
Professor Jelke Boesten
Associate Dean Doctoral Studies
- Professor in Gender and Development
Research interests
- Equality
- International development
- Policy
- Politics
Contact details
Biography
Jelke has an MA in History and a PhD in Gender Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Prior to joining King’s, she held a research position at the University of Bradford, Departments of International Development (2004-06) and Peace Studies (2006-07), and a lectureship at the University of Leeds in Politics and International Studies (2007-2013).
In 2011-12, she held a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship at the US Institute of Peace, Washington DC. She was offered an Alberto Flores Galindo Visiting Professorship, Pontifícia Universidad Católica del Perú, for 2021, and a Visiting Fellowship at the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) in Amsterdam.
Over the years, Jelke has looked at different aspects of violence against women in war and in peace, social policy and transitional justice, and persistent intersecting inequalities, particularly in Peru.
At King’s, she founded and convenes the Gender Studies Network as well as co-convenes the Visual and Embodied Methodologies (VEM) network. The most recent project coming out of VEM is the exploratory and collaborative arts-based research project called Imaging Social Justice.
Research
Jelke’s current research focuses on transformative gender justice in post conflict societies – the idea that interventions to address gendered injustice, such as violence against women and girls, should aim to transform the social, political and economic relations that underpin the possibility of violence.
She worked on a collaborative project exploring the transformative potential of memorial arts and symbolic reparation.
Currently, she is working on a research project with Peruvian veterans of the Internal Armed Conflict (1980-2000). The project seeks to understand veterans’ perspectives on perpetrating gendered violence in and beyond armed conflict, funded by the British Academy. The project has co-produced some extraordinary images -paintings that reflect the narratives of ex-combatants.
Teaching
PhD supervision
Jelke is interested in supervising students focusing on the following research areas:
- Gender and social policy
- Gender based violence in war and/or the everyday
- Intersecting inequalities
- Gender and transformative justice
- Social development and emancipatory processes
See the full list of Jelke's current and existing PhD students
Further details
Intimacies of violence
Boesten, J., 12 Jul 2024, In: International Feminist Journal of Politics. 26, 3, p. 466-471 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Debris. Autoethnography, Feminist Epistemology, Ethics, and Sexual Violence
Boesten, J. & Gavilán, L., 4 Jun 2024, In: International Feminist Journal of Politics. 26, 3, p. 523-543 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Women Resisting Violence: Voices and Experiences from Latin America
Women Resisting Violence Collective, Nov 2022Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Perros y promos: Memoria, violencia y afecto en el Perú posconflicto
Boesten, J. & Gavilán, L., 20 May 2023, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Justicia de género transformadora. Procedimientos penales por violencia sexual relacionados con el conflicto en Guatemala y el Perú
Translated title of the contribution: Transformative Gender JusticeBoesten, J., Dec 2022, In: Debates en Sociología. 55, p. 43-68 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Military Intimacies. Peruvian veterans and narratives about sex and violence
Boesten, J. & Gavilán, L., 10 May 2023, In: LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH REVIEW. 58, 4, p. 762-778Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sexual violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine
Boesten, J., 10 May 2022, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 377, p. o1172Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Transformative gender justice: Criminal proceedings for conflict-related sexual violence in Guatemala and Peru
Boesten, J., 15 Mar 2022, In: Australian Journal of Human Rights. 27, 3, p. 487-504 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gender, transitional justice and memorial arts: Global perspectives on commemoration and mobilisation
Boesten, J. & Scanlon, H., 1 Jan 2021, Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-274 274 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Gender and the arts of transition
Boesten, J. & Scanlon, H., 1 Jan 2021, Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
A feminist reading of sites of commemoration in Peru
Boesten, J., 1 Jan 2021, Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 21-37 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Gendered Violence and Global Governance
Boesten, J., 2021, Experiencing violence. Tripp, C. (ed.). British Academy, p. 11-16 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization
Boesten, J. & Scanlon, H. (Editor), 18 May 2021, Routledge. 264 p. (Transitional Justice)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Bullying and Harassment in Research and Innovation Environments: An evidence review
Jones, L., Boesten, J. & Riazuddin, H., 2019, UK Research and Innovation. 48 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report
Preventing sexual harassment and violence: A King's case study
Boesten, J., Riazuddin, H. & Guerra, S., 2018, King's College London, 40 p.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper
