Members

The Gender and Politics Research Group brings together researchers from across Politics and International Relations, all of whom use gender and feminist analyses in their research.

Name	Affiliation	Research Interests
Dr. Fiona Mackay (Convenor)	Politics and International Relations	women and comparative politics; feminist institutionalism; political representation; gender and constitutional change; gender and public policy
Dr. Claire Duncanson	Politics and International Relations	gender and IR; military masculinities; peacekeeping and peace support; nuclear proliferation
Dr. Meryl Kenny	Visiting Fellow, Politics and international Relations	feminist institutionalism; political recruitment; political representation; territorial politics
Prof Alice Brown	Emerita Professor, Politics and International Relations	constitutional change, women and politics, women's representation in political and public life, women in STEM, gender and public policy
Rosalind Cavaghan	Politics and International Relations	gender; EU; knowledge; policy
Hilary Cornish	Politics and International Relations	gender; race and military institutions and identities; Arab-British relations

Darcy Leigh	Canadian Studies/ Politics	gender; nations and nationalism; sovereignty and the state; indigenous politics
Angelina Mattijo-Bazugba	Social Policy	gender quotas in Southern Sudan, gender budgeting, UN women
Elena Pollot	Politics and International Relations	feminist ethics; political theory
Cera Murtagh	Politics and International relations	politics of divided societies; transversal politics; NI Women's Coalition

The Gender Reading Group

One of the main activities of the Gender and Politics Research Group is hosting the long-running Gender Reading Group (GRG), which draws upon feminist and gender researchers from the University as well as colleagues from other Scottish universities. The GRG provides a forum to discuss theoretical, methodological and empirical issues around the questions: