Welcome to the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies

The Centre for Gender and Women's Studies is a major research centre in gender and women's studies in the UK. It is strongly interdisciplinary with a network of over forty teaching and research staff from departments in all faculties and schools in the University.

Find out about our research and publications, research activities and our forthcoming events or search our database using keywords to find Lancaster staff working on gender and women's issues.

Meet our staff

Find out who does what at the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies.

Gender and Women's Studies Degrees

Undergraduate Study

GWS offers Women's Studies as a first year undergraduate programme.

Postgraduate Study

GWS offers a taught Master's Degree in Women's Studies and PhD by research.

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View our students' research profiles