Outshoorn, Prof. Dr. J.V.


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 3969
E-Mail: outshoornjv@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut Politieke Wetenschap
Office Address: Pieter de la Court gebouw
Wassenaarseweg 52
2333 AK Leiden
Room number 5B39
 
Joyce Outshoorn is Professor of Women’s Studies. She wrote her PhD about the abortion debate in the Netherlands (‘De politieke strijd rondom de abortuswetgeving in Nederland 1964-1984’, Den Haag: VUGA, 1986). Her research focuses on feminism and the women’s movement, abortion law, prostitution and trafficking policy and the relation between women’s movements and the state, all from a comparative perspective.
She was Chair of the Netherlands Research School for Women’s Studies (NOV) from 1993 till 2000. She is co-convener of the Research Network on Gender Politics and the Stte (RNGS) and one of the project leaders of the EU-funded project on Feminism and Citizenship (FEMCIT).
In 2009 she received (with Joni Lovenduski) the Gender and Politics Award of the Standing Group on Gender and Politics of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR).
CV & Publications (2009)