About
Laura Sjoberg is Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and Kloppenburg Official Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Exeter College. Her research addresses issues of gender and security, with foci on politically violent women, feminist war theorizing, sexuality in global politics, and political methodology. She teaches, consults, and lectures on gender in global politics, and on international security. Her work has been published in more than 50 books and journals in political science, law, gender studies, international relations, and geography.
Prof. Sjoberg’s recent books include (with J. Samuel Barkin) International Relations’ Last Synthesis? (Oxford, 2019) and (with Jessica Peet) Gender and Civilian Victimization (Routledge, 2019). Her recent articles have explored the legacy of Waltzian Security Studies through feminist lenses, (with Milena Aćimić Remiković) the limits of gender equality law, violences in and of critical terrorism studies scholarship, and destruction and (with J. Samuel Barkin) failure as research methods. Prof. Sjoberg has recently taught in the areas of international law, gender and armed conflict, international relations theorizing, and international security.