Itziar Mujika Chao
Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Department of Political Science and Hegoa Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies
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Biography
Itziar Mujika Chao teaches at the Department of Political Science, and is member of the Hegoa Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She holds a Ph.D in Development Studies from the UPV/EHU, and obtained her Masters in International Studies and Women, Gender and Citizenship Studies at the UPV/EHU and the University of Barcelona, respectively. Dr. Mujika Chao’s research focuses on gender politics of violent and nonviolent conflict, civil resistance, post-conflict peacebuilding and development, feminist activism, and the implementation of the United Nations’ Security Council Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Balkans, more specifically in Kosovo.
Background and education
- (2017) PhD in Development Studies, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
- (2014) MA in Women, Gender and Citizenship Studies, Universidad de Barcelona
- (2010) MA in International Studies, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
- (2008) BA in Journalism, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Professional memberships & affiliations
- International Studies Association (ISA)
- European International Studies Association (EISA)
- Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA)
Research
Research interests
- Feminist Peace Research
- Peace and conflict studies
- Resistance Studies
Research projects
Research Group on Human Security, Local Human Development and International Cooperation of the Basque University System (IT1037-16).
Selected publications
- 2024.Feminist Encounters in Statebuilding. The Role of Women in Making the State in Kosovo.Routledge.Link
- 2023.Liminal activism: Kosovar wartime sexual violence survivors’ resisting dynamics and women’s rights organisations’ defense.In:
Khalid, Aliya; Holmes, Georgina; Parpart, Jane L. (ed)
.The Politics of Silence, Voice and the In-Between: Exploring Gender, Race, Queer, Security and Health from the Margins.Routledge. ISBN: 9781032394831.Link - 2022.Unfinished activism: Genealogies of women’s movements and the re- imagining of feminist peace and resistance.In:
Smith, Sara; Yoshida, Keina (ed)
.Feminist Conversations on Peace.Bristol:Briston University Press,pp: 49-60.Link
- 2022.Fieldwork ‘headaches’: Comparing Peace and Conflict research in Kosovo and the DRC.Athenea Digital,22(2): e3015Link
- 2021.Veinte años de la agenda internacional sobre Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad (MPS).Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals,n.º 127 (abril 2021):15-38. DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2021.127.1.15Link
- 2021.Development and foreign aid.In:
Väyrynen, Tarja; Parashar, Swati; Féron, Elise; Confortini, Catia C (eds)
.Routledge Handbook of Feminist Peace Research.London & New York:Routledge,pp: 388-398.Link - 2020.Aportes feministas al análisis de los conflictos y la construcción de paz en las relaciones internacionales.In:
García Segura, Caterina; Sanahuja, José Antonio; Verdes-Montenegro, Francisco J. (coords)
.100 años de Relaciones Internacionales: Una mirada reflexiva.Valencia:Tirant lo Blanch,pp: 313-334.Link - 2020.Women’s organizations in post-conflict contexts.In:
Richmond Oliver, Visoka Gëzim (eds.)
.The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies.Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11795-5.Link - 2020.Women's activism in the civil resistance movement in Kosovo (1989-1997): characteristics, development, encounters.Nationalities Papers,1-18. DOI: 10.1017/nps.2019.73Link