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Jenny Peterson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science. She joined the University of British Columbia from the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute in Manchester, where she lectured from 2009 to 2013. Her research interests span education, international relations, peace studies, humanitarian studies, and human rights. She has conducted extensive research involving student field trips to Kosovo, Sri Lanka, and Ghana, analyzing the processes of liberal peacebuilding and its critiques. Her teaching incorporates themes of diversity and innovation within political spaces, exploring local and international movements for peace and justice. Peterson has contributed to numerous academic publications, focusing on the intersections of politics, aid, and peacebuilding, employing critical engagement with established paradigms of humanitarian action.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.