On Monday, 15 June 2026, the DSP Gendered Body Politics, the ATHENA Center for Intersectional Research, and the Professorship of Politics & Gender, Diversity & Equality at the Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg, hosted a two-part academic event featuring Laura Rahm (European University Institute / Centre Population et Développement). Both sessions were moderated by Alvina Saakyan, PhD researcher within the DSP Gendered Body Politics.

The afternoon opened with The Nuts and Bolts of Academic Book Writing, an interactive workshop focused on publication strategies for junior scholars. It offered practical guidance on transforming dissertations into book projects, developing compelling book proposals, and navigating academic publishing pathways. The format encouraged participants to actively engage with their own ongoing writing projects and discuss them in a collaborative setting.

The event continued with a presentation and discussion of Rahm’s open-access monograph, The Global Governance of Harmful Practices (Bristol University Press, 2026). The discussion highlighted the book’s interdisciplinary approach, drawing on political sociology, demography, and gender studies to examine how global gender governance is constructed and negotiated, with particular attention to contested definitions of “harmful practices” across transnational policy contexts.

The event attracted strong and diverse engagement from PhD researchers and early-career scholars across disciplines at the University of Salzburg, reflecting sustained interest in both academic publishing practices and contemporary debates in global gender governance.

Photocredit: Zoe Lefkofridi