Dr. Maria Tanyag

Biography

Maria Tanyag is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University, as well as an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow. Her work centers on critical feminist approaches to global peace and security, with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region and the Philippines. Maria is the author of the forthcoming book 'Global Politics and Sexual Reproductive Health' (Oxford University Press, 2024). She has published research in prominent journals, including Lancet, Human Rights Quarterly, Signs, Gender & Development, and Review of International Studies. Additionally, she has contributed op-eds to platforms like The Guardian and The Conversation. Maria was selected as an inaugural International Studies Association Emerging Global South Scholar in 2019 and has been a resident Women, Peace, and Security Fellow at the Pacific Forum in Hawaii in 2021, as well as a British Academy Visiting Fellow in 2023. Her research interests include global politics of sexual reproductive health, global political economy in crisis settings, feminist critiques of post-conflict and post-disaster response, as well as feminist methodologies in international relations and Asia Pacific women's networks.

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