News Magazine
Our news magazine is an independent online newspaper and a member of the Norwegian Specialised Press Association Fagpressen.
New website and new name
Kilden's news magazine has a new website and a new name. The new name is Kilden magazine – Norwegian gender and equality research now, and you can find the new webiste here.
Can legal perspectives help us to understand ‘Hedda Gabler’?
In Ibsen’s 1890 play, theft, defamation, adultery, threats and suicide are committed. A recent study examines the severity of these offences in light of the penal code of the time.
Spent four years among incels
For four years, criminologist Jan Christoffer Andersen has been trying to understand the incel subculture from within. His doctoral research shows how incels follow a subcultural logic that rewards misogyny and suffering that degrades women and rewards suffering.
When romance becomes financial exploitation
“Online romance scams and fraud involve relational and psychological exploitation,” says researcher Maja Feng. She likens the phenomenon to domestic violence and intimate partner violence.
The most read articles in 2025
An article on Knausgård, masculinity and "My Struggle" was Kilden magazine's most read article in 2025. The other most read articles cover a variety of issues: from angel healing to Ruth Reese and anti-racism in Norway.
The UN’s International Women’s Year generated enthusiasm for women’s peace work
The organisation Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom was a driving force for the recognition of women’s role in peacebuilding.
Equality research in the Arctic overlooks local conditions
There are major socio-cultural differences between the north and south, according to researcher Mervi Heikkinen. Many students in Northern Sweden, Norway and Finland are the first in their family to pursue higher education.
Prostitution, homosexuality and public scandals: When the Danes discovered «heterosexuality»
In 1906, 14 men were charged with homosexual offences in Denmark, initiating a wave of press reports and public debate about sexual orientation and citizenship.
“It’s hard to overstate how important Judith Butler has become"
The philosopher is regarded as academic superstar by some, controversial activist by others. "Butler’s influence extends well beyond academia", says Amund Rake Hoffart.
Fewer young women want children
The average age of first-time mothers continues to rise. This may help explain why the percentage of young women wanting to have children has fallen from 2019 to 2022, according to Sara Cools.
Study on men and abortion: All of them felt loss of control
What is it like for a man when a woman considers abortion? Hege Follestad has gained insight into men’s fear and uncertainty in her doctoral dissertation.
NEWS FROM KILDEN:
The first issue this year is an open issue. But even though the articles are varied, all of them are aimed at hot topics in the public debate. The articles illustrate the breadth of the field of gender research and examine in different ways how power works. You can read about transmasculines' experiences of discussing their own desire for reproduction during treatment for gender incongruence. You can also read a discursive analysis of Christian conservative mobilization against teaching about gender in school, as well as about how gender and resistance can have a mobilizing effect in gender equality work in academia.
Study on men and abortion: All of them felt loss of control
What is it like for a man when a woman considers abortion? Hege Follestad has gained insight into men’s fear and uncertainty in her doctoral dissertation.
Hot topics in the Nordic courts
Trans people, indigenous peoples and consent law: Daniela Alaattinoğlu’s award-winning research challenges the Nordic region’s perception of itself as a leader on minority rights.
Online violence is silencing academics
Academic disagreement and critical engagement are essential to knowledge production. But the line is crossed when critique targets the person rather than the scholarship, writes Hande Eslen-Ziya.
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Queer Symposium 2026
Queer Symposium is held annually with the aim of bringing together experts to present and discuss queer research and the challenges the field is currently facing.
Organised by Kristiania and Queer Research Group.
KFL9035 – Early Beauvoir: Moral philosophy, ethics, and existentialism
PhD course on Simone de Beauvoir’s early philosophy and ethics.
Organised by the Centre for Gender Research at the University of Oslo.