Art and Exclusion: Visual and Embodied Methodologies Network Exhibition Catalogue
Behzadi , N. E., Boesten, J., Kerr, R., McIlwaine, C., de Orellana, P., Peake, J. & Redwood, H., 9 Jun 2019, 32 p.Research output: Other contribution
Visualising the Margins: Gendered perspectives
Behzadi , N. E. (Other), Boesten, J. (Other), McIlwaine, C. J. (Other), Datta, A. (Other), Espinoza, A. P. (Other) & Mazzone, A. (Other), 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Revisiting Methodologies and Approaches in Researching Sexual Violence in Conflict. Introduction
Boesten, J., 18 Dec 2018, In: SOCIAL POLITICS. 25, 4, p. 457–468 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Between Fatigue and Silence: The Challenges of Conducting Research on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Boesten, J. & Henry, M., Dec 2018, In: SOCIAL POLITICS. 25, 4, p. 568–588Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Of Exceptions and Continuities: Theory and Methodology in Research on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Boesten, J., 2017, In: International Feminist Journal of Politics. 19, 4, p. 506-519Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transactable Sex and Unsafe Practices: Gender and Sex when Living with HIV/AIDS
Boesten, J., 2009, Gender and HIV/AIDS. Perspectives from the Developing World. Boesten, J. & Poku, N. (eds.). Ashgate (Ashgate Publishing Group)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Peace for whom? Legacies of gender based violence in Peru
Boesten, J., Jan 2019, Politics after Violence: Legacies of the Shining Path Conflict in Peru. Vergara, A. & Soifer , H. D. (eds.). University of Texas Press, p. 157-175 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Recalling violence: Gender and memory work in contemporary post-conflict Peru
Boesten, J., 2019, Rethinking Transitional Gender Justice: Transformative approaches in post-conflict settings. Shackel, R. & Fiske, L. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
De violador a marido: La domesticacion de los crimenes de guerra en el Peru
Boesten, J., 2016, Dando cuenta: Llos testimonios de la violencia política en el Perú (1980-2000). Denegri, F. & Hibbett, A. (eds.). Fondo editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Judith Butler on Violence
Boesten, J., 2016, Histories of Violence: Post-War Critical Thought. Evans, B. & Carver, T. (eds.). Zed BooksResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Transformative gender justice: Setting an agenda
Boesten, J. & Wilding, P., Jul 2015, In: WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM. 51, p. 75-80 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wartime Rape and Peacetime Inequalities in Peru
Boesten, J., 2009, Feminism and the Body. Kevin, C. (ed.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 84-98 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Inequality, normative violence and livable life: Judith Butler and Peruvian Reality.
Boesten, J., 2014, Peru in Theory. Drinot, P. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 217-243 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Poor Women in Peru: Reproducers of Poverty and Poverty Relievers
Boesten, J., 2003, In: Women’s Studies Quarterly. 31, 3/4, p. 113-128 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pushing the Boundaries: Social Policy, Domestic Violence, and Women’s Organisations in Peru
Boesten, J., 2006, In: Journal of Latin American Studies. 38, 2, p. 355-378 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Free Choice or Poverty Alleviation? Population Policies under President Fujimori of Peru
Boesten, J., Apr 2007, In: European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 82, p. 3-20 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Analizando los regímenes de violación en la intersección entre la guerra y la paz en el Perú
Boesten, J., 2010, In: Debates en Sociología. 35, p. 69-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The State and Violence Against Women in Peru: Intersecting Inequalities and Patriarchal Rule
Boesten, J., 2012, In: Social Politics. 19, 3, p. 361-382 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gender and HIV/AIDS. Critical Perspectives from the Developing World.
Boesten, J. (Editor) & Poku, N. (Editor), 2009, Ashgate Publishing.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Sexual Violence During War and Peace: Gender, Power and Postconflict Justice in Peru
Boesten, J., 2014, Palgrave Macmillan. 256 p. (Studies of the Americas)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Revisiting 'democracy in the country and at home' in Peru
Boesten, J., 2010, In: democratization. 17, 2, p. 307-325 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Analyzing Rape Regimes at the Interface of War and Peace in Peru
Boesten, J., 2010, In: International Journal Of Transitional Justice. 4, 1, p. 110-129 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Navigating the AIDS Industry: Being Poor and Positive in Tanzania
Boesten, J., May 2011, In: DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE. 42, 3, p. 781-803 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Intersecting inequalities: women and social policy in Peru, 1990-2000
Boesten, J., 30 Jun 2010, University Park, Pa: Pennsylvania State University Press. 174 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions
Boesten, J., Mdee, A. & Cleaver, F., Feb 2011, In: Development in Practice. 21, 1, p. 41-58 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research

