Feminist Security Studies in Europe: Beyond Western Academics’ Club

Abstract

This chapter maps contemporary debates in feminist security studies (FSS) in Europe, showing the variety of issues studied via different theoretical and methodological lenses. While celebrating the richness of contemporary FSS debates, the chapter also highlights the asymmetry in knowledge production across the continent. FSS is clearly dominated by academics based in globally recognized ‘Centers of Excellence’ in Western and Northern Europe; yet our mapping also highlights scholarship in Central, Eastern, Southern, and South-eastern Europe. This underscores some obstacles scholars outside of the ‘West’ face when engaging with the discipline and calls for more inclusive transnational FSS debate in Europe.