The research work of the Gender Institute is critical, transnational, and interdisciplinary. Our research is variously positioned in relation to different fields of study within the social sciences and humanities, but in each case, the focus on gender means testing conventional disciplinary boundaries and developing alternative methodologies. All research addresses the tenacity of gender power relations and gendered inequalities in a period of global transformation and falls under four broad themes. The Institute is unique in bringing together approaches from across the social sciences and humanities to address key problems in gender studies transnationally. Our work is informed by the belief that all social processes are “gendered”, and that understanding gender relations is therefore a crucial component in any social science research. Others employ a gendered perspective to address issues not normally considered as gender concerns. The focus of research projects ranges across local, national and international contexts, and the relationship between gender and ethnicity has become an increasingly prominent concern.