Professor Elisabeth  Porter

Professor Porter has taught at University of South Australia, Flinders University of South Australia, University of Ulster and Southern Cross University. She has taught a wide range of subject areas in politics, international studies, peace studies, sociology and women's studies.

Prior to coming to University of South Australia, Lis was Research Director at INCORE (International Conflict Research) at the University of Ulster. INCORE is affiliated with the United Nations University.

Lis has published widely on women and politics, dialogue across difference, feminist ethics, ethical issues in international politics, security and peacebuilding. Her 4 books include: Peacebuilding: Women in International Perspective; Feminist Ethics; Building Good Families; and Women and Moral Identity and she is co-editor of 3 books, Mediation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transforming Conflict and Building Peace; Activating Human Rights and Researching Conflict in Africa.

Within the Hawke Research Institute, Professor Porter is Director of the Centre for Peace, Conflict and Mediation. She is also an Associate Member in the Research Centre for Gender Studies.

Peacebuilding. Women in International Perspective

Centre for Peace, Conflict and Mediation

Research Centre for Gender Studies

• Peace and Security Studies
• Politics & International Studies
• Transitional Justice

• UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Australia

• UN International Research and Training Institute for Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) Network; and Women in International Security

• Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Australia

• World Mediation Forum; Asia Pacific Mediation Forum and Asia Pacific Peace Research Association

• Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA)

• International Peace Research Association (IPRA)

. International Studies Association (ISA)

PhD, BA (Hons 1st class), Dip.T.

• Women, Peace and Security
• Justice, Equality and Rights
• Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding
• Ethical Issues in International Politics
• Transitional Justice and Reconciliation

BOOKS
2008, Peacebuilding: Women in International Perspective, London and New York: Routledge (pb) www.routledgepaperbacksdirect.com/books/politics

2007, Peacebuilding: Women in International Perspective, London and New York: Routledge.

1999, Feminist Perspectives in Ethics, London and New York: Longman.

1995, Building Good Families in a Changing World, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

1991, Women and Moral Identity, Sydney: Allen & Unwin.

EDITED BOOKS

2009, Bagshaw, Dale and Porter, Elisabeth eds, Mediation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transforming Conflict and Building Peace, London: Routledge

2006, Porter, Elisabeth & Offord, Baden, eds., Activating Human Rights, Oxford, New York and Berne: Peter Lang European Academic Publishers, European.

2005, Porter, Elisabeth; Robinson, Gillian; Smyth, Marie; Schnabel, Albrecht; and Osaghae, Eghosa, eds., Researching Conflict in Africa: Insights and Experiences, Tokyo, New York, Paris: United Nations University Press.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

2007, 'Women's Truth Narratives: The Power of Compassionate Listening', Critical Half, 5(2): 20-25, www.womenforwomen.org/documents/CH_december07_final%20file.pdf.

2006, ‘Can Politics Practice Compassion?’, Hypatia. A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 21(4): 97-123.

2006, ‘No Just War: Political Reflections on Australian Churches’ Condemnation of the Iraq War’, Australian Journal of Politics & History, 52(3): 471-488.

2005, ‘The Harm of Dualism’, Peace Review, 7(2-3): 231-237.

2003, ‘Women, Political Decision-Making and Peace-building in Conflict Regions’, Global Change, Peace and Security, 15, 3, 245-262.

2003, ‘Security and Inclusiveness: Protecting Australia’s Way of Life’, Peace, Conflict & Development, 3: 1-18, www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk/docs/Security.PDF.

2002, ‘Politics, Change and Reflective Practitioners’, Organization Development Journal, 20, 3: 18-30.

2001, ‘Interdependence, Parenting and Responsible Citizenship’, Journal of Gender Studies, 10, 1: 5-15.

2000, ‘Risks and Responsibilities: Creating Dialogical Spaces in Northern Ireland’, International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2, 2: 163-184. (Abstract in International Political Science Abstracts)

1999, ‘Bodies, Selves, and Moral Responsibilities’, Women’s Studies International Forum, 22, 1: 89-96.

1998, ‘Political Representation of Women in Northern Ireland’, Politics, 18, 1: 25-32.

1997, ‘Diversity and Commonality: Women, Politics, and Northern Ireland’, The European Journal of Women’s Studies, 4, 1: 83-100.

1997, ‘Citizenship as Belonging: An Australian in Northern Ireland’, Australasian Political Studies 1997: Proceedings of the APSA 1997 Conference, 3: 863-78.

1996, ‘Culture, Community and Responsibilities: Abortion in Ireland’, Sociology, 30, 2: 279-298.

1994, ‘Abortion Ethics; Rights and Responsibilities’, Hypatia. A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 9, 3: 66-87.

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT PAPER

2005, ‘Reconciling polarized relations: Disintegration and social dynamics of conflict in Northern Ireland’, Expert Group Meeting ‘Dialogue in the Social Integration process: Building peaceful social relations by, for and with people’, DSPD of UNDESA, UN, New York 21-23 November, www.un.org/esa/socdev/egm/paper/Elisabeth%20Porter.pdf.

CHAPTERS

2010, ‘Gender-Inclusivity in Transitional Justice Strategies: Women in Timor-Leste’, in Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Ruth Stanley, eds, Gender and Transitional Justice, Palgrave: London, (forthcoming).

2009, Porter, E. & Bagshaw, D. ‘Transforming Conflicts and Building Peace Through Mediation’, in Dale Bagshaw & Elisabeth Porter, eds., Mediation in the Asia Pacific. Transforming Conflicts and Building Peace, London: Routledge, 13-17.

2009, Porter, Elisabeth & Every, Danielle, ‘Peacebuilding: Women Peaceworkers’, in Bagshaw, D. & Porter, E eds., Mediation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transforming Conflict and Building Peace, London: Routledge, 40-58.

2006, Porter, Elisabeth & Offord, Baden, ‘Introduction: Activating Human Rights’, in Porter, E. & Offord, B. eds., Activating Human Rights, Oxford, New York and Berne: Peter Lang European Academic Publishers, pp. 1-10.

2005, ‘Conclusion: reflections on contemporary research in Africa’, in Porter, E., Robinson, G., Smyth, M., Schnabel, A., Osaghae, E. eds., Researching Conflict in Africa: Insights and Experiences, Tokyo, New York, Paris: United Nations University Press, pp. 156-165.

2005, ‘Peace studies’, in Griffiths, M. ed., Encyclopaedia of International Relations and Global Politics, London: Routledge, pp. 650-652.

2005, ‘Peace-building’, in Griffiths, M. ed., Encyclopaedia of International Relations and Global Politics, London: Routledge, pp. 644-647.

2001, ‘Feminist Analysis’ (updated) in J. Summers, D. Woodward and A. Parkin, eds., Government, Politics, Power & Policy in Australia, 7th ed., Melbourne: Longman, pp. 381-399.

2000, ‘Participatory Democracy and the Challenge of Dialogue across Difference’, in C. Roulston and C. Davies eds., Gender, Democracy and Inclusion in Northern Ireland, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave, pp. 141-162.

1999, ‘Abortion Ethics: Rights and Responsibilities’, in C. Koggel ed., Moral Issues in Global Perspective, New York: Broadview Press, pp. 552-566.

1998, ‘Identity, Location, Plurality: Women, Nationalism and Northern Ireland’, in R. Wilford and B. Miller eds., Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