Nordic Gender Conference on Men's Underrepresentation in Communal Occupations:

Preliminary Program

 

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Psychology

27th – 29th of August 2025 - Tromsø, Norway

Wednesday, 27.08.2025
11:00-12:00 Registration and snacks UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
H5. Rom 5.402
 
12:00-12:15 Welcome UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
H5. Rom 5.402
 
12:15-14:15

Session 1
(4 talks each 20 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion)

UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
H5. Rom 5.402
  1. Andrea Vial: Gender norms in care-oriented occupations: Conceptualizing and measuring femininity workplace culture
  2. Maria Olsson: Caring men and masculine responses: Navigating gender norms in Norwegian Kindergartens
  3. Dragana Lukic: From masculine care-free distance to feminine commitments to care: Discussing gendered performative hierarchies in dementia care
  4. Peter Collings and Sofia Eriksen: “You gotta do something for your money”: Exploring the Inuit way of life using cultural consensus analysis
14:15-14:30 Coffee break    
14:30-15:30

Session 2
(2 talks each 20 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion)

UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
H5. Rom 5.402
  1. Faye Chadwick-Brown: Earners, carers, and task sharers: How are child perceptions of parent labour division associated with their gender-stereotypic beliefs about agency and communion?
  2. Kjærsti Thorsteinsen: The weight of care work: Gender ideologies, domestic responsibilities, and parental wellnBeing during the COVID-19 crisis
15:30-16:00 Coffee break    
16:00-17:00 Keynote UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
TEO H1. AUD 1
Christopher Smith: Men’s underrepresentation in nursing: A program of research grounded in Social Role Theory
17:00-19:00 Welcome reception Árdna  
Thursday, 28.08.2025
9:00-10:00 Keynote

UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
TEO H1. AUD 1

Colette van Laar: Social psychological mechanisms keeping men in and out of communal occupations and roles
10:00-10:15 Coffee break    
10:15-12:15 Session 3
(4 talks each 20 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion)

UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
TEO H1. Rom 1.313

  1. Ute Gabriel: Gender, self-efficacy, and social belonging: Understanding vocational interests in Norwegian students
  2. Elizabeth Parks-Stamm: Playing a role: Studying the development of gender norm beliefs and occupational aspirations through children's interest in roles in a play
  3. Sarah E. Martiny: Gender norms and masculinity – Results from a cross-cultural research project in Norway and Poland
  4. Serena Haines: Improving men’s representation in ECEC: Social norms, stereotypes, and pathways for intervention
12:15-13:15 Lunch break    
13:15-13:45 Posters UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
TEO H1. Rom 1.313
  1. Lisa Luis: How gender (non)conformity, status, and perceived masculinity shape the perception of the job
  2. Kine Bjørneby Olsen: Is deviating from traditional masculine norms related to young men’s well-being and satisfaction with life? Cross-national results from Norway and Poland
  3. Astrid Jehle: No male nurses: Characters in European school textbooks show traditionally gendered skills and occupations.
  4. Mari Bergsjordet: The very very smart scientist: Investigating gender stereotypes in children’s perception of a scientist using the Draw-A-Scientist Test
  5. Anna Maria Becker: Norm conflicts between gender and occupation lead male psychologists to disidentify from psychologists
13:45-15:15 Session 4
(3 talks each 20 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion)
UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
TEO H1. Rom 1.313
  1. Katharina Block: The gender gap in the care economy and STEM: Psychological and socio-cultural explanations for paradoxical findings
  2. Lucie Escasain: HEED and STEM: The influence of occupational descriptions on adolescents’ aspirations
  3. Marte Olsen: Do gendered self-perceptions affect adolescents’ occupational values? Results from Norwegian and Polish adolescents
15:15-15:30 Coffee break    
15:30-16:30 Session 5
(2 talks each 20 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion)
UiT campus, Tromsø
Room:
TEO H1. Rom 1.313
  1. Lea Lisa Lorenz: Masculinity threat: Meta-analysis and steps toward prevention
  2. Sören Michallek: Does masculinity threat influence men's rape myth acceptance?
19:30 Conference dinner    
Friday, 29.08.2025
10:00-11:00 Presentations from practitioners (2 people, 20 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion)

TEO H1. Rom 1.343

  1. Marko Stojiljkovic (OsloMet): Men in Nursing: Building Belonging, Boosting Numbers, Breaking Barriers
  2. Astri Ernstsen Prytz and Kristoffer Ekroll (Gutter og helsefag; UiT): What does a nurse look like? The use of male role models in student recruitment 
11:30-11:45 Coffee break    
11:45-13:15 Presentations from practitioners (2-3 people, 20 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion)

TEO H1. Rom 1.343

  1. Julian Czurko (Owoc Spotkania foundation): TBA
  2. Kristina Miklavic and Sara Hope Lygre (The Centre for Equality): TBA
13:15-14:15 Lunch break    
14:15-14:45 Panel discussion

TEO H1. Rom 1.343

TBA
14:45-16:15 Workshop

TEO H1. Rom 1.343

TBA
16:15-16:30 Farewell

TEO H1. Rom 1.343

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