Itziar Mujika Chao
Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Department of International Public Law, International Relations and History of Law and Hegoa Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies
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Biography
Itziar Mujika Chao teaches at the Department of International Public Law, International Relations and History of Law, and is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hegoa Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She holds a Ph.D in Development Studies from the UPV/EHU, and obtained her Masters in International Studies and Women, Gender and Citizenship Studies at the UPV/EHU and the University of Barcelona, respectively. Dr. Mujika Chao’s research focuses on gender politics of violent and nonviolent conflict, civil resistance, post-conflict peacebuilding and development, feminist activism, and the implementation of the United Nations’ Security Council Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Balkans, more specifically in Kosovo.
Background and education
- (2017) PhD in Development Studies, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
- (2014) MA in Women, Gender and Citizenship Studies, Universidad de Barcelona
- (2010) MA in International Studies, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
- (2008) BA in Journalism, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Professional memberships & affiliations
- International Studies Association
- European International Studies Association
Research
Research interests
- Feminist Security Studies
- Critical peace and conflict studies
- Resistance Studies
Research projects
Research Group on Human Security, Local Human Development and International Cooperation of the Basque University System (IT1037-16).
Selected publications
- 2020.Women's activism in the civil resistance movement in Kosovo (1989-1997): characteristics, development, encounters.Nationalities Papers,1-18. DOI: 10.1017/nps.2019.73Link
- 2019.Cooperacíon y solidaridad internacional con experiencias de resistencia civil noviolenta y su relación con la construccíon de paz.Guías para una cooperacíon sensible al conflicto,1:1-29Link
- 2019.Investigar las violencias a partir de métodos feministas: experiencias, retos, oportunidades.In:
VV.AA
.Otras formas de (des)aprender: investigación feminista en tiempos de violencia, resistencias y decolonialidad.Bilbao:Instituto Hegoa,pp: 49-76.Link - 2019.Implementación de la agenda internacional sobre Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad en la Política Común de Seguridad y Defensa.In:
Cornago, Noe; de Castro, José Luis & Moure, Leire (eds.)
.Repensar la Unión Europea; gobernanza, seguridad, mercado interior y ciudadanía.Valencia:Tirant lo Blanch,pp: 637-651.Link - 2019.Resistencia civil noviolenta como herramienta para la construcción de la paz.In:
Pérez de Armiño, Karlos & zirion landaluze, iker (eds.)
.Pax crítica: aportes teóricos a las perspectivas de paz posliberal.Madrid:Tecnos,pp: 237-265.Link - 2019.Memoria, justicia y resparación desde una perspectiva de género: el caso de las mujeres sobrevivientes de violencia sexual durante la guerra de Kosovo.In:
Landa Gorostiza, Jon-Mirena & Garro Carrera, Enara (eds.)
.Retos emergentes de los Derechos Humanos: ¿garantías en peligro?.Valencia:Tirant lo Blanch,pp: 707-725.Link - 2019.Perspectives on the critique of liberal peace, hybridity and peace formation.Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding,DOI: 10.1080/17502977.2018.1558947Link
- 2017.Acción feminista en la resistencia civil noviolenta, guerra y posguerra en Kosovo.In: Mendia Azkue, Irantzu; Guzman Orellana, Gloria; Zirion Landaluze, Iker (eds.).Género y Justicia Transicional: Movimientos de Mujeres contra la Impunidad.Bilbao:Hegoa,pp: 33-64.Link
- 2017.Civil resistance processes in the international security map: Characteristics, development and debate.Hegoa Working Papers,72. Bilbao: HegoaLink