• Coordinator: Amalia Morales Villena.

• Date: Friday, January 23, 2026

• Schedule: from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

• Recognized training hours: 5 h

• Nature: compulsory

• Location: Francisco Muñoz Muñoz Assembly Hall. Research Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, Scientific Documentation Center. Rector López Argüeta Street.

• Objective: To provide the initial information necessary regarding the doctoral training program and knowledge about the phases of thesis preparation and defense.

• Contents: Presentation of the doctoral program and activity planning. Compulsory activity for all students. This session covers general aspects of the Doctoral Program, including organizational, academic, and training matters. It will also serve to answer any questions that may arise and for doctoral students to present their lines of research and begin fostering teamwork.

• Basic Competencies and Capacities: CB16, CE1, CE2, CE4, CE8, CE9

• Learning outcomes: At the end of the session, each student will: know the Doctoral training program and the phases involved in the process of preparing and defending the doctoral thesis.

• Note: to register for this seminar, you must send an email to amaliam@ugr.es indicating your full name, ID number (DNI), and email address.

• Coordinator: Cándida Martínez López

• Lead Professor: Eulalia Pérez Sedeño. Research Professor in Science, Technology, and Gender at the Department of Science, Technology, and Society of the CSIC Institute of Philosophy (Spain) and Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science.

• Nature: Compulsory

• Location: Seminar Room of the Research Institute for Women's and Gender Studies. 1st floor of the Scientific Documentation Center.

• Date: Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 23, 2026

• Schedule: from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM

• Non-presential hours: Prior and subsequent individual work

• Recognized training hours: 30 h.

• Objective: To deepen the training of doctoral students toward the recognition and production of scientific discourse (characteristics of scientific discourse, work planning, development of the different research phases, referencing...).

• Content:

• The what, how, and why of research
• Feminist or gender research
• The relationships between theory and empirical work
• How to learn to identify and critically choose theory
• The challenge of interdisciplinarity
• Criteria for research quality

• Basic Competencies and Capacities: CB12, CB13, CA02, CA03, CE1, CE2, CE4, CE5

• Learning outcomes: at the end of this training activity, students will be able to provide basic research resources, formulate research questions with a feminist/gender focus, and know the basic tools to learn how to formulate the “why?” and “how?” of research.

• Objectives: To deepen the knowledge and application of qualitative and interdisciplinary research methodologies and feminist discourse analysis.

• Specific competencies: CE2: Capacity to critically identify and apply feminist theoretical models regarding women.

• Coordinator: Amalia Morales Villena

• Dates: Monday, April 27, Tuesday, April 28, and Wednesday, April 29, 2026

• Location: Seminar Room 2 of the Scientific Documentation Center

• Duration: 50 hours.

• Nature: Compulsory

• Location: Classroom to be determined. Scientific Documentation Center. Rector López Argüeta Street.

• PROGRAM

Thursday, April 27, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (7 hours)

Teacher: Dau García Dauder. Rey Juan Carlos University. Madrid

Content: Epistemic-body workshop: bodies and emotions in feminist research processes (7 hours)

Tuesday, April 28, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. (4 hours)

Teacher: Dau García Dauder. Rey Juan Carlos University. Madrid

Content: The “off-field” of research: the material/collective, power relations, and activism/academia dilemmas.

Wednesday, May 29, from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. (5 hours)

Teacher: Alba Martínez Martínez. Postdoctoral research fellow. Department of Contemporary History. University of Granada.

Content: Voices, memories, and subjectivities: oral sources and “self-writing” for the study of women's lives.

• Basic competencies and capacities: CB11, CA01, CA02, CE1, CE3, CE5

• Specific competencies:

• CE2: Capacity to critically identify and apply feminist theoretical models regarding women and gender.
• CE3: Ability to design and carry out interdisciplinary research within the scope of the Doctoral Program.

• Working method:

Before each session

Prior reading of the bibliography and recommended materials (will be provided starting April 5).

Reflection by each doctoral student on their needs based on their own thesis project.

During the session

Methodological approach, case analysis.

Work based on the readings and materials from professors and doctoral students.

In-class work individually or in small groups using specific materials.

• Evaluation criteria:

Attendance and active classroom participation based on the recommended readings (60%)

Attendance at all sessions is essential. In case of a justified absence from a session, work will be carried out on the recommended readings for that session.

• Certificate: A certificate will be provided as an activity of the Doctoral Program in Women's Studies.

• Note: to register, send an email to the coordinator of each seminar or course indicating your full name, ID number (DNI), and email address.

• Location: Seminar Room of the Research Institute for Women's and Gender Studies (1st floor), Scientific Documentation Center.

• Coordinator: Ana Mª Muñoz Muñoz

• Nature: Elective

• Recognized hours: 30

• Date: November 6, 2026

Part I. Scientific Journals

• Schedule: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

• Teaching staff: Dr. José Antonio Frías Montoya, Professor of Research Methodologies (University of Salamanca) and Dr. Ana M. Muñoz Muñoz, Professor of Information Management (University of Granada).

• Contents:

1. Principal scientific journals in Women's Studies.
2. Consultation resources offered by the University of Granada Library.
3. Structure of scientific journals.
4. Publishing in scientific journals.

Part II. Database and Catalog Searches in Women's and Gender Studies [Important: for this part of the course, you must bring your laptops]

• Schedule: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

• Teaching staff: Mr. Francisco José García Morte, Head of Section at the Medicine and Health Sciences Library (University of Granada).

• Contents:

1. Principal national and international catalogs and databases.
2. Resources in the University of Granada Library.
3. Consulting specialized databases. Document search and retrieval.
4. Personalized use of information: Bibliographic standards and reference managers.

• Competencies:

• To know the main specialized scientific journals in Women's Studies.
• To acquire knowledge of the publication process in scientific journals.
• To know the main sources of information for consulting scientific information.
• To acquire the capacity to organize bibliographic information and documentation.

• Evaluation Criteria:

• Attendance and class participation.
• Completion of practical exercises.

• Coordinator: Ana Mª Muñoz Muñoz

• Date: November 19 and 20, 2026

• Schedule: Thursday and Friday (10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM).

• Location: Francisco Muñoz Muñoz Assembly Hall. Research Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, Scientific Documentation Center. Rector López Argüeta Street.

• Guest speakers: Pending confirmation.

• Nature: Compulsory for all program students, who must complete at least 36 hours (two participations) throughout their doctoral period: two interventions in the first three years for FT students, and in two of the first four years for PT students.

• Hours: 18

• Objective: To socialize student knowledge through collective learning with the participation of doctoral students, thesis directors, and guest faculty.

• Contents: Doctoral students must present a report on the work performed before the faculty and students of the Doctoral Program, providing evidence of the progress made in their research, its most novel aspects, and the hypothesis that will guide the continuation of the work. A debate on the projects will be held.

• Basic competencies and capacities: CB14, CB15, CB16

• Learning outcomes: Students will acquire basic competencies regarding the programming of their own work and communication in training contexts.