Eva Midden is Associate Professor in Gender Studies, at the Media and Culture Studies Department of Utrecht University. She has a master's degree in Political Science from the University of Leiden (Netherlands) and a PhD in Philosophy (University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom). Her thesis is entitled:  'Feminism in Multicultural Societies. An Analysis of Dutch Multicultural and Postsecular Developments and their Implications for Feminist Debates’. 

Together with Dr. Domitilla Olivieri she coordinates the RMA Programme in Gender Studies. Midden is also a member of the core team of the IOS Platform Gender, Diversity and Global Justice, at Utrecht University and is senior researcher in the Horizon Project RE-WIRING (on girls' and women's inclusion, representation and empowerment). She is also a board member of the international organisation for Gender Studies research RINGS.

Midden's current research focuses on gender, love and (non-)monogamy. She is working on a book about women and (in)fidelity. Her general research interests include feminist theory, intersectionality, (post)secular(ism), nationalism, whiteness and media analysis.