International Workshop: Methodological Innovations in Intersectional Research 

8–9 October 2026
Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Ciutadella Campus, Barcelona

 

About the Workshop

The workshop brings together scholars working on methodological innovations in intersectional research across qualitative, quantitative, spatial, digital, visual, arts-based, participatory and mixed-methods traditions. It creates a space for dialogue on how intersectionality can be operationalised through different methodological approaches, and how questions of power, categorisation, positionality, scale, embodiment and spatiality shape the production of intersectional knowledge.

The event is organised as the final workshop of the ERC-funded INTERMAPS project, which has developed methodological tools and infrastructures for the empirical study of structural intersectionality, including Relief Maps+.

The workshop builds on ongoing debates about how methodological choices influence the ways intersectional inequalities are represented, analysed and interpreted. Bringing together diverse disciplinary and methodological perspectives, it explores how methodological innovations can address the complexity and relational nature of intersecting systems of power.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Lisa Bowleg

The Intersectionality Training Institute / George Washington University

Dr. Mara Viveros Vigoya

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Language

The workshop will be conducted primarily in English. We aim to foster a multilingual-friendly environment and facilitate comprehension across languages where possible.

Programme

📄 Download the workshop programme (PDF)

Registration is now closed. The workshop will be broadcast live online.
Registration for the workshop is now closed. The full workshop will be streamed live on the INTERMAPS YouTube channel.

 

Public Round Table

From Theory to Practice: Intersectionality, Policy and Social Change

9 October 2026, 18:00–19:00
Auditori Mercè Rodoreda, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

The workshop will close with a public round table bringing together researchers and professionals from different fields to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of putting intersectionality into practice.

Participants:

  • Stephanie Cook (New York University)

  • Anna Ciraso-Calí (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

  • Àlex G. de la Prada (Institut Metròpoli)

  • Dounya Moussaoui (Fundació Surt)

  • Gerard Coll-Planas (Universitat de Vic)

Drawing on their different fields of expertise, the speakers will discuss how intersectionality can inform public policies, institutional practices and social interventions, as well as the challenges involved in translating intersectional approaches into practice.

The session will be public and multilingual and will include an open discussion with the audience.