Leonor Toscano

Doctoral Research Fellow - Institutt for Statsvitenskap
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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 Eilert Sundts hus 7. etg. 0851 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1097 Blindern 0317 Oslo

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 doctoral project focuses on the gender dimensions of social resilience and local conflict in Kenya.

My academic interests include: communal conflicts and civil war; civilian agency; gender and conflict; women, peace and security; peacebuilding; african security politics; Sub-Saharan/East Africa; fieldwork methodology and qualitative methods.

Teaching

  • PECOS4025 - Analytic Perspectives on Peace and Conflict

  • STV2235 - Conflict and Human Rights in International Politics

  • STV4284 – Conflict and Security in Africa

  • STV4031 – Field Research for Political Science

Previously:

  • PECOS4111 - Conflict and Cooperation
  • STV2230 – International Security Policy
  • STV2250 – Internasjonal miljø- og ressurspolitikk
  • 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)
Tags: Conflict, International Politics, Peacebuilding, Security Policy, Gender, Africa

Publications

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