The University of Bath will welcome Professor Jacqui True to campus for her first in-person visit from the 26th April - 3rd May 2022. This follows activities held remotely as a Global Chair during 2019/2020. Professor True will attend a number of engagements during her visit, including delivering a public lecture on Twenty-Five Years after Beijing: Backlash against Women's Rights and the Decline of the Liberal International Order.
The lecture will assess the opportunities of women’s frontline participation in peacebuilding and the feminist foreign policy movement as well as the threats of resurgent patriarchies for world order.
Professor Jacqui True, FASSA, is a Professor of International Relations at the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. She is a prominent public advocate for the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and gender-inclusive peacebuilding. Professor True is the founder and Director of Monash University’s Centre for Gender, Peace and Security, which is a leading global, policy-oriented research centre on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in the Asia-Pacific region.
A renowned international scholar and an expert on gender-based violence, Professor Jacqui True’s research focuses on understanding the political economy of violence against women globally. Her work examines the gender dimensions of violent extremism and women's roles in conflict and analyses how gender-sensitive peace processes impact women’s participation in post-conflict societies.
The Women Global Chair Scheme highlights female academics through distinguished international visiting professorships to enrich the celebration of women academics across all disciplines at the University of Bath. Professor True’s Global Chair is hosted by Dr Jennifer Thomson in the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies.
Professor Jacqui True's Global Chair reflects on the achievements of the 20th anniversary of the first United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and Security and develops joint research on feminist foreign policy. Engaging with our staff and students, Professor True contributes especially to Bath's burgeoning Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster, which works across the University, and lends further support to our strategic partnership with Monash University.
Activities in Bath
Professor True will attend a number of engagements on her visit to Bath.
- On Tuesday 26 April Professor True will be delivering a lecture entitled Twenty-Five Years after Beijing: Backlash against Women's Rights and the Decline of the Liberal International Order.
During her time on campus, she will also be hosting seminars, meeting with PhD students, meeting with colleagues in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and members of Senior Management and Alumni to discuss future collaboration opportunities.
All are welcome to attend Professor Jacqui True’s public lecture on Women, Peace and Security.