Leonor Toscano

Academic Interests

I am a Doctoral Research Fellow in the project "Resilience Building: Social Resilience, Gendered Dynamics, and Local Peace in Protracted Conflicts", at the Department of Political Science. My academic interests include:

• Peacebuilding
• Communal conflicts and war
• Gender, conflict and security
• Women's participation in peace processes
• African security politics

Teaching

• STV2250 – Internasjonal miljø- og ressurspolitikk

Previously:

• STV2230 – International Security Policy
• STV1510 – Nordic politics

Background

• Trainee, The Delegation of the European Union to Norway (2021)
• Seminar Leader, University of Oslo (2019)
• Master's Student Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2018-2019)
• MPhil in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Oslo (2017-2020)
• Trainee, Democracy Reporting International (2017)
• Postgraduate program in Strategy and Security Studies, National Defence Institute of Portugal (2016-2017)
• Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and International Relations, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal (2013-2016)