Join the panel of scholars and Oxford International Relations Society to discuss contestation and potential reconciliation between Realism and Feminist approaches to geopolitics.

This panel discussion focuses on the areas of contestation and agreement between Realism and Feminism. The speakers, informed by their research and experience within the International Relations community, will discuss the often-gendered nature of scholarly association with the two approaches and perspectives on geopolitics overall. The panel will aim to investigate any common ground and potential reconciliation between traditional theories and critical approaches within IR, lending reflexsive insight into researchers’ positionality in the broader ‘-isms’ debate.

The Speakers:
Professor David Blagden teaches in International Security at the Strategy and Security Institute (SSI) and the Department of Social and Political Science from the University of Exeter. He has worked and consulted for the UK Cabinet Office and is a part of Exeter’s research partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence’s Development, Concepts, and Doctrine Centre. His expertise is in (but not limited to) great power politics, security studies and Realist International Relations theory.

Professor Laura Sjoberg is British Academy Global Professor of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway University of London. Her research focuses on gender and security, with a particular focus on politically violent women and feminist war theories. An example of her work include Women as Wartime Rapists (New York University Press, 2016) (with J. Samuel Barkin) and Gender and Civilian Victimisation in War (Routledge, 2019) (with Jessica Peet).

Professor Jonathan Leader Maynard teaches International Politics at King’s College London and is a Parliamentary Academic Fellow working for the International Affairs Unit of the UK House of Commons. His research focuses on ideology in political violence, armed conflict and extremist politics. He also works more broadly on ideology within contemporary politics.

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