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Profile
Jenny Mathers received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College in the United States and her MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University. She joined the Department in 1992 while completing her DPhil thesis on Soviet ballistic missile defence policy from Stalin to Gorbachev. Her teaching and research spans two broad areas: Russian politics and security and gender and war.
Teaching
PhD Supervision
Russian politics
Russian security
Civil-military relations
Women and war
Gender and security
Research interests
Jenny Mathers is currently working on several related projects that focus on different aspects of Russia's war in Ukraine, including a book that examines the crisis from the perspective of feminist security studies, a project examining the militarisation of children in Putin's Russia and research into the role of the wives and mothers of Russia's soldiers fighting in Ukraine..
Responsibilities
During semester one 2024-25, Jenny is the Department's Social Media Officer and part of the Admissions and Recruitment Team.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Abdulla Alshehyari Alshehyari
Person: Doctor of Professional Studies
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Women in the Russian and Soviet armed forces
Mathers, J. G. & Hill, A., 24 Feb 2025, The Routledge Handbook of Soviet and Russian Military Studies. Hill, A. (ed.). 1st ed. Taylor and Francis A.S., p. 419-432 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Yr Apêl/The Appeal: Hanes Rhyfeddol Deiseb Heddwch Menywod Cymru/ The Remarkable Story of the Welsh Women's Peace Petition
Hopwood, M. (Editor) & Mathers, J. (Editor), 03 Oct 2023, 1af ed. Talybont: Y Lolfa. 240 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited book
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Deall noddfa, ffoaduriaid, gwrthdaro, a rhyfel Rwsia yn Wcráin
Edwards, C. W., Mathers, J., Phillips, C. & McFadyen, G., 01 Oct 2022, Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government.Research output: Other contribution
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Ginger Cats and Cute Puppies: Animals, Affect, and Militarisation in the Crisis in Ukraine
Mathers, J., 31 Mar 2020, Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics. Baker, C. (ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 148-169 22 p. (Advances in Critical Military Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Women, War and Austerity: IFIs and the construction of gendered economic insecurities in Ukraine
Mathers, J., 15 Dec 2020, In: Review of International Political Economy. 27, 6, p. 1235-1256 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Medals and American heroic military masculinity after 9/11
Mathers, J., 07 Nov 2018, Heroism and Global Politics. Kitchen, V. & Mathers, J. (eds.). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, p. 36-59 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Even the Toys are Demanding Free Elections: Humour and the Politics of Creative Protest in Russia
Mathers, J., 13 Jul 2017, Cultural Forms of Protest in Russia. Beumers, B., Etkind, A., Gurova, O. & Turema, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Taylor & Francis, p. 105-119 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists
Mathers, J. G., Jun 2012, In: RUSI Journal. 157, 3, p. 87-88 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Nuclear Weapons in Russian Foreign Policy: Patterns in Presidential Discourse 2000–2010
Mathers, J., 02 Apr 2012, In: Europe-Asia Studies. 64, 3, p. 495-519 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Soviet Imagination, 1857-1957
Mathers, J., Feb 2012, Space Policy, 28, 1, p. 64-65 2 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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Women and State Military Forces
Mathers, J. G., Oct 2012, Women and War: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures. Cohn, C. (ed.). Cambridge: Polity, p. 124-145 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Projects
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Visiting PHD Luiza Korobitcyna- Jenny Mathers
Mathers, J. (PI)
Ural State Pedagogical University
26 Sept 2016 → 25 Jan 2017
Project: Externally funded research
Press/Media
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Should European countries provide Ukraine with genuine security guarantees?
21 Feb 2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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North Korea sending a second wave of soldiers to Ukraine
17 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Trump’s Gaza and Ukraine plans come under the spotlight
09 Feb 2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Trump’s Gaza and Ukraine plans come under the spotlight
06 Feb 2025
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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North Korea: Kim Jong-un is sending a second wave of soldiers to Ukraine – here’s why
03 Feb 2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Georgia: how a former Manchester City footballer will shift the nation’s politics further towards Russia
23 Dec 2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Will Ukraine develop its own nuclear weapons?
06 Nov 2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
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A century ago, the women of Wales made an audacious appeal for world peace – this is their story
25 Oct 2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Russian losses in Ukraine mount in September, 2nd-deadliest month since start of full-scale invasion
03 Oct 2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Deciphering Putin’s muted response to the Kursk incursion
19 Sept 2024
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Gwyl y Gelli / Hay Festival 2024
Hopwood, M. (Speaker) & Mathers, J. (Speaker)
30 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
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How can support for Ukraine be maintained?
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
20 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Eisteddfod Ryngwladol Llangollen
Hopwood, M. (Participant), Williams, S. R. (Participant), Stevens, C. (Participant), Elis, M. (Participant), Barker, E. (Participant) & Mathers, J. (Participant)
05 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
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Cynhadledd Hawlio Heddwch
Hopwood, M. (Organiser) & Mathers, J. (Organiser)
23 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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Invited speaker for expert panel at one day workshop on gender and the war in Ukraine organised by the Portuguese Ministry of Defence in Lisbon, attended by high level Portuguese MoD officials, including the Minister, as well as high level NATO officials with responsibility for the Women, Peace and Security agenda
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Invited guest speaker (along with Anna Kvit) at webinar on the needs of Ukraine’s women veterans, presented to a network of Ukrainian university departments of social work
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
05 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Europe-Asia Studies (Journal)
Mathers, J. (Editorial board member)
2008 → 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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The Minerva Journal of Women and War (Journal)
Mathers, J. (Editor)
2008 → 2009Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity