Dr Jennifer Bates
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Wednesdays 13.00 - 15.00
Profile
Biography
Jennifer Bates is a Lecturer in the Department of Government. She holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and received her PhD from the Department of War Studies, King's College London. Before joining Essex, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the 'Mapping Injury' research project at King's College London. Her research and teaching interests include International Relations, peace and conflict studies and feminist theories.
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (5/1/2026 - present)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Introduction to International Relations (GV103)
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Politics and Power (GV150)
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Authority and Morality (GV151)
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Principles of Social Justice (GV250)
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Human Rights and Global Justice (GV543)
Publications
Journal articles (2)
Bates, J., (2026). Beyond Territorialization? State Constructions of the Indigenous Subject of Rights in Multicultural Colombia. Human Rights Quarterly. 48 (2), 206-229
Bates, J., (2022). The violence of norms: resisting repertoires of gender violence in post-conflict Colombia. Journal of Gender Studies. 31 (2), 153-164
Book chapters (1)
Bates, J., (2024). Challenging multiple oppressions: situating the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) insurgent feminism within Andean feminisms. In: Decolonising Andean Identities: Andinxs, activism and social change. Editors: Irons, R. and Martin, P., . UCL Press. 131- 152. 9781787354944