Annika Björkdahl is Professor of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. Her research includes ideas and norms in International Relations, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice, Politics of memory, and Gender Studies. She recently published Peace and the Politics of Memory (Manchester University Press, 2024), Troubling Testimonies (New York University Press, 2026) and The Production of Gendered Knowledge of War (Routledge, 2025).
Jenny Lorentzen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), where she conducts research on the Women Peace and Security agenda, and gender and women’s participation in peace processes, UN peacekeeping, and security sector reform. Her research has been published in International Political Science Review, International Affairs, and International Peacekeeping, among others.
Inger Skjelsbæk is a Research Professor at the Centre on Gender, Peace, and Security, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and at the University of Oslo where she researches political violence, gender norms and transitional justice. She is currently leading a project on European children born of war (EuroWARCHILD) funded by the European Research Council Consolidator Grant 2021–2026.