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Jennifer joined the Department in September 2017 as a Lecturer in Comparative Politics.
Her core research and teaching interests are in gender and politics, broadly defined. Current work focuses on the concept of feminist foreign policy; reproductive rights during conflict; and women’s rights in post-conflict divided societies. From 2018-2019, she is CoI on the GCRF funded project "Menstrual Taboos and Menstrual Hygiene Policy in Nepal."
She is the author of Abortion Law and Political Institutions: Explaining Policy Resistance (Palgrave, 2019). Her work has been published in, amongst others, International Studies Review, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations and the International Political Science Review. As a former Managing Editor of the LSE British Politics and Policy blog, she has a keen interest in using blogs and social media to promote academic research.
She currently co-convenes the PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group.
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Research Output 2014 2019
Abortion Law and Political Institutions: Explaining Policy Resistance
Thomson, J., 2019, 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 232 p. (Gender and Politics)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Feminising politics, politicising feminism? Women in post-conflict Northern Irish politics
Thomson, J., 1 Jun 2019, In : British Politics. 14, 2, p. 181-197 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Lost in the Process? The impact of devolution on abortion law in the United Kingdom
Moon, D., Thomson, J. & Whiting, S., 1 Nov 2019, In : British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 21, 4, p. 728-745 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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New laws have not stopped women and girls being exiled during their periods in Nepal
Channon, M., Thomson, J. & Amery, F., 12 Dec 2019, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Northern Ireland has been forced to change its abortion law – here’s how it happened
Thomson, J., 22 Oct 2019, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article