Toni Haastrup

Professor Toni Haastrup

Mid-Career Fellow 2023-24

Towards a Feminist Peace

This project seeks to recover the aspirations of pan-African feminists who have and continue to advocate for emancipatory regional solutions as the basis for lasting peace. Towards a Feminist Peace aims to theorise the possibilities of a feminist peace. Theoretically, it draws on approaches that challenge prevailing hegemonies to develop a critical feminist analytical lens informed by transnational feminisms that centre African feminist alternative worlds. The project utilises a methodological approach drawn from the social sciences and humanities. Insights from this research are aimed at: generating new knowledge; articulating how marginal practices or ‘practice from below’ inform radical theorisations; and contributing to global debates and policies on the gendered dimensions of peace and security.

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Research outcomes

Haastrup, T. (2025).

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa. Politics & Gender, 21(3), 658–664.

Haastrup, T. (2025).

Resisting the Tide: Reclaiming the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. Politics & Gender, 21(3), 696–703.

Areas of interest

Global Politics Politics International Studies Peace and Conflict Studies Africa Postcolonialism Decolonisation International Relations Governance

Cohort

MCF6

Biography

Toni Haastrup is Chair in Global Politics at the University of Manchester since September 2023. She holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Edinburgh.

Her research interrogates the manifestation of power hierarchies in global politics, with research interests encompassing a wide range of topics within international studies, including peace and security in Africa, feminist, postcolonial and decolonial approaches to international relations, and regional and global governance – 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 and Security (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.

Biographical details correct as of 12.03.26