Promises to Keep: Reflections from the 2016 UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security

Dr Laura J. Shepherd reflects on the most recent United Nations Security Council open debate on Women and Peace and Security, exploring the role such events play in global politics and identifying common rhetorical themes in member state contributions

Research as gendered intervention : feminist research ethics and the self in the research encounter

En este artículo exploro las maneras en que un ‘yo’ – en tanto investigadora, académica y feminista – ha sido constituido a través de mis prácticas de investigación, y considero las formas en que este ‘yo’ es/está disciplinado: ¿cuáles son las dimensiones de silenciamiento en torno a la constitución de mi ‘yo’ y cómo estos silencios revelan la importancia de dar cuenta de sí en clave reflexiva, en el marco de una ética feminista de la investigación? Propongo que mi individualidad es tejida a través de mis prácticas de investigación, mientras al mismo tiempo doy cuenta de las opciones que tomo y explico cómo y por qué llegué a las decisiones que tomé durante el proceso de investigación. Estoy implicada en, y soy producida por, mis prácticas académicas. Considero que la ganancia política de reflexionar sobre la investigación como una intervención ‘con género’ es mostrar la ilusión de certeza, completud y estabilidad como la quimera que es. Este pequeño acto de resistencia está al servicio de la transformación de la academia en un espacio de humildad, incertidumbre y esperanza. No hay mucha esperanza cuando todas las preguntas han sido contestadas y todas las posibilidades exhaustas. Identificar las prácticas performativas a través de las que soy constituida y explorar dichas prácticas por medio de una aproximación narrativa a mi ‘yo’, contribuye a una visión del mundo social como no fijo o cerrado sino en proceso de devenir, donde las posibilidades están abiertas

2018 - First Black Associate Dean, Laura Shepherd

Photograph of Laura N. Shepherd. When Shepherd joins the Law School administration in 2018 as Associate Dean for Student and Academic Services, she becomes the first Black Associate Dean to serve in the William & Mary Law School Administration.https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/blackhistorywmls/1023/thumbnail.jp

The New Politics of Women, Peace and Security

The LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security Working Paper Series is an outlet for articles, position papers and policy briefs. It showcases work in progress by academics and researchers from any discipline and sector in the field of women, peace and security research and practice. On publication of the first two papers, lead editors Paul Kirby and Laura J. Shepherd introduce the context and aims of the series

If We Had a Prologue: Lessons From a System Migration

This paper is a reflection on a library system migration project from two project managers at two different campuses. The authors discuss challenges encountered, approaches taken, priorities established, and perhaps most importantly, what each would do differently with the benefit of hindsight. For those who are preparing to undertake a system migration, this paper will offer guidance and advice

In pursuing a new resolution on sexual violence Security Council significantly undermines women’s reproductive rights

Louise Allen and Laura Shepherd explore the complex politics of Resolution 2467

Historic record of pasture soil water and the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation in south-west England

The North Wyke Farm Platform is a National Capability funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in the UK (project number BB/J004308/1). Climate data were measured at the MIDAS Land Surface Station DLY3208 DEVON, UK, a weather station of the UK Meteorological Office. We would especially like to thank Dr Melannie Hartmann, NREL, Colorado State University for the inclusion and use of the DayCent model, and advice on preparation of model parameters.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

How (not) to make WPS count

Anu Mundkur and Laura Shepherd offer a commentary on the WPS Index and caution those attempting to measure progress in the complex worlds of peace and security