Research Expertise

In my doctoral thesis, I examined the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) in the post-Soviet space, more specifically in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Armenia. My research included data collection through policy analysis, observations, and fieldwork. I conducted interviews with 80+ governmental representatives, UN agencies, women-led NGOs/CSOs, and women peacebuilders in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus region. 

I specifically investigated how National Action Plans (NAPs) emerged across the post-Soviet region and how the WPS agenda is understood and implemented in complex militarized environments characterized by various wars and protracted conflicts. My work was funded by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS).

My current research focuses on how young feminist activists and women peacebuilders adapt to shifting, volatile, and repressive political environments in Armenia, Georgia, and Kosovo amid global and regional pushback against gender norms. I am also working on the dissemination of the main findings resulting from my PhD thesis through different formats. 

In my consultancy practice, I have developed technical expertise on gender and disarmament, more specifically on the interlinkages between the WPS agenda and the five pillars of humanitarian mine action.