Gender Studies at King's
Bringing together like-minded scholars and students from across King's to examine the influence of gender relations..

Creative Contestations and Social Justice research group
This research group is concerned with social justice – spanning questions of equity and fairness, rights, accountabilities, participation, and inclusion. Our group members have a shared orientation towards critical scholarship and activism, and are committed to creative and interdisciplinary approaches.

Visual Embodied Methodologies Network
Creating spaces of knowledge-exchange and research excellence around visual, embodied and art-based methodologies within, across and beyond Social Sciences.

Intersectional Gendered Violence
The project looks at sexual harassment against and among young people, resistance & activism among migrant women and conflict-related gendered trauma and pain.
Project status: Ongoing

KingsCAT: Capture and Analysis Tool for Social Media Research at King’s College London
KingsCAT is an instance of the open source 4CAT: Capture and Analysis Toolkit set up to support interdisciplinary and collaborative social media research.
Project status: Ongoing

Arts & Conflict Hub
The Arts & Conflicts hub uses artistic mediums to communicate, teach and research the complexities of conflict

Performance@King's
Performance@King’s is a cross-college performance and theatre research and teaching grouping.
News
Joint supervisors win Faculty Supervisory Excellence Awards
Dr Emma Towers and Professor Meg Maguire have jointly won the Supervisory Excellence Award 2024 for the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy.

COMMENT: Peruvian former soldiers convicted for rapes committed four decades ago in rare legal victory
Professor Jelke Boesten reflects on the implications of Peru's historic ruling for justice in conflict-related sexual violence globally.

Awards for SSPP research making the world a better place
The Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy (SSPP) held its 2024 Impact Awards to recognise and celebrate impactful research.

Research on violence in Peruvian military culture receives awards
The British Academy-funded research by Professor Jelke Boesten examined the role of sex and violence in military culture.

Immersive soundscape and reading of the final report of the Colombian Truth Commission
The Visual Embodied Methodologies (VEM) network with former commissioner Alejandro Castillejo, hosted a ritualized reading of Colombia’s Truth Commission...

ESRC Methods grant for innovative projects analysing the experience of gendered violence
The Visual and Embodied Methodologies (VEM) Network at King’s has secured funding for projects on sexual harassment, conflict-related gendered trauma,...

New book throws light on military culture that enabled sexual violence in Peru
The book, co-authored by Professor Jelke Boesten, explores the experiences of army veterans during the internal conflict in Peru.

New book explores women's inspirational strategies for tackling growing gender-based violence
Cathy McIlwaine, Vice Dean Research, SSPP and Professor of Geography, and Jelke Boesten, Associate Dean (Doctoral Studies) SSPP and Professor in Gender and...

Women Resisting Violence – King's launches new podcast series
King’s academics, in collaboration with the Latin America Bureau, launch a new three-part podcast series which hears the extraordinary experiences of women...

Visualising the margins through visual, embodied and arts-based methodologies
The recent 'Visualising the margins' exhibition saw the launch of the Visual, Embodied, and Arts-based Methodologies (VEM) network.

Events

Veminism Symposium
Explore Visual and Embodied Methodologies against Gendered Violence at our one-day symposium featuring art, activism and debate

Veminism: Exhibition Opening Night
Join us for the opening night of the VEM Network exhibition, and a first look at a student produced ‘zine following our 2-year ESRC funded project on...
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Gender Studies Network Book Launch: Menstrual Myth Busting
Join us to celebrate KCL alumnus, Dr Sally King's first book: 'Menstrual Myth Busting: The Case of the Hormonal Female'.
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Imaging Harassment - Creative workshops addressing campus sexual harassment
Creative workshops addressing campus sexual harassment
Please note: this event has passed.

Book Talk on “Born of War in Colombia: Reproductive Violence and Memories of Absence” with Tatiana Sánchez Parra
Discussion with Tatiana Sanchez Parra about conflict-related sexual violence and transitional justice agendas
Please note: this event has passed.

Ethics of Representation: Engaging with Testimony of Atrocity (Panel Discussion and Poetry Reading)
Thought-provoking discussion and poetry readings exploring the ethics and complexities taking & engaging with testimony of atrocity
Please note: this event has passed.

