Associate Professor Penny Griffin
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Politics and International Relations (University of Bristol); MSc. Research Methods; MSc. International Relations (with Commendation); B.A. Hons. (French and Politics, First Class Honours)
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Social Sciences
Dr Penny Griffin is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at UNSW Sydney. She works specifically in the areas of gender, sexuality and feminist studies, international political economy, the politics of development, global economic governance, international relations, and the (gendered) politics of visual and popular culture. Penny has published widely, including with Routledge (Popular Culture, Political Economy and the Death of Feminism: Why Women are in Refrigerators and Other Stories, 2015), Palgrave Macmillan (Gendering the World Bank, 2009)) and in various top-ranked academic journals. Gendering the World Bank was the winner of the 2010 BISA International Political Economy Group (IPEG) Book Prize. Her current research examines economic crisis from a gender perspective.
Penny is currently ADA Co-Champion (Disability and Mental Health) and is a member of the UNSW EDI Staff Consultative Group. She is also the current Chair of the International Studies Association's Women's Caucus (WCIS), which works to advance the status of all those who identify as women working in the international studies profession.
Research Areas
- Gender, feminism(s) and sexuality(ies) in IR and IPE
- International political economy (IPE)
- The politics of development
- Global economic governance
- International relations (IR)
- Visual and popular culture in world politics
E-mail
Location
128 Morven Brown
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
UNSW Gendered Violence Strategy Grant, 'Gendered Violence: Identify, Interrupt, Disrupt', with Shannon Graddon and Juwariya Malik (2023-2024).
2010 International Political Economy Group of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Book Prize for Gendering the World Bank: Neoliberalism and the Gendered Foundations of Global Governance (Palgrave Macmillan 2009, http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=308031).
Media and Public Engagement
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Griffin, P. (2022), 'Missing Women: Why Countries Won't Recover From COVID-19 Until Some Serious Gender Work is Done', Australian Outlook, Australian Institute of International Affairs, 8 March, https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/missing-women-why-countries-wont-recover-from-covid-19-until-some-serious-gender-work-is-done/.
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Griffin, P. (2022), 'Explainer: International Women's Day', Australian Human Rights Institute, 7 March, https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/commentary/explainer-international-womens-day.
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Griffin, P. (2018), ‘Economic Ideas in Political Time: Reflections from a Grumpy Feminist’, Progress in Political Economy blogsite.
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Griffin, P. (2017), Convenor/Chair of The Uncondemned film screening, UNSW Sydney, including chaired panel roundtable discussion post-screening, feat. Dr. Babere Chacha (University of Laikipia), Prof. Laura Shepherd (University of Sydney), Prof. Sarah Williams (UNSW Law).
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Griffin, P. (2017), ‘Gender, Popular Culture and the (False) Death of Feminism’, Public presentation for Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 27th September, https://smsa.org.au/events/.
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Griffin, P. (2017), ‘Smashing the Patriarchy’, Sydney Writers’ Festival, invited panellist and presenter.
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Griffin, P. (2016), ‘Feminism and Motherhood’, invited interview for Empowering Motherhood with Tara Darlington (interview), 19th April, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/empoweringmotherhood/2016/04/27/feminism-and-motherhood-with-dr-penny-griffin (50 minutes).
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Griffin, P. (2015), ‘Popular Culture, Political Economy and the Death of Feminism’, Progress in Political Economy blogsite, 1 July, http://ppesydney.net/author/penny-griffin/.
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Schwenke, L. S. (2013), ‘My Name is Woman!’, Photographic Exhibition, 8th November, Sydney, Australia (I featured as part of an exhibition of 20 women’s stories, with photos).
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Griffin, P. (2010), ‘Why Gender Matters in/to the Global Political Economy’, e-International Relations, 21 June, http://www.e-ir.info/2010/06/21/why-gender-matters-into-the-global-economy/.
Editorial Work
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Editorial Board, Gender in Global Politics Book Series (https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Gender-and-Global-Politics/book-series/GGP, Routledge).
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Editorial Board, Global Political Economies of Gender and Sexuality Book Series (https://www.rowmaninternational.com/our-publishing/series/global-political-economies-of-gender-and-sexuality/, Rowman and Littlefield International).
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Editorial Board, Transforming Capitalism Book Series (https://www.rowmaninternational.com/our-publishing/series/transforming-capitalism/, Rowman and Littlefield International)
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International Advisory Board, Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy Book Series (https://www.palgrave.com/us/series/14465; http://www.springer.com/series/14465, Palgrave Macmillan)
Professional Contributions
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Chair, Women's Caucus for International Studies (WCIS) (2024-2025).
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Program Chair, Women's Caucus for International Studies (WCIS) (2023-2024).
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Member-at-large, Women’s Caucus for International Studies (International Studies Association), https://www.isanet.org/ISA/Caucuses/Womens-Caucus (2018 - 2019).
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Co-convenor, BISA Gendering International Relations Working Group (GIRWG) (with Julia Welland, University of Warwick), https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/girwg (2016 – 2018, elected position).
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Judging Committee member, Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) “Richard Higgott” Article Prize, https://www.ppesydney.net (2015 - 2017).
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Peer Review, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Initiative.
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Subject Assessment, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
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Judging Panel member, British International Studies Association (BISA) International Political Economy Group (IPEG) Book Prize, http://www.bisa-ipeg.org/purpose-activities-of-ipeg/ipeg-book-prize/.
Professional Memberships
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Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN)
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Australian Political Science Association (APSA)
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British International Studies Association (BISA)
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International Political Economy Group (IPEG)
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International Studies Association (ISA)
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Women's Caucus for International Studies (WCIS)
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Women, Peace and Security Academic Collective (https://wpsac.wordpress.com)
My Research Supervision
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Shutong Chen, PhD, Transnational Queer Activists in Australia: The Civic Participation and Diaspora Activism of Chinese Queer.
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Andre Nassiri, PhD, Informal Urban Futures: Alternative Pathways for Development and Decolonisation in the 'Modern' African Mega-City.
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Gia Rechberger-Carson, PhD, The Politics of Postfeminism and Contemporary Romance Fiction: The Relationship Between TikTok, Romance Fiction and Reading Culture in Contemporary World Politics.
My Teaching
2024
- ARTS3756 Current Debates in Global Development (T2)
- ARTS2849 Popular Culture and World Politics (T3)
- ARTS3812 Manias, Panics and Crashes: Global Political Economy in an Era of Crisis (T3)