Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Teaching
PhD Supervision Russian politics Russian security Civil-military relations Women and war Gender and security
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.
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 2025-26, Jenny is the Department's Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Marketing
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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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Profiles
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Defending historical truth to save the nation: Russia’s youth and the securitisation of history
Mathers, J. G. & Edwards, A., 21 Jul 2026, In: Critical Studies on Security. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ukraine after four years of full-scale war
Mathers, J. G., 26 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Political Insight. 17, 1, p. 37-39 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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When civil dissent is unintelligible: Protest by women in Russia’s military families and the war against Ukraine
Danilova, N. & Mathers, J., 31 Mar 2026, In: Cooperation and Conflict. 61, 1, p. 206-233 28 p., 00108367251383694.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anyone can be a hero: The militarisation of children in Putin's Russia
Mathers, J. G. & Edwards, A., 01 Mar 2025, In: International Affairs. 101, 2, p. 399-417 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Women and Ukraine’s Economics of War and Peace
Mathers, J. G., 01 Jan 2025, War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital. Taylor and Francis A.S., p. 95-113 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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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Heroism and Political Community
Kitchen, V. & Mathers, J., 01 Jan 2024, Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies. Allison, S. T., Beggan, J. K. & Goethals, G. R. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 1040-1044 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Women, Civil Society, and Ukraine’s War
Mathers, J. G., 26 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Political Insight. 15, 1, p. 26-28Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Debate
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How Russia’s War is Changing How Ukraine Thinks
Mathers, J. G., 30 Jun 2023, In: Political Insight. 14, 2, p. 16-19 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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IPSE: The International Politics of Soldier Exchange in the Russo-Ukrainian War: Military Families, States and International Institutions
Mathers, J. (Project Lead)
Economic and Social Research Council
01 Sept 2026 → 31 Aug 2029
Project: Externally funded research
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Visiting PHD Luiza Korobitcyna- Jenny Mathers
Mathers, J. (Project Lead)
Ural State Pedagogical University
26 Sept 2016 → 25 Jan 2017
Project: Externally funded research
Press/Media
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Banning the opposition, going on a listening tour: Putin’s worried about the coming election
20 Aug 2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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State of emergency in Crimea as Ukraine focuses pressure on ‘jewel in Putin’s crown’
02 Jul 2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Could the war in Ukraine bring political change to Russia?
09 Jun 2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Russia warns foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv ahead of threatened attacks
27 May 2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Russian attack on Ukraine and Ukrainian drone production
17 May 2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Fearful, diminished and isolated: what this year’s Victory Day parade in Moscow tells us about Russia’s war against Ukraine
12 May 2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
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Russie: l’étrange “révolte” d’influenceurs pro-Poutine contre le régime’
17 Apr 2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Seeing the world through feminist lenses
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
07 Feb 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Presented work on militarisation of children at German think tank to German government, military and NGO reps
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
11 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Welsh Women's Peace Conference
Friesen, I. (Presenter) & Mathers, J. (Organiser)
05 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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Cynhadledd Gwrieddu Deiseb Heddwch Menywod Cymru
Hopwood, M. (Organiser) & Mathers, J. (Organiser)
05 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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Webinar on Ukrainian art/genocide comparing Stalin and Putin
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
09 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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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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Presented paper on securitisation of history
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
07 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Guest lecture on seeing gender in Russia’s war in Ukraine
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
29 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Seminar for postgrads and staff on working with the media
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
29 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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How can support for Ukraine be maintained?
Mathers, J. (Speaker)
20 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk