Event – CGS Seminar Series – Gender, Peacebuilding and the Politics of Space: Lunchtime talk
Gender, Peacebuilding and the Politics of Space: Lunchtime talk
22 February 2016
11:30 AM, SOAS
Lunchtime talk with Dr Laura J Shepherd (UNSW, Australia)
Proceeding from the assumption that discourse has constitutive effects, this research examines the ways in which gender and space manifest in peacebuilding discourse of various United Nations entities and associated organisations. Through the analysis of all publicly available documentation produced by the UN Peacebuilding Commission, and interviews conducted in New York in 2013 and 2014, the research maps out representations of gender and space, and investigates the ways in which ideas about knowledge, expertise and capacity are produced by and productive of ideas about both gender and spatial politics.
Bio:
Laura J. Shepherd holds the position of Associate Professor of International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at UNSW Australia and is currently a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, hosted by the Gender Institute and the Centre for Women, Peace and Security. Laura has recently concluded a research project investigating logics of gender and space in UN peacebuilding discourse and is just beginning a research project examining advocacy around, and implementation of, the Women, Peace and Security agenda at global, national, and local levels. Both projects received funding from the Australian Research Council (DP130100707 and DP160100212 respectively). She is author/editor of five books, including Gender Matters in Global Politics (2nd edn, 2015) and Gender, Violence and Popular Culture: Telling Stories (2013). Laura has published widely on topics related to gender and security in journals such asInternational Studies Quarterly, International Feminist Journal of Politics and European Journal of International Relations.
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