Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel is a Senior Researcher at the University of Marburg’s Center for Conflict Studies. Trained in Political Studies and with an interdisciplinary background, her research interests situate themselves on the cusp of peace, development and international studies. She recently served as Full Professor of Peace and Development Studies at the University of South Africa, was a Visiting Research Fellow of the Research Centre ‘Transformations of Political Violence’ and, having taught at the Universities of Frankfurt, Vienna and Giessen, held the Chair for International Gender Politics at the University of Kassel. She is a co-editor of the Routledge Series ‘Gender in a Global/Local World’ and sits on the editorial boards of ‘Third World Quarterly’ (TWQ) as well as ‘International Feminist Journal of Politics’ (IFJP).
