Shadi Rouhshahbaz
PhD
Peace and Conflict Studies
Shadi Rouhshahbaz is an Associate Research Fellow at The Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI) and a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. She holds a Double-Joint Master's degree in International Development - Migration and Mediation from the Ca Foscari University of Venice and Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3. Shadi has worked with UN agencies and Youth Networks in Iran, the USA and Europe. She is a Woman PeaceMaker Fellow and a Next Generation Foresight Practitioner Fellow in Nuclear Disarmament.
Rooted in her personal experiences of being a young female leader who contributed to shaping many intersectional spaces, Shadi is fascinated by the experience of young women and creating sustainability for future generations. In addition to her research, she has many experiences as a journal editor, trainer, facilitator, strategy developer, LARP designer, consultant, mentor, rapporteur, teacher and public speaker. She has founded the first young-women-led peacebuilding initiative, PeaceMentors, in Iran.
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Thesis
The Futures of Intergenerational Feminist Leadership in Peacebuilding at the Nexus of the Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace and Security Agendas
My doctoral research explores the current state of intergenerational feminist leadership in international peacebuilding organisations such as the United Nations. Given that this type of leadership sits at the nexus of the Youth, Peace and Security and Women, Peace and Security agendas of the United Nations, I investigate how these agendas and those implementing them envision the futures of intergenerational feminist leadership. Using foresight, together with my research participants we map the current state of affairs as well as the desired and undesired futures for peace and security should intergenerational feminist leadership be implemented or withheld from international organisations.
Research interests
- Youth
- Gender Studies
- Peace and Security
- Middle East
- Foresight