Claudia Brunner
studied Political Science, Gender Studies and Contemporary History in Vienna, Paris, and Berlin. She received her doctorate from the University of Vienna in 2009. In 2010, she joined the Centre for Peace Studies and Peace Education at the University Klagenfurt where she was promoted to assistant professor in 2015. The same year, she started her transdisciplinary research project “Theorizing Epistemic Violence” which she successfully completed in 2020. She earned her habilitation degree at the University of Vienna in 2019 and was appointed an associate professor at the University of Klagenfurt in 2020.
Research Foci & Perspectives
political and epistemic violence, Critical Peace Studies, feminist, post- and decolonial perspectives in International Relations, sociology of knowledge, transdisciplinarity
Awards & Prizes
Elise Richter Fellowship granted by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 2014
Caroline von Humboldt Award granted by Humboldt University Berlin 2012
Christiane Rajewsky Award granted by the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies 2011
Professional Activities & Memberships 2019 – 2021, Speaker of the Working Group Critical Peace Research within the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK) 2018-2020 member of the Steering Committee of the Network Peace and Conflict Research in Austria (NeFKÖ) since 2014, member of the Advisory Board for the book series ‘Reconstructive World Politics Research’ (Eds. Ulrich Franke/Ulrich Roos), Nomos 2014 – 2018 member of the British International Studies Association (BISA) since 2014, member of the Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Working Group and of the Gender and International Relations Working Group in the British International Studies Association (BISA) 2014 – 2018 jury member of the Christiane Rajewsyk Award for young scholars of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK) 2014 jury member of the young scholars forum in the Mattersburg Circle for Development Politics (MK) 2012 – 2014 women’s representative within the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK) since 2011, member of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK) since 2010, member of the Austrian Feminist Scholars Association (VfW) since 2006, member of the Gender and Politics Working Group (AKPG) within the German Political Science Association (DVPW) since 2005, associated member of the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies (ZTG) at Humboldt University Berlin (HU) 2004 – 2014 member of the Austrian Association for Political Science (ÖGPW) Academic Career 2023 Visiting Professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Vienna since February 2020, Associate Professor at the Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education, University of Klagenfurt 2019 Venia Docendi for Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna 2019 Guest Professor at the Candadian Research Center for Social Innovation and Community Engagement in Military Affairs (Prof. Maya Eichler), Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada 2016 research stay at the University of Augsburg, Department of Social Sciences, Peace and Conflict Studies (Prof. Christoph Weller) 2016 research stay at Queen Mary University of London, School of Politics and International Relations (Prof. Robbie Shilliam) 2015 – 2020 holder of the Elise Richter Fellowship at the Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education, Alps-Adriatic University, Klagenfurt (based at the Vienna office) March 2015 – January 2020 Assistant Professor Assistant Professor at the Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education, Alps-Adriatic University, Klagenfurt 2013 research stay at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies at Humboldt-University Berlin January 2010 – March 2015 post-doc researcher and lecturer at the Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education, Alps-Adriatic University, Klagenfurt 2009 post-doc researcher and lecturer at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Humboldt-University, Berlin April 2005 – March 2008 PhD scholarship issued by the German Research Association (DFG) in the DFG-funded PhD programme ‘Gender as a Category of Knowledge’ at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Humboldt-University Berlin 2009 doctoral degree at the Institute for Political Science, University of Vienna, passed with distinction/summa cum laude (Prof. Birgit Sauer, Prof. Lann Hornscheidt) 2003 Master’s degree at the Institute for Political Science, University of Vienna, passed with distinction/summa cum laude (Prof. John Bunzl) September 2000 – June 2001 Erasmus student, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne October 1997 – January 2003 studies of Political Science, History and Gender Studies, University of Vienna Training & Non-Academic Professional Expertise 2000 – 2003 freelance trainer/coach for the EU programme European Voluntary Service, Vienna 1997 – 2000 secretary with the real estate enterprise Bygg Fast/Immorent, Vienna 1993 – 1996 professional coordinator with the Styrian Catholic Youth Movmenent, Graz 1993 high school diploma/matura (with distinction) in Tourism Studies, Fachhochschulen Kleßheim, Salzburg 1990 high school diploma/matura (with distinction), Gymnasium Pestalozzistraße, Graz