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Jennifer Thomson

@thomsonjennifer.bsky.social

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Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath | ESRC New Investigator - Feminist Foreign Policy | https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/jennifer-thomson

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Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Mar 21

We're very happy that this is out in the world! And Open Access too...

@lesliewehner.bsky.social and I ask - why did Sweden and Chile adopt #feministforeignpolicy?

Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · Mar 21

Finally out in Politics & Gender! Please read & share this work with @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social

“The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden” doi.org/10.1017/S174...

We study the conditions that made possible the formal adoption of a Feminist Foreign Policy 🇨🇱🇸🇪

The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 11h

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy", @tonihaastrup.bsky.social explores the absence of African knowledge from FFP agendas.

🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟

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Notes from the field titled "Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa" by Toni Haastrup.

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 2d

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America", Daniela Sepúlveda overviews the work of the Platform for Feminist Foreign Policy in Latin America and the role of civil society in advancing FFP.

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Notes from the field titled "Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America" by Daniela Sepúlveda

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 2d

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In their notes from the field, "Troubled Encounters", @balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen outline the challenges of implementing a feminist foreign policy in the context of peacebuilding.

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Notes from the field titled "Troubled Encounters: Feminist Foreign Policy and Donor-Implementer Relations in Peacebuilding" by Niklas Balbon and Younna Christiansen.

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 3d

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "Claiming Historical Responsibility", @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social analyze how Germany 🇩🇪 represents, negotiates and reproduces its colonial past in their FFP.

🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟

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Research article titled "Claiming Historical Responsibility? The Persistence of Coloniality in German Feminist Foreign Policy" by Karoline Färber and Madita Standke-Erdmann

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 4d

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In her notes from the field "Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy", @leclerck.bsky.social explores why the Canadian 🇨🇦 government has not delivered on a formal FFP despite its promises to do so.

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Notes from the Field titled "Feminist Government but No Feminist Foreign Policy: The Curious Case of Canada" by Katrina Leclerc

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 7d

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In "The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy" @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social & @lesliewehner.bsky.social compare foreign policy changes in 🇨🇱 & 🇸🇪 pointing to the role of policy entrepreneurs and a favorable domestic context.

Available #OpenAccess

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Research article titled "The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden" by Jennifer Thomson and Leslie Wehner.

Reposted by Toni Haastrup, Jennifer Thomson

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 8d

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

In the editorial "The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy", @columbaachilleos.bsky.social, @tonihaastrup.bsky.social, and @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social offer a roadmap to FFP scholarship and practice.

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Editorial titled "The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy: Hierarchies of Geography, Knowledge, and Power" by Columba Achilleos-Sarll, Toni Haastrup, and Jennifer Thomson.

Reposted by Mona Lena Krook, Toni Haastrup

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · 10d

Our special section on #feministforeignpolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social is currently free to access!

@tonihaastrup.bsky.social @columbaachilleos.bsky.social

Mona Lena Krook @mlkrook.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to share the latest issue of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social featuring research on WPS, gender and diplomacy, feminist foreign policy, and UNSCR 1325.

All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Gendersky Polisky

Latest issue | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Politics & Gender

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 10d

A rare piece of good news for women www.gavi.org/news/media-r...

Cervical cancer vaccines save over 1 million lives in lower-income countries

Major push by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and lower-income countries to extend access to the HPV vaccine has reached its target ahead of schedule.

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell , and 32 more Diane Coyle, Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Dorothy Bishop, Stephen P. Jenkins, Ruth Mace, Steve Peers, Melissa Terras, Dave O’Brien, Tom Shakespeare, Stuart Elden, Martin Paul Eve, Joan E. Taylor, Charles West, Lyn Robinson, Lesley A. Hall, Roger Luckhurst, Rebecca Sear, Lucy Munro, Kris Inwood, Elaine Treharne, Felicity Callard, Caroline T. Schroeder, Margot C. Finn, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Tim Hitchcock, Michael H. Whitworth, Jonathan Tummons, Larry W. Hunter, Toni Haastrup, Kathleen Kennedy, Carmen M. Mangion, Adrian Streete, Jennifer Thomson, Lorna Hughes

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Mona Lena Krook @mlkrook.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to share the latest issue of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social featuring research on WPS, gender and diplomacy, feminist foreign policy, and UNSCR 1325.

All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Gendersky Polisky

Latest issue | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Politics & Gender

www.cambridge.org

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · 13d

“…if you really want to know a nation, and to experience its collective mind, instead of tying tatty flags to lamp-posts you might want to get thee to a library, any library, but especially the British Library.”

From a speech Zadie Smith gave on the BL picket line. 👏👏

Amy Lord @tenpennydreams.bsky.social · 17d

"...if you chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt... people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones."

Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith

The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Amy Lord @tenpennydreams.bsky.social · 17d

"...if you chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt... people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones."

Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith

The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 17d

"Only five objects we have crafted here on Earth are now drifting towards infinity, and four of them tell a lie about half of humankind"

#astronomy #nasa

Sexism in space

How should we represent humankind to aliens? With Pioneer 10 and 11, Nasa fell short. Next time, we must do better

newhumanist.org.uk

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · 21d

A hilarious and terrifying read about Facebook (although Facebook have spent lots of money ensuring their name is removed from the cover and blurb.) Recommended reading for anyone who has ever used social media!

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · 24d

Also all sounds v reminiscent of Scottish politics of last ten years - Labour rested on their laurels to the gain of nationalists.

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · 24d

Anywhere but Westminster remains some of the best political journalism in the UK. Well worth watching.

James @jamesbfg.bsky.social · 24d

Why are people in Caerphilly more articulate than the political class at highlighting the issues facing people?

Such a phenomenal snapshot of where we are - a microcosm of the factors we’re fighting as a society 🧵

Cracking stuff from @johnharris1969.bsky.social

youtu.be/N79jV1waf4g?...

The Welsh town that saw off Nigel Farage | Anywhere but Westminster

YouTube video by The Guardian

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

James @jamesbfg.bsky.social · 24d

Why are people in Caerphilly more articulate than the political class at highlighting the issues facing people?

Such a phenomenal snapshot of where we are - a microcosm of the factors we’re fighting as a society 🧵

Cracking stuff from @johnharris1969.bsky.social

youtu.be/N79jV1waf4g?...

The Welsh town that saw off Nigel Farage | Anywhere but Westminster

YouTube video by The Guardian

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Oct 22

25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda - a new collection from @risjnl.bsky.social complied by Katrina Lee Koo.

Browse here - https://cup.org/4oAmXZq

cc @mybisa.bsky.social

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

💥 Explore the full Special Section #FeministForeignPolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social. Thanks to all contributors! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social @nwelfens.bsky.social @karolinefaerber.bsky.social @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social @balnik.bsky.social @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📄 Final Article
“Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration?”
@hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social, L. Popovic & @nwelfens.bsky.social explore exclusions around migration in Germany’s FFP guidelines.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📝 Notes from the Field
Daniela Sepúlveda offers insights on civil society & FFP across Latin America.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson, Southern Africa

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📝 Notes from the Field
"A Perspective from Africa" by @tonihaastrup.bsky.social critiques the coloniality of FFP and the exclusion of African knowledges. #OpenAccess
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📄 Article #2
@karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social investigate how Germany engages with its colonial past in its FFP.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Claiming Historical Responsibility? The Persistence of Coloniality in German Feminist Foreign Policy | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Claiming Historical Responsibility? The Persistence of Coloniality in German Feminist Foreign Policy

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📄 Article #1
@thomsonjennifer.bsky.social & @lesliewehner.bsky.social trace how Sweden & Chile came to adopt #FFP.
🔗 cambridge.org/core/journal...

#FirstView #FFP #OpenAccess

The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📝 Notes from the Field #2
Daniela Philipson Garcia & Ana Velasco Ugalde explore civil society's role in FFP in Mexico.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Solidarity or Coloniality in the Feminist Foreign Policy Knowledge Market? Lessons from Mexico | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Solidarity or Coloniality in the Feminist Foreign Policy Knowledge Market? Lessons from Mexico

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

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📝 Notes from the Field #1
@balnik.bsky.social & Younna Christiansen examine how FFP shapes donor funding + peacebuilding dynamics.
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Troubled Encounters: Feminist Foreign Policy and Donor-Implementer Relations in Peacebuilding | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Troubled Encounters: Feminist Foreign Policy and Donor-Implementer Relations in Peacebuilding

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Laura J. Shepherd, Toni Haastrup , and 1 more Caroline Krafft, Laura J. Shepherd, Toni Haastrup, Jennifer Thomson

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Oct 14

1/ 🚨 Our intro to the Special Section on #FeministForeignPolicy is out! Co-authored w/ @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social ky.social in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: "The Where, What & Who of Feminist Foreign Policy"
📖 #OpenAccess
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
👇👇👇

The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy: Hierarchies of Geography, Knowledge, and Power | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy: Hierarchies of Geography, Knowledge, and Power

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Rebecca Turkington @rcturk.bsky.social · Oct 14

@saskiabr.bsky.social and I wrote in @foreignpolicy.com about the dismantling of gender equality architecture in U.S. foreign policy, including offices that were created more than six decades ago with bipartisan consensus. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/13/t...

Trump Erases Women From Foreign Policy

The White House has overturned the decades-old bipartisan policy consensus that female empowerment serves U.S. interests.

foreignpolicy.com

Reposted by Jennifer Thomson

Ov Cristian NOROCEL @norocel.bsky.social · Oct 14

📣 2 yrs postdoc w/in project Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture - investigates a selection of anti-gender networks & feminist LGBTQI+ networks in 5 European regions. Experience w/h ethnography/ digital network analysis & deep knowledge of language & sociopolitical contexts in Southern Europe.

Postdoctoral researcher in Gender Studies

The Department of Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary unit within a larger division together with Sociology and Social Anthropology, situated at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. W