The Centre for Gender Research covers a wide-ranging and important research area, and takes a critical, interdisciplinary and broad approach to most disciplines and special fields at the University.
The Centre is a University unit, which aims to undertake interdisciplinary research, provide teaching and share communication within the field of gender. The Centre also supports and encourages gender research within the different Faculties of the University.
The Centre is the largest gender research department in Norway and among the largest in the Nordic countries.