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Welcome to the new Kilden magazine

Kilden’s news magazine has a new website and a new name. Now called Kilden magazine, we are still an online newspaper covering news and debate on research into gender and equality.

19.02.2026

Nine out of ten are satisfied with gender-affirming treatment

At the same time, many transgender and non-binary individuals end up covering treatment costs themselves. Long waiting times are one reason for this, according to a researcher.

11.04.2026

Can legal perspectives help us to understand ‘Hedda Gabler’?

In Ibsen’s 1890 play, theft, defamation, adultery, threats and suicide are committed. A recent study examines the severity of these offences in light of the penal code of the time.

Jae Nyamburah som Hedda Gabler og Preben Hodneland som Eilert Løvborg i «Hedda Gabler» på Det Norske Teatret i 2024.

27.03.2026

Spent four years among incels

For four years, criminologist Jan Christoffer Andersen has been trying to understand the incel subculture from within. His doctoral research shows how incels follow a subcultural logic that rewards misogyny and suffering that degrades women and rewards suffering.

Events

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PhD-course
Gender, Peace and Conflict

City: Oslo

27.05.2026 – 29.05.2026

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Seminar | Online streaming
Male Health Day

City: Oslo

27.05.2026

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Conference
The Danish Gender Conference 2026: Cultures, Bodies and Technologies

City: Odense

02.06.2026 – 03.06.2026

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PhD-course
SVH-8003 Feminist Theories, Methodologies and Epistemologies in Research Processes

City: Tromsø

20.11.2026 – 04.12.2026

11.03.2026

28.11.2025

Prostitution, homosexuality and public scandals: When the Danes discovered «heterosexuality»

In 1906, 14 men were charged with homosexual offences in Denmark, initiating a wave of press reports and public debate about sexual orientation and citizenship.

To menn og en ung gutt ved Tivoli i København, cirka 1900, fotografert av Fredrik Riise

25.10.2019
Gender issues are ridiculed and sabotaged in the military

The masculine culture in the Norwegian Armed Forces is a democratic problem. This makes it difficult to work with issues related to gender, according to researcher.

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15.04.2020
Harassing humour begins among the officers

Humour has an important function for solidarity and team spirit among conscripts in the military. According to researchers, however, it may also contribute to many women leaving the military after the compulsory military service.

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07.04.2022
Fascism and Masculine Ideals – Thoughts on the Russian War in Ukraine

It may be fitting to observe the war in Ukraine through the lens of gender equality, according to Erik Melander.

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Opinion