crucial duties, addressing broader societal debates about the organization of care and the distribution of rights and responsibilities within a welfare state influenced by neoliberal ideals. It is part of the larger project, "CO-DUTIES: Democratic Duties, Collective Action, and the Greater Good after COVID-19" at PRIO. 

Academic interests

  • Labor
  • The welfare state
  • Duties and rights
  • Gender
  • Civic participation
  • Citizenship and belonging
  • Social movements

Background

University of Bergen  (August 2019 - June 2021)
Master of Philosophy in Global Development Theory and Practice
Gender in Global Development Specialization
Thesis Title: "' Rarely we see them for all that they do' : Examining the Civic Participation of Immigrant Women in Norway."


University of Minnesota - Twin Cities  (September 2015 - May 2019)
Bachelor of Arts: History & Global Studies
Minor in German
University Honors Program, Magna Cum Laude

 

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