I’m an academic and writer interested in the politics of identity, stigma, and brutality during war and other episodes of violence.

My research centers the lives of the socially marginalized during conflict, crisis, and displacement, with a particular focus on LGBTIQ+ populations.

I adopt what the late Iris Marion Young called “the politics of difference”: a recognition that exploring differential impacts based on identity can deepen our understanding of social phenomena.

More about me.

Untitled by Doris Salcedo (2007)*

*This site includes some of my favorite works of art in dialogue with my own research interests.

 

Research Interests

Political Violence

Conflict Processes

Displacement

Refugee Protection

Brutality & Cruelty

Gender & Sexuality

Queer/Trans Politics

Identity Politics

Social Marginalization

Humanitarianism

Art & Politics

Theories of Violence

Untitled by Sair Garcia (2020)

Current Research Strands

LGBTIQ+ People in Conflict, Crisis, and Displacement

Brutality, Cruelty, and Social Difference During War

Novel Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Political Violence

For more information, see Research Projects.

Current Affiliation

Departmental Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

Oxford, UK

Max Weber Fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute

Fiesole, Italy

See my CV for past affiliations.

Selected Teaching

For the European University Institute

  • Advanced Qualitative Methods

  • The Life Cycle of Fieldwork

For the University of Oxford

  • International Relations (graduate and undergraduate)

  • Introduction to the Practice of Politics

  • International Security and Conflict

  • Qualitative Methods for Graduate Students in Social Science

For Stanford University

  • Political Violence and International Order

  • Migration, Forced Displacement, and Human Rights

  • Gender & Development


Currently in: Oxford