Victoria Scheyer
Victoria Scheyer is an Associate Fellow at PRIF's Research Department International Security and is pursuing a PhD at the Gender, Peace and Security Institute at Monash University in Melbourne. Her research interests include feminist approaches to peace and conflict studies, with a particular focus on feminist foreign policy and the agenda Women, Peace, and Security.
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| since 2020
PhD Candidate at Gender, Peace and Security Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (Stipend, Research Training Program: PhD tuition fees at Monash University)
| since 2023
Associate Fellow at PRIF
| 2021–2023
Research Associate at PRIF
| since 2021
Equal Opportunity Office at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve, Germany
| 2021
Research Assistant at HSFK (since 2023 PRIF)
| 2020
Project Assistant at HSFK
| 2019–2020
Secretary General at German Association of Peace and Conflict Studies, Kleve, Germany
| 2019–2020
Peace and Conflict Studies Research Associate at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve, Germany
| 2019
Master’s Degree ‘International Peace Studies’, University for Peace mandated by the United Nations, San Jose, Costa Rica
| 2018
Project Assistant at Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, New York, United States
| 2017–2018
Peace and Conflict Transformation Trainee at Galtung-Institute for Peace Practice and Peace Theory, Grenzach-Whylen, Germany
| 2016
Bachelor’s Degree ‘International Cultural and Business Studies’, University Passau, Germany
| 2014–2015
Exchange Semester at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Publications
- Exposing Flaws in the Logic(s) of Nuclear Deterrence as an International Security Strategy – A Feminist Postcolonial Perspective
| 2020
Scheyer, Victoria; Standke-Erdmann, Madita (2020): Exposing Flaws in the Logic(s) of Nuclear Deterrence as an International Security Strategy – A Feminist Postcolonial Perspective, Ethics and Armed Forces, 2020: 1, 25-31.
Publication - Feminist Foreign Policy: a Fine Line Between “Adding Women” and Pursuing a Feminist Agenda
| 2019
Kumskova, Marina; Scheyer, Victoria (2019): Feminist Foreign Policy: a Fine Line Between “Adding Women” and Pursuing a Feminist Agenda, Journal of International Affairs, 72: 2, 57-76.
- Feminist peace and security governance and the UN Security Council
| 2023
Scheyer, Victoria; Kumskova, Marina (2023): Feminist peace and security governance and the UN Security Council, in: Sawer, Marian/Banaszak, Lee/True, Jacqui/Kantola, Johanna (eds), Handbook of Feminist Governance: Edward Elgar Publishing, 238–249.
Publication - Feminist Credentials in the New NAP
| 2021
Scheyer, Victoria; Salas-Sanchez, Patricia; Lee-Koo, Katrina (2021): Feminist Credentials in the New NAP, in: Lee-Koo (eds), Analysis of Australia’s Second National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2021, Melbourne: Gender, Peace and Security Centre Monash Univsersity.
- Deutsche (Ab-)Rüstungspolitik: Eine intersektional-feministische Analyse der WILPF
| 2021
Scheyer, Victoria; Menninger, Jennifer (2021): Deutsche (Ab-)Rüstungspolitik: Eine intersektional-feministische Analyse der WILPF, in: Scheyer, Victoria/Menninger, Jennifer (eds), Berlin: Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit.
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- Backlash Against and Resistance To Feminist Peacebuilding
| 2023
Demirci, Irem; Perras, Clara; Scheyer, Victoria; Wisotzki, Simone (2023): Backlash Against and Resistance To Feminist Peacebuilding, PRIF Report, 6, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifrep2306
ISBN: 978-3-946459-90-3 - New Guidelines for Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy: The Need To Translate Norms into Political Practice
| 2023
Wisotzki, Simone; Scheyer, Victoria (2023): New Guidelines for Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy: The Need To Translate Norms into Political Practice, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Krieg als Lebensrealität – der Blick feministischer Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
| 2022
Scheyer, Victoria; Beaufaÿs, Sandra (2022): Krieg als Lebensrealität – der Blick feministischer Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, blog interdisziplinäre geschlechterforschung.
Publication - Rechte, Repräsentanz, Ressourcen, Diversität: Wie könnte eine feministische Außenpolitik für Deutschland aussehen?
| 2022
Wisotzki, Simone; Scheyer, Victoria; Färber, Karoline (2022): Rechte, Repräsentanz, Ressourcen, Diversität: Wie könnte eine feministische Außenpolitik für Deutschland aussehen?, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Nachhaltiger Frieden: Gender, Diversität und Gewalt
| 2022
Brunke, Laura Isabella; Debiel, Tobias; Perras, Clara; Scheyer, Victoria; Ulbert, Cornelia; Wirkus, Lars; Wisotzki, Simone; Wunderlich, Carmen; Rinck, Patricia; Rosenberg, Carolin; Isikozlu, Elvan (2022): Nachhaltiger Frieden: Gender, Diversität und Gewalt, in: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (eds), Friedensgutachten 2022, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 69-88. - Feministische Perspektiven in der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
| 2022
Scheyer, Victoria; Wisotzki, Simone (2022): Feministische Perspektiven in der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Acting upon Afghan women’s appeals to inclusive peace
| 2022
Sahrai, Fereschta; Scheyer, Victoria (2022): Acting upon Afghan women’s appeals to inclusive peace, PRIF BLOG.
Publication - Der Koalitionsvertrag von SPD, Grünen und FDP zur Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik
| 2021
Abb, Pascal; Birchinger, Sophia; Coni-Zimmer, Melanie; Gromes, Thorsten; Scheyer, Victoria; Wisotzki, Simone (2021): Der Koalitionsvertrag von SPD, Grünen und FDP zur Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, PRIF Blog.
Publication - How Militarized is Germany’s Foreign Policy?
| 2021
Bernarding, Nina; Menninger, Jennifer; Provan, Anna; Scheyer, Victoria; Standke-Erdmann, Madita (2021): How Militarized is Germany’s Foreign Policy? : Center for Feminist Foreign Policy and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
Publication - Eine feministische Außenpolitik für Deutschland?
| 2021
Scheyer, Victoria; Wisotzki, Simone; Perras, Clara (2021): Eine feministische Außenpolitik für Deutschland?, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Germany’s National Action Plan Cannot Ignore Domestic Violence.
| 2020
Scheyer, Victoria (2020): Germany’s National Action Plan Cannot Ignore Domestic Violence., in: Monash Gender, Peace and Security (eds), Melbourne.
Publication - Rechtsradikale Ideologien bedrohen Frauen, Frieden, Sicherheit
| 2020
Scheyer, Victoria (2020): Rechtsradikale Ideologien bedrohen Frauen, Frieden, Sicherheit, in: Peacelab (eds).
Publication - Feminist Requirements of International Response to Violence: A Case-Study of the United Nations Security Council’s Action in Syria
| 2019
Scheyer, Victoria (2019): Feminist Requirements of International Response to Violence: A Case-Study of the United Nations Security Council’s Action in Syria, in: CFFP (eds).
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- Strukturelle Gewalt verstehen – Eine Anleitung zur Operationalisierung
| 2016
Scheyer, Victoria; Grant-Hayford, Naakow (2016): Strukturelle Gewalt verstehen – Eine Anleitung zur Operationalisierung, G-I Working Papers.
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