Episode 34: 10 Questions with Professor Toni Haastrup

10 Questions with Feminist AcademicsIn this series we engage 10 feminist academics around 10 questions within and across their disciplines that are important for all to consider at this historical juncture. BioProf. Toni Haastrup is Chair in Global Politics at the University of Manchester since September2023. She holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Edinburgh.An award-winning teacher and researcher, she is a 2022 recipient of the Emma Goldman Award from the FLAX Foundation for contributions to feminist research and knowledge in Europe, and the Emma GoldmanFellowship of the Vienna Institute for Human Sciences. She is also a recipient of the ISRF Mid-Career Fellowship 2023-2024.Her research interrogates the manifestation of power hierarchies in global politics, with research interests encompassing a wide range of topics within internationalstudies, including peace and security in Africa, feminist, postcolonial and decolonial approaches to international relations, and regional and globalgovernance – she has published extensively in these areas.In addition to her academic work, Toni frequently works with government organs and international organisations, offering expertise on themes linked to the Women, Peace andSecurity (WPS) agenda and Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP). She provides occasional commentary to news media on current affairs related to Africa's international relations and Western foreign policies in Africa.CreditsProduced by: The Feminist Centre for Racial JusticeHost: Amrita DasGuptaSound design, editing, production: Ellan A. Lincoln HydeMusic: Grateful by audiolibraryinfinite from Pixabay