“Bringing gender into science – and back!” Historical and ethnographic perspectives on sex development research (S06)

• Subject Area: History of Science ; Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 515637292

This project considers the history of science and feminist science studies, assuming that knowledge of sex development is not an issue for the life sciences alone but is also shaped by normative presumptions about gender, which influence biological theories and concepts of sexual differences.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1665: Sexdiversity - Determinants, meanings and implications of sex diversity in sociocultural, medical and biological landscapes
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Lübeck
• Project Heads: Dr. Birgit Stammberger; Professor Dr. Heiko Stoff