Gwendolyn Whidden

Gwendolyn Whidden (@gwen_whidden) is a Fellow at Just Security and a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. Her research explores how international norms shape foreign policy decision-making. She also is a policy researcher at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, where she conducts research on law and international security policy.

Previously, Gwendolyn was a Fulbright Scholar in Morocco and a Davis Projects for Peace Fellow in Rwanda. She has worked with the U.N. Department of Peace Operations, the U.N. Office on Genocide Prevention, and various NGOs in Rwanda.

Gwendolyn received an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford and a BA in Politics from Bates College. She is also on LinkedIn.