Course Coordinators: Sara Louise Muhr & Ana María Munar, Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL)

Faculty

Professor Karen Ashcraft
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Sara Louise Muhr, Professor
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Ana María Munar, Associate Professor
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Maj Grasten, Teaching Assistant
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Bontu Guschke, Research Assistant
Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS

Emily Hockerts, Postdoctoral researcher 
University of Lapland

Associate Professor Mie Plotnikof
Aarhus University

Prerequisites

Each participant is required to submit an abstract of no more than five pages, presenting and positioning their PhD project within the topic of the course. The abstracts should include participants’ reflections on how the course’s theories and concepts relate to and may inform their projects. To allow for feminist approaches of academic writing, participants are encouraged to write exploratory and open-ended abstracts.

Participants are free to choose their own style and format of submission, which might include various forms of text(s), including e.g. poetry or fictional writing, pictures, drawings, short videos, etc. This will enable participants to investigate different modes of learning and new forms of developing and sharing knowledge. Abstracts must be in English. 

The deadline for submission is April 23, 2026.

Workload
Teaching 37,5 hrs
Reading 95 hrs
Abstract Preparation 7,5 hrs

Aim of the PhD course

The aim of this course is to explore a diverse range of feminist theories and concepts, emphasizing their significance in enhancing research within organization and management studies (MOS). Participants will engage in close readings of selected feminist writings, which will serve as a foundation for participatory discussions on topics such as gender, heteronormativity, sexuality, affect, bodies, desire, sexuation, boundaries and dichotomies, and intersectionality, including perspectives on race and class. 

Adopting a creative and corporeal approach to writing, the course encourages a playful and exploratory engagement with various feminist theories and concepts relevant to critical organization and management studies. This approach will enable participants to uncover new perspectives and understand their research subjects from new feminist perspectives, while also highlighting the importance of feminist theories, concepts and methods across different research fields and the potential synergies among these fields.

Due to the relational format of the course, there will be a maximum number of participants to facilitate meaningful engagement with different feminist theories and methods, as well as creative and corporeal writing practices. The course will include writing experiences designed to align with each PhD student’s individual project.

Content of the PhD course
Each day of the course will be structured with theoretical discussions before lunch, followed by creative writing sessions in the afternoon. The themes for the sessions are as follows:

Day 1: 
Session 1: Introduction to feminist theory in MOS
Session 2: Introduction to writing differently

Day 2: 
Session 3: Social reproduction theory and new materialism
Session 4: Writing with multispecies and scientific fabulation

Day 3: 
Session 5: Feminist psychoanalysis & desire 
Session 6: Writing with metaphors

Day 4:
Session 7: Intersectional feminisms
Session 8: Writing with embodied listening

Day 5:
Session 9: Feminist ethics
Session 10: Writing collectively

Teaching pedagogy

Due to the relational format of the course, there will only be short lectures. Instead, the teaching pedagogy will emphasize close readings, reflexive questions, questions-based discussions, and creative writing labs where participants will generate new written works.

It is crucial to read the assigned texts and prepare in advance. No further specific preparation will be required for the creative writing labs. The literature lists are divided into ‘curriculum’, which we expect the students to have read (most of) and ‘extra suggested readings’, which simply serve as inspiration. We do not expect students to have read these texts before hand.

Reflexive questions will be provided alongside the readings. There will be no assignment afterwards. The course output is the text produced each day. At the end of the course, we will collaboratively create a piece of writing.

Preliminary Program 
Day 1
9:00-10:30 Introduction to the course and to participants (Feminist Labyrinth mandala)
- Ana María
10:30-12:30 Session 1: Introduction to feminist theories in MOS
- Maj, Karen & Sara 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 2: Introduction to writing differently
- Mie & Sara 
 
Day 2
9:00-9:30 Check-In & Recap Time 
- Sara
9:30-12:30 Session 3: Social reproduction theory and new materialism
- Maj, Mie og Karen
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 4: Scientific fabulation: Writing with more-than-human communities
- Ana María, Emily Höckert (invited lecturer)

Day 3
9:00-9:30 Check-In & Recap Time
- Sara
9:30-12:30 Session 5: Feminist psychoanalysis, affect & desire 
- Ana María & Sara
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 6: Writing with metaphors
- Ana María & Bontu
 
Day 4
9:00-9:30 Check-In & Recap Time
- Maj
9:30-12:30 Session 7: Intersectional Feminisms
- Bontu & Maj
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 8: Writing with embodied listening
- Bontu & Karen
 
Day 5
9:00-9:30 Check-In & Recap Time
- Maj
9:30-12:30 Session 9: Feminist ethics
- Sara, Ana Maria & Mie
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 Session 8: Writing collectively
- Maj, Sara & Ana María

Preliminary Lecture Plan and Readings
Please find the preliminary schedule for readings here:

Note: In case we receive more registrations for the course than we have seats, seats will be filled based on the motivation uploaded upon registration. CBS PhD students will have priority.

Registration Deadline and Conditions
The registration deadline is 24 March 2026. If you wish to cancel your registration, it must be done by this date. By this deadline, we determine whether there are enough registrations to run the course or decide who should be offered a seat if we have received too many registrations.

If seats are still available, we will extend the registration deadline to fill the remaining spots. Once you receive our acceptance/welcome letter, your registration becomes binding, and no course fee refunds will be issued. The binding registration date is the deadline mentioned above.