Lene Hansen is an international relations

International relations theory

International relations theory is the study of international relations from a theoretical perspective; it attempts to provide a conceptual framework upon which international relations can be analyzed. Ole Holsti describes international relations theories act as a pair of coloured sunglasses,...

 scholar who is an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...

. Hansen is most well known within academia for her critique of the absence of gender within the thinking of the Copenhagen School of security studies. The Feminist scholar Christine Sylvester describes Hansen as the 'leading European feminist doing Critical Security Studies

Critical Security Studies

Critical Security Studies is an academic discipline within security studies which rejects mainstream approaches to security-Definition:Some use the term critical security studies to refer to all approaches that are critical of mainstream/orthodox realist approaches. Others see Critical Security...

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