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Jennifer joined the Department in September 2017 as a Lecturer in Comparative Politics.
She received her ESRC funded PhD from the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, in 2016. Her thesis considered the politics of abortion legislation in contemporary Northern Ireland from a feminist institutionalist perspective. A book based on her thesis is forthcoming with the 'Politics and Gender' series at Palgrave Macmillan.
Her core research interests are gender and politics, broadly defined; devolution in the contemporary United Kingdom; and women’s rights in post-conflict divided societies. In her current research, she is particularly interested in how power-sharing democracies inhibit gendered political representation.
She currently co-convenes the PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group.
Her work has been published in, amongst others, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, the International Political Science Review and Politics. 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.
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Research Output 2014 2018
Abortion and Reproductive Rights in the Women, Peace and Security agenda
Pierson, C. & Thomson, J. 22 Mar 2018 8 p.London School of EconomicsResearch output: Other contribution
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abortion
peace
UN Security Council
health
experience
Allies or Opponents? Power-sharing, civil society and gender
Pierson, C. & Thomson, J. 2018 In : Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 24, 1, p. 100-115Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
civil society
allies
gender
political institution
ethnic identity
A ‘United’ Kingdom?: the 1967 Abortion Act and Northern Ireland
Thomson, J. 1 Aug 2018 Abortion in Anti-Choice Islands: Crossing Troubled Waters. Canada: Prince Edward Island University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Can abortion rights be integrated into the Women, Peace and Security Agenda?
Thomson, J. & Pierson, C. 15 Feb 2018 In : International Feminist Journal of Politics. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
abortion
peace
UNO
legalization
women's rights
Critical actors and abortion law: a group of individuals in Northern Irish politics obstructs change
Thomson, J. Apr 2018Research output: Other contribution