Thesis title: A Project of Gender, Peace and Security? The role of civil society organisations in the ecosystem of WPS

Florence is a final year ESRC funded PhD at the LSE Gender Department. Her research explores the role of civil society organisations in shaping and implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda and their broader role in working for sustainable feminist peace. Her research focuses on the UK, Lebanon and the UN Security Council. During her PhD Florence has also been a visiting research student at the Universite de Montreal, Centre D’etudes Et De Recherches Internationales (CERIUM).

Florence has also worked in policy and advocacy roles for Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), Plan International and UN Women where her work focused on the implementation of WPS and women and girls’ rights in conflict and humanitarian contexts. She is also the Co-Founder and Trustee of 'Our Generation for Inclusive Peace', a global youth-led initiative working to make WPS and YPS more inclusive, intersectional and decolonised. Florence is also an LSE Consent.ed educator, running activities to create a culture of consent at LSE.

Florence holds a master's degree in Women, Peace and Security from the LSE Gender Department and an undergraduate degree in Social Anthropology from The University of Manchester.

Supervisory team: Professor Wendy Single and Dr Aiko Holvikivi.