Catriona Standfield
Biography
My research uses intersectional, decolonial feminist lenses to analyse conflict mediation and diplomacy, centring on the practices of international organisations like the United Nations. I use an array of qualitative and quantitative methods to construct interpretive research designs that parse how conflict mediation and diplomacy are gendered, with particular attention to how everyday institutional practices sustain or challenge oppressive structures.
Area of Expertise
- Gender and feminist international relations theory
- The United Nations
- Conflict mediation and peacebuilding
- Diplomacy
- International practice theory
- Research methods
Degrees
PhD in Political Science, Syracuse University
B. Arts (French), B. Development Studies, First Class Honours, University of Adelaide
Diploma of Languages, University of Adelaide
Professional Publications & Contributions
Books
The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and the Gendered Logics of United Nations Mediation. Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in October 2024.
- Selected for the International Studies Association-Northeast Scholars’ Circle, 2020.
Journal Articles
Standfield, C. 2022. ‘Who Gets to be a Virtuoso? Diplomatic Competence through an Intersectional Lens’. Hague Journal of Diplomacy.
Standfield, C. 2020. ‘Gendering the Practice Turn in Diplomacy’. European Journal of International Relations.
Standfield. C. 2020. ‘Caught between Art and Science: the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in United Nations Mediation Narratives’. International Feminist Journal of Politics.
- Runner-up for the Enloe Award for Best Graduate Student Paper
Book Reviews
Standfield, C. (2019). ‘Feminist Perspectives on Diplomacy – A Review’. International Feminist Journal of Politics 21(1), 152-154.