Eleanor Gordon

Senior lecturer, Politics and International Relations, Monash Global Peace and Security centre, Faculty of Arts Eleanor.Gordon@monash.edu

Core expertise

Politics
International relations
Human rights

Biography

Eleanor is a senior lecturer (Politics and International Relations) and Director of the Monash Global Peace and Security centre (Monash GPS), School of Social Sciences. Her research and practice focus on building security and justice after conflict and inclusive approaches to peacebuilding and peacekeeping.

articles

The paradigm shift needed to address growing global fragility

Complex and interconnected threats to global peace and security demands innovative and interconnected thinking by experts working across academic disciplines and industry sectors.

Politics and society

Women march in front of a banner that reads: 'End violence against women'.

This is what’s stopping women in peacebuilding

Barriers to the engagement of women in peace operations can sustain harmful workplace cultures, scuttle gender equality, and even peace outcomes.

Politics and society

As attention and money are absorbed by the pandemic, peace-building suffers

COVID-19 has diverted international attention and resources away from peace-building. This increases the risk of global insecurity and instability.

Politics and society

Conflict, COVID, and child marriage

The pandemic is likely to intensify the harmful effects of child marriage, increasing exposure to violence, and decreasing access to healthcare and support networks.

Politics and society

Reaching out to Rohingya girls

Researchers have given voice to the often overlooked adolescents languishing in a vast Bangladesh refugee camp.

Politics and society