Dr Salla Turunen
Centre for Women, Peace and Security, the London School of Economics and Political Science
Salla Turunen is an international relations and management professional specialised in gender, humanitarianism, and peace, security and conflict affairs. She has worked with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women) at country, regional, and headquarter levels. This line of work includes women, peace and security expertise in South Sudan and Liberia, strategic gender mainstreaming work in New York and at the UN System level, and donor relations and resource mobilisation in the Nordic countries’ context. As a social science researcher and scholar, Salla holds a publication portfolio of over 30 publications which are directed to academic, policy and practitioner audiences.
Areas of interest
International development practice; gender, peace and security affairs; humanitarian diplomacy; multilateralism; managementPublications
- “Humanitarian Diplomacy at the United Nations”, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway (2022): 291 pages.
- ““Have You Been Recruited Because You Are a Woman or Because You Are Good?” Gendered Humanitarian Diplomats at the United Nations” Diplomatica, 5, 1 (2023): 1-23.
- “Humanitarian Diplomatic Practices”, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy 15, 4 (2020): 459-487.
- “Change of Culture? Gender and Intergovernmental Organizations”, The Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (2023)
- “Conceptualizing ‘Leave No One Behind’”, CMI Working Paper 2021:4 (2021).