Registration open for a workshop Queer research writing as a trailblazer

Workshop chairs: Emilia Brusila & Ilo Söderström

Time: 21.5.2026 at 10.15–11.45

Place: University of Helsinki Main building (Fabianinkatu 33), room U3029 

The working group will discuss queer research writing in academic fields where queer perspectives are marginalized, such as applied social sciences, education, and natural sciences. How can research writing make space for queer perspectives in the field, and what kind of power and challenges are associated with writing and publishing in this context? How can queer research writing on the margins of the field act as resistance? How is it possible to queer a field of science by writing differently, or is it? The working group accepts papers in English and Finnish.

Please note, that maximum length for abstract is 200 words + a short bio. Send your abstract before March 10, to  or  

The workshop is held as part of a seminar organized by the Society of Queer Studies in Finland(SQS). The seminar invites contributions across disciplines to discuss how research writing functions as activism and how different styles of writing can also be queer acts. We seek to map how different ways of writing and publishing can be related to, for example, the decolonization of knowledge, finding new audiences and challenging norms. Can forms and conventions of research writing be further queered? Perspectives vary from queer theoretical and feminist philosophical discussions to more practical issues of writing and editing.

Parts of the programme are open to all (Thursday from 15 to 17.45). If you are interested in participating in the workshops, read further information below.

Seminar program:

Thursday 21.5.2026 (University main building)

• 10.15–11.45 U3029 Työryhmät 1 / Working Group(s) 1
• Lounastauko / Lunch break (omakustanteisesti)
• 13.00–14.30 U3029 ja U3041 Työryhmät 2 ja 3 / Working Groups part two
• 15.00–16.00 Tekla Hultin (F3003) Koko Hubara & Shambhavi Singh: “Life-Writing and Graphic Narrative in Intersectional Research”. In English.
  • The presentation discusses life writing, decolonization and possibilities for visual representation of research data.
• 16.15–17.45 Tekla Hultin (F3003) Tutkimuskirjoittaminen ja toimitustyö yli tekstilajien. Panelisteina Elsi Hyttinen, Susi Nousiainen ja Tiia Sudenkaarne + moderoija Vilja Jaaksi. Suomenkielinen. In Finnish.
  • The panel will discuss the use of queer research and queer theory in various types of texts, from academic articles to non-fiction writing and essays. A remote link will be provided for the panel. The panel is in Finnish.

Friday 22.5.2026

Research writing dramaturgy workshop at 10.00 – 16.30.

Commentators: Emil Santtu Uuttu, Pipsa Enqvist, Riikka Taavetti