Film Screening: Briser le silence des amphis + Q&A with producer
A special screening as part of Festival of Social Science, exploring sexist and sexual violence suffered on French university campuses by students, doctoral...
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Lola's War: Rape Without Punishment
Join us to explore the experience of women who were victims of rape and sexual violence in the context of war.
Please note: this event has passed.

Book talk: The Justice of Humans: Subject, Society and Sexual Violence in International Criminal Justice
Prof Kirsten Campbell joins us to discuss her recent book, The Justice of Humans: Subject, Society and Sexual Violence in International Criminal Justice
Please note: this event has passed.

Imaging Harassment - Photovoice workshop by VEM Network
Join our Photovoice workshop to understand sexual harassment in student life and beyond, and capture safe and unspace spaces on campus.
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
What does the use of rape in Ukraine tell us about sexual violence in wartime and in peace?
JELKE BOESTEN: Sexual violence is widespread in society and exists in a continuum between war and peace.

Rethinking Home
The Pandemic has forced a re-examination of the home as a ‘safe place’.

Intimacies of violence
Boesten, J., 12 Jul 2024, In: International Feminist Journal of Politics. 26, 3, p. 466-471 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Debris. Autoethnography, Feminist Epistemology, Ethics, and Sexual Violence
Boesten, J. & Gavilán, L., 4 Jun 2024, In: International Feminist Journal of Politics. 26, 3, p. 523-543 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Women Resisting Violence: Voices and Experiences from Latin America
Women Resisting Violence Collective, Nov 2022Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Perros y promos: Memoria, violencia y afecto en el Perú posconflicto
Boesten, J. & Gavilán, L., 20 May 2023, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Justicia de género transformadora. Procedimientos penales por violencia sexual relacionados con el conflicto en Guatemala y el Perú
Translated title of the contribution: Transformative Gender JusticeBoesten, J., Dec 2022, In: Debates en Sociología. 55, p. 43-68 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Military Intimacies. Peruvian veterans and narratives about sex and violence
Boesten, J. & Gavilán, L., 10 May 2023, In: LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH REVIEW. 58, 4, p. 762-778Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sexual violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine
Boesten, J., 10 May 2022, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 377, p. o1172Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Transformative gender justice: Criminal proceedings for conflict-related sexual violence in Guatemala and Peru
Boesten, J., 15 Mar 2022, In: Australian Journal of Human Rights. 27, 3, p. 487-504 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gender, transitional justice and memorial arts: Global perspectives on commemoration and mobilisation
Boesten, J. & Scanlon, H., 1 Jan 2021, Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-274 274 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Gender and the arts of transition
Boesten, J. & Scanlon, H., 1 Jan 2021, Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
A feminist reading of sites of commemoration in Peru
Boesten, J., 1 Jan 2021, Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 21-37 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Gendered Violence and Global Governance
Boesten, J., 2021, Experiencing violence. Tripp, C. (ed.). British Academy, p. 11-16 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization
Boesten, J. & Scanlon, H. (Editor), 18 May 2021, Routledge. 264 p. (Transitional Justice)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Bullying and Harassment in Research and Innovation Environments: An evidence review
Jones, L., Boesten, J. & Riazuddin, H., 2019, UK Research and Innovation. 48 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report
Preventing sexual harassment and violence: A King's case study
Boesten, J., Riazuddin, H. & Guerra, S., 2018, King's College London, 40 p.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper
Art and Exclusion: Visual and Embodied Methodologies Network Exhibition Catalogue
Behzadi , N. E., Boesten, J., Kerr, R., McIlwaine, C., de Orellana, P., Peake, J. & Redwood, H., 9 Jun 2019, 32 p.Research output: Other contribution
Visualising the Margins: Gendered perspectives
Behzadi , N. E. (Other), Boesten, J. (Other), McIlwaine, C. J. (Other), Datta, A. (Other), Espinoza, A. P. (Other) & Mazzone, A. (Other), 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Revisiting Methodologies and Approaches in Researching Sexual Violence in Conflict. Introduction
Boesten, J., 18 Dec 2018, In: SOCIAL POLITICS. 25, 4, p. 457–468 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Between Fatigue and Silence: The Challenges of Conducting Research on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Boesten, J. & Henry, M., Dec 2018, In: SOCIAL POLITICS. 25, 4, p. 568–588Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Of Exceptions and Continuities: Theory and Methodology in Research on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Boesten, J., 2017, In: International Feminist Journal of Politics. 19, 4, p. 506-519Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transactable Sex and Unsafe Practices: Gender and Sex when Living with HIV/AIDS
