nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20260330-173556-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260330s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20260330-173556-0 doi eng 342 23 Alkiviadou, Natalie Author aut No More Manels - Gender Inclusion and Equal Freedom of Expression in Academic Life Alkiviadou, Natalie Verfassungsblog 2026-03-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In the email signature of a former UN Special Rapporteur was a sentence that has stayed with me: “I do not join manels.” A “manel”, now widely defined as an all-male panel, is not simply descriptive. It reflects structural patterns in who is recognised as an expert and who is not. On 31 March 2026, the University of Cyprus is holding an event on the status and future of the Sovereign Base Areas. All speakers are male. Are there no female academics at the University of Cyprus who could speak? CC BY-SA 4.0 Manels Zypern gender equality (DE-588)4079596-2 gnd Zypern Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/no-more-manels/ raw object