This month we talk to Tara Zammit a PhD Student at King’s College London, a RUSI NextGen Ambassador and member of the Leadership Team for Women in Defence UK.

We talk about her doctoral research which investigates the service experiences of women and LGTBQ+ service personnel in the British Armed Forces post-2000, and her extensive experience in research communications and public engagement.

Tara gives great advice on expanding your volunteering horizons and trying new things!

This month, to celebrate International Women's Day, we spoke to Kristin Thue, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Conflict and Communications and Engagement Coordinator at the Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse.

Kristin talked to us about the overlaps in her two roles, women's rights and international security, and gave advice on breaking into the International Politics Industry. Kristin's varied knowledge helps draw links between private and public violence, with broader implications for international security.

If you'd like to hear more from Kristin, or the organisations she works with, you can find them here:

Kristin Thue:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-thue-06b453115/

Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse: https://www.eida.org.uk/

APPG on Modern Conflict: https://www.appgmodernconflict.org

Women in International Security UK: https://www.wiisuk.org/

Kristin's Book Recommendation, Home Grown:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Grown-Domestic-Violence-Turns-Terrorists/dp/1787476049

This month on Talking Responsibility, our Associate Editor Eleanor interviewed Paula Reisdorf. Paula is a researcher, journalist and activist currently working as Senior Researcher and Social Media Coordinator for CorpWatch, an organisation providing accurate and timely reporting on corporate behaviour to activists, policy makers and the public. She has a Master's in Global Political Economy from the University of Sussex and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Anthropology and Arabic from the University of Cape Town. 

Paula talks to us about her research at CorpWatch, including their exciting Gulliver project, and her experience that led to her interest in corporate responsibility. Outside of CorpWatch, Paula also runs the Corporate Accountability Job Board sharing open applications for jobs in the Corporate Accountability field. 

If you’d like to hear more from Paula or from CorpWatch, you can find them here:

Paula Reisdorf: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulareisdorf/

CorpWatch: https://www.corpwatch.org/

CorpWatch Gulliver: https://www.corpwatch.org/gulliver-0

In this episode, we sit down with the Responsibility Collective team to discuss their work, research interests and how they became interested in Responsibility.

You can read more about our team on our website: https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/who-we-are/

You can contact our team via email at: responsibilitycollective@gmail.com

You can also submit to our special issue using the email address above.

To find out more about the Responsibility Collective Interview Series and platform visit: https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/interviews/.

In this episode, Research Associate at the University of Sheffield, Dr Henry Staples, takes us through the highlights and challenges of his academic and professional journey - starting from an interest in land economy, several months living in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, and a PhD on the trajectories of members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group in the wake of Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement. He talks about his research topics and recent publications on community participation in peacebuilding in Colombia and reintegration of former combatants, his fieldwork experiences in Brazil and Colombia, and what responsibility means in the context of peace processes and in his own research. Henry shares advice for researchers, students and young professionals pursuing careers or interested in the fields of peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

To find out more about the Responsibility Collective Interview Series and platform visit: https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/interviews/.

In this episode, Dr Euan Raffle from the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield discusses his academic interests, inspirations, research, and what responsibility means to him on both an academic and personal level. Euan's research focuses on state violence in the context of drug policy, the war on drugs in Southeast Asia, and critical security studies.

To find out more about the Responsibility Collective Interview Series and platform visit: https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/interviews/.