Key Researchers

Susan Carland
Lecturer
Expert in experiences of Muslim women, intersection of gender with prejudice, bigotry, and extremism, relationship between prejudice, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and gender.
susan.carland@monash.edu

Elliot Dolan-Evans
GPS Fellow
Researches the gendered impact of economic reforms in conflict, broader questions of feminist political economy, global governance, post-Soviet transitions, and transitional justice in Latin America.
elliot.dolan-evans1@monash.edu

Constance Duncombe
Lecturer
Researches critical approaches to global politics, including recognition, visual politics, social media and digital diplomacy.
constance.duncombe@monash.edu

Eleanor Gordon
Senior Lecturer
Practitioner and scholar on inclusive ways in which to build security and justice after armed conflict.
eleanor.gordon@monash.edu

Samanthi Gunawardana
Senior Lecturer
Expert in gender and development, work and livelihoods, economic security.
samanthi.gunawardana@monash.edu

Sarah Hewitt
GPS Fellow
Researches women's participation in peace processes and gender-sensitive peace agreements, feminist political economy analysis, women's participation in post-conflict transitions (Nepal and Kenya), and the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
sarah.hewitt@monash.edu

Katrina Lee-Koo
Associate Professor
Research lead on institutionalising women, peace and security (WPS). Researches WPS; women's leadership; Youth, Peace and Security; and children and armed conflict.
katrina.leekoo@monash.edu

Yolanda Riveros Morales
Research Fellow
Researches women's rights, social policy, poverty and vulnerability; peace processes; and gender-based violence. Regional expertise: Colombia and Latin America; Languages: Spanish.
yolanda.riverosmorales@monash.edu

Jenna Sapiano
Australia Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer
Research lead on gender, participation and leadership. Researches gender and peace mediation; peace agreements; feminist international law; and post-conflict constitutions.
jenna.sapiano@monash.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Khulud Alhamazani
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Researches Arab women’s rights, refugees’ journeys, border security, gender-specific
persecution and religious extremism.
khulud.alhamazani@monash.edu

Farkhondeh Akbari
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Researches non-state armed actors as actors of diplomacy and peace settlement challenges.
farkhondeh.akbari@monash.edu

Helen Stenger
Postdoctoral Research Fellow