Boesten, J., 2009, Gender and HIV/AIDS. Perspectives from the Developing World. Boesten, J. & Poku, N. (eds.). Ashgate (Ashgate Publishing Group)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Peace for whom? Legacies of gender based violence in Peru
Boesten, J., Jan 2019, Politics after Violence: Legacies of the Shining Path Conflict in Peru. Vergara, A. & Soifer , H. D. (eds.). University of Texas Press, p. 157-175 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Recalling violence: Gender and memory work in contemporary post-conflict Peru
Boesten, J., 2019, Rethinking Transitional Gender Justice: Transformative approaches in post-conflict settings. Shackel, R. & Fiske, L. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
De violador a marido: La domesticacion de los crimenes de guerra en el Peru
Boesten, J., 2016, Dando cuenta: Llos testimonios de la violencia política en el Perú (1980-2000). Denegri, F. & Hibbett, A. (eds.). Fondo editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Judith Butler on Violence
Boesten, J., 2016, Histories of Violence: Post-War Critical Thought. Evans, B. & Carver, T. (eds.). Zed BooksResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Transformative gender justice: Setting an agenda
Boesten, J. & Wilding, P., Jul 2015, In: WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM. 51, p. 75-80 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wartime Rape and Peacetime Inequalities in Peru
Boesten, J., 2009, Feminism and the Body. Kevin, C. (ed.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 84-98 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Inequality, normative violence and livable life: Judith Butler and Peruvian Reality.
Boesten, J., 2014, Peru in Theory. Drinot, P. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 217-243 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Poor Women in Peru: Reproducers of Poverty and Poverty Relievers
Boesten, J., 2003, In: Women’s Studies Quarterly. 31, 3/4, p. 113-128 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pushing the Boundaries: Social Policy, Domestic Violence, and Women’s Organisations in Peru
Boesten, J., 2006, In: Journal of Latin American Studies. 38, 2, p. 355-378 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Free Choice or Poverty Alleviation? Population Policies under President Fujimori of Peru
Boesten, J., Apr 2007, In: European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 82, p. 3-20 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Analizando los regímenes de violación en la intersección entre la guerra y la paz en el Perú
Boesten, J., 2010, In: Debates en Sociología. 35, p. 69-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The State and Violence Against Women in Peru: Intersecting Inequalities and Patriarchal Rule
Boesten, J., 2012, In: Social Politics. 19, 3, p. 361-382 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gender and HIV/AIDS. Critical Perspectives from the Developing World.
Boesten, J. (Editor) & Poku, N. (Editor), 2009, Ashgate Publishing.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Sexual Violence During War and Peace: Gender, Power and Postconflict Justice in Peru
Boesten, J., 2014, Palgrave Macmillan. 256 p. (Studies of the Americas)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Revisiting 'democracy in the country and at home' in Peru
Boesten, J., 2010, In: democratization. 17, 2, p. 307-325 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Analyzing Rape Regimes at the Interface of War and Peace in Peru
Boesten, J., 2010, In: International Journal Of Transitional Justice. 4, 1, p. 110-129 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Navigating the AIDS Industry: Being Poor and Positive in Tanzania
Boesten, J., May 2011, In: DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE. 42, 3, p. 781-803 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Intersecting inequalities: women and social policy in Peru, 1990-2000
Boesten, J., 30 Jun 2010, University Park, Pa: Pennsylvania State University Press. 174 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions
Boesten, J., Mdee, A. & Cleaver, F., Feb 2011, In: Development in Practice. 21, 1, p. 41-58 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research

Gender Studies at King's
Bringing together like-minded scholars and students from across King's to examine the influence of gender relations..

Creative Contestations and Social Justice research group
This research group is concerned with social justice – spanning questions of equity and fairness, rights, accountabilities, participation, and inclusion. Our group members have a shared orientation towards critical scholarship and activism, and are committed to creative and interdisciplinary approaches.

Visual Embodied Methodologies Network
Creating spaces of knowledge-exchange and research excellence around visual, embodied and art-based methodologies within, across and beyond Social Sciences.

