Frontmatter and Editorial

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of the editorial: The Early Career Researchers Issue of Gender Forum provides a platform for emerging scholars who wish to critically engage with questions of gender in their respective areas of research. In order to present a wide spectrum, we selected papers by students who are still working on their first degrees (BA and MA) as well as by those who are already pursuing a PhD project. The articles are arranged according to the contributors’ current position in their academic career starting with papers by students working towards their first and second degrees, and ending with essays by PhD candidates. What they all share is a keen interest in gender issues and in exploring and developing gender studies as an interdisciplinary field of necessary global importance and impact.