Margrit Shildrick

Margrit Shildrick is an academic in interdisciplinary gender studies whose research spans feminism, bioethics, and post-structuralism, among other fields of thought. Since 2018, she has served as a guest professor at Stockholm University.

Education

Shildrick earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Sussex, a Master of Science in the ethics of health care from the University of Liverpool, a Doctor of Philosophy in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Warwick, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and Teaching from Queen's University Belfast.

Career

Shildrick has lectured at Open University, the University of Warwick, the University of Liverpool, Lancaster University, the University of Leeds, and Staffordshire University. From 2003 to 2004, Shildrick was a visiting professor and director of the critical disability studies program at York University. From 2011 to 2017, she was a professor at Linköping University, after which she became a guest professor at Stockholm University, a position she continues to hold in January 2025.
Shildrick has held research fellowships at University College Dublin, Cornell University, Macquarie University, the University of Sydney, the University of Toronto, Queen's University Belfast, Linköping University, and Australian National University.

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