Intersectional Gendered Violence
The project looks at sexual harassment against and among young people, resistance & activism among migrant women and conflict-related gendered trauma and pain.
Project status: Ongoing

KingsCAT: Capture and Analysis Tool for Social Media Research at King’s College London
KingsCAT is an instance of the open source 4CAT: Capture and Analysis Toolkit set up to support interdisciplinary and collaborative social media research.
Project status: Ongoing

Arts & Conflict Hub
The Arts & Conflicts hub uses artistic mediums to communicate, teach and research the complexities of conflict

Performance@King's
Performance@King’s is a cross-college performance and theatre research and teaching grouping.
News
Joint supervisors win Faculty Supervisory Excellence Awards
Dr Emma Towers and Professor Meg Maguire have jointly won the Supervisory Excellence Award 2024 for the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy.

COMMENT: Peruvian former soldiers convicted for rapes committed four decades ago in rare legal victory
Professor Jelke Boesten reflects on the implications of Peru's historic ruling for justice in conflict-related sexual violence globally.

Awards for SSPP research making the world a better place
The Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy (SSPP) held its 2024 Impact Awards to recognise and celebrate impactful research.

Research on violence in Peruvian military culture receives awards
The British Academy-funded research by Professor Jelke Boesten examined the role of sex and violence in military culture.

Immersive soundscape and reading of the final report of the Colombian Truth Commission
The Visual Embodied Methodologies (VEM) network with former commissioner Alejandro Castillejo, hosted a ritualized reading of Colombia’s Truth Commission...

ESRC Methods grant for innovative projects analysing the experience of gendered violence
The Visual and Embodied Methodologies (VEM) Network at King’s has secured funding for projects on sexual harassment, conflict-related gendered trauma,...

New book throws light on military culture that enabled sexual violence in Peru
The book, co-authored by Professor Jelke Boesten, explores the experiences of army veterans during the internal conflict in Peru.

New book explores women's inspirational strategies for tackling growing gender-based violence
Cathy McIlwaine, Vice Dean Research, SSPP and Professor of Geography, and Jelke Boesten, Associate Dean (Doctoral Studies) SSPP and Professor in Gender and...

Women Resisting Violence – King's launches new podcast series
King’s academics, in collaboration with the Latin America Bureau, launch a new three-part podcast series which hears the extraordinary experiences of women...

Visualising the margins through visual, embodied and arts-based methodologies
The recent 'Visualising the margins' exhibition saw the launch of the Visual, Embodied, and Arts-based Methodologies (VEM) network.

Events

Veminism Symposium
Explore Visual and Embodied Methodologies against Gendered Violence at our one-day symposium featuring art, activism and debate

Veminism: Exhibition Opening Night
Join us for the opening night of the VEM Network exhibition, and a first look at a student produced ‘zine following our 2-year ESRC funded project on...
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Gender Studies Network Book Launch: Menstrual Myth Busting
Join us to celebrate KCL alumnus, Dr Sally King's first book: 'Menstrual Myth Busting: The Case of the Hormonal Female'.
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Imaging Harassment - Creative workshops addressing campus sexual harassment
Creative workshops addressing campus sexual harassment
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Book Talk on “Born of War in Colombia: Reproductive Violence and Memories of Absence” with Tatiana Sánchez Parra
Discussion with Tatiana Sanchez Parra about conflict-related sexual violence and transitional justice agendas
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Ethics of Representation: Engaging with Testimony of Atrocity (Panel Discussion and Poetry Reading)
Thought-provoking discussion and poetry readings exploring the ethics and complexities taking & engaging with testimony of atrocity
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Film Screening: Briser le silence des amphis + Q&A with producer
A special screening as part of Festival of Social Science, exploring sexist and sexual violence suffered on French university campuses by students, doctoral...
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Lola's War: Rape Without Punishment
Join us to explore the experience of women who were victims of rape and sexual violence in the context of war.
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Book talk: The Justice of Humans: Subject, Society and Sexual Violence in International Criminal Justice
Prof Kirsten Campbell joins us to discuss her recent book, The Justice of Humans: Subject, Society and Sexual Violence in International Criminal Justice
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Imaging Harassment - Photovoice workshop by VEM Network
Join our Photovoice workshop to understand sexual harassment in student life and beyond, and capture safe and unspace spaces on campus.
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Features
What does the use of rape in Ukraine tell us about sexual violence in wartime and in peace?
JELKE BOESTEN: Sexual violence is widespread in society and exists in a continuum between war and peace.

Rethinking Home
The Pandemic has forced a re-examination of the home as a ‘safe place’.
