Toni Haastrup

Toni Haastrup is a social scientist with expertise in global politics. She is a Professor, & Chair in Global Politics at the University of Manchester. Her research interrogates the manifestation of power hierarchies in global politics, with research interests encompassing a wide range of themes, including peace and security in Africa, feminist, postcolonial and decolonial approaches to international relations, and regional and global governance – she has published extensively in these areas. In addition to her academic work, Toni Haastrup frequently works with government mechanisms and international organisations, offering expertise on themes linked to Europe's engagement in Africa; the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP). She was awarded the 2022 Flax Foundation's Emma Goldman Award for her work on feminist and inequality issues in Europe.

Early life and education Haastrup was an undergraduate student at the University of California, Davis. She moved to the University of Cape Town for her graduate degree. Eventually, Haastrup joined the University of Edinburgh for her doctoral research, where she investigated contemporary EU-Africa relations.

Research career In addition to examining the contemporary practices of Europe's engagement in Africa, through relations between the European Union and regional organisations on the continent, Haastrup's research has focused on the practices of the Women, Peace, and Security agenda extensively. The WPS framework is the result of years of feminist campaigning, and looks to achieve gender justice by strengthening the participation for women in global peace and security, amongst other concerns. Her more recent research critically evaluates the construction and deployment of feminist foreign policies in global policymaking.

In 2022, the Flax Foundation awarded Haastrup the Emma Goldman Award for her work on feminist and inequality issues. In September 2023, she joined the University of Manchester and will commence her Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) Fellowship, which seeks to theorise peace through a Pan-Africanist Feminist lens.

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