Conference papers
Here you can find examples of our working papers and work in progress
Stavenes, Torill: "Changing Informal Institutions: Seniority rules in Parliament at the time of increasing gender equality" (co-authored with Francesca Feo, Ragnhild Muriaas, and Marianne Tøraasen). APSA Annual Meeting, Boston, 3-6 September 2026.
Feo, Francesca: “Seniority as a gendered institution” (co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas, Torill Stavenes and Marianne Tøraasen). SISP conference, University of Trieste, 3-5 September 2026.
Feo, Francesca: “Who Gets to Stay? Gendered Pathways to Parliamentary Seniority in Italy” (co-authored with Torill Stavenes). The Comparative Politics of Gender workshop, University of Bologna, 18-19 June 2026.
Tøraasen, Marianne: “Women’s Pathways to Persistent Careers in African Parliaments” (co-authored with R. Muriaas and V. Wang). ECPG conference, University of Newcastle, UK, 15-17 June 2026.
Stavenes, Torill: "From Entering to Enduring: Understanding How Political Parties Secure Continued Parliamentary Careers for Women" (co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas). ECPG conference, University of Newcastle, UK, 15-17 June 2026.
Milosav, Đorđe: “Office-Congruent, Not Gender-Congruent: Candidate Evaluation Across Senior Political Offices in Gender-Equal Societies” (co-authored with Francesca Feo,, Ragnhild Muriaas and Torill Stavenes). ECPG conference, University of Newcastle, UK, 15-17 June 2026.
Feo, Francesca: “Beyond the Velvet Triangle: Feminist Politicians and the Relational Politics of Gender Policymaking in Italy” (co-authored with G. Bonu Rosenkranz and A. Barone). ECPG conference, University of Newcastle, UK, 15-17 June 2026.
Tøraasen, Marianne: “Women’s Pathways to Persistent Careers in African Parliaments” (co-authored with R. Muriaas and V. Wang). Egen Conference, University of Bergen, Norway, 10-11 of June 2026.
Feo, Francesca: “Convergent Recognition, Divergent Interpretation: How Elected Officials Evaluate and Frame Seniority” (co-authored with Ida-Elise Seppola Asplund and A. Borgen). Egen Conference, University of Bergen, Norway, 10-11 of June 2026.
Stavenes, Torill: "From Entering to Enduring: Understanding How Political Parties Secure Continued Parliamentary Careers for Women" (co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas). EGEN conference, University of Bergen, Norway, 10-11 of June 2026.
Muriaas, Ragnhild: "Framing Women’s Underrepresentation: The Role of Awareness and Democratic Justifications in Support for Positive Action Measures" (co-authored with Hilde Coffé and Elisa A. Hommeland), the 2026 Norwegian Political Science Conference, Trondheim, 6- 8 January 2026.
Hommeland, Elisa A: "Beyond Entry: Affirmative Action and Parliamentary Seniority in Senegal, South Africa, Malawi, and Uganda" (co-authored with Vibeke Wand and Ragnhild Muriaas), the 2026 Norwegian Political Science Conference, Trondheim, 6- 8 January 2026.
Stavenes, Torill. "Quality vs. Quantity: Party Strategies and Women’s Political Seniority" (co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas). ECPR General Conference, Thessaloniki 26-29 Aug 2026.
Tøraasen, Marianne: “Undoing Masculine Domination: Gender, Representation and the Limits of Parity in the French National Assembly” (co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas), the ECPR Joint Sessions workshop, Charles University, Prague, 20-23 May 2025.
Stavenes, Torill: "Why do they leave? Understanding the personal and political-institutional drivers of exit from politics", the ECPR Joint Sessions workshop, Charles University, Prague, 20-23 May 2025.
Stavenes, Torill. "Why do they leave? Understanding reasons for exiting politics in a gendered perspective". Norwegian Political Science Association, Bergen, 6-8 January 2025.
Tøraasen, Marianne: "Staying Power: Unpacking the Dynamics of Seniority and Gender in the French National Assmbly” (co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas). Swedish Political Science Association Conference, Umeå University, 2-4 October 2024.
Feo, Francesca: "'At the end of the day I am a tomboy'. How women navigate parliamentary gendered spaces in Italy". Italian Political Science Association (SISP) conference, Trieste University, Italy, 12-14 September 2024.
Nilsson Rabia, Seréna: "Intersections of Identity: Navigating 'Halfie' Dynamics in Algerian Ethnography". ESA 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association. Porto, 27 – 30 august 2024.
Feo, Francesca: "Perceptions of gender-based advantages in the nomination process. A politician-centred perspective". European Conference of Politics and Gender (ECPG), Ghent University, Belgium, 8-10 July 2024.
Muriaas, Ragnhild (co-authored with Ida-Elise Seppola Asplund and Johanne Sofie Malde) " Top-Rank Women: How Parties can Mitigate Gender Gaps in Political Endurance". European Conference of Politics and Gender (ECPG), Ghent University, Belgium, 8-10 July 2024.
Nilsson Rabia, Seréna: " Negotiating the Political Landscape: Female Politicians Participation and Challenges in Post-Hirak Algeria". Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA), Bergen University, Norway, 25-28 June 2024.
Feo, Francesca: "Politicians and Perceptions of gender-based advantages in the nomination process", Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA), Bergen University, 25-28 June 2024.
Seppola Asplund, Ida-Elise (co-authored with Johanne Sofie Malde and Ragnhild Muriaas): "Why Women on Top Matters: How Parties in Open PR-systems can Mitigate Gender Gaps in Political Endurance". Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA), Bergen University, 25-28 June 2024.
Tøraasen, Marianne (co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas): "Power in Seniority: Causes and consequences of gender-gaps in representatives’ tenure length in France". SUCCESS workshop, University of Bergen, 27 May 2024.
Feo, Francesca (co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas and Torill Stavenes): "Unpacking the parenthood penalty. The mediating role of self-efficacy": ECPR joint sessions of workshops, Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany, 25-28 March 2024.
Nilsson Rabia, Seréna: "Women and Gendered spaces in Algeria: Contrasting male and female workers in education, politics, courts, and hospitals post-2019". NOOS Seminar 2024 – Swedish Network on Public Organization and Management Seminar 2024, Lund University Sweden. 1-2 february 2024.
Stavenes, Torill. "Where Senior MPs Thrive: Institutions Affecting the Level of Seniority in Contemporary Parliaments". (Co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas). Annual conference of the Norwegian Political Science Association, Stavanger, 08 January 2024.
Nilsson Rabia, Seréna: "An Intersectional and Post-Colonial Feminist Reading of Female Politicians’ Political Practices, Tactics, and Experience of Violence in France post-2012". ECPR Joint sessions of workshop, Toulouse (Science Po), France. 25 -28 April 2023.
Stavenes, Torill. "Women in Parliament: Institutions that make MPs stay". (Co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas). ECPR General Conference, Prague 4-8 September 2023.
Stavenes, Torill. "Gender Balance Revisited: Mind the Gap in Parliamentary Political Endurance". (Co-authored with Ragnhild Muriaas). Annual conference for the Norwegian Political Science Association, Kristiansand, 9-11 January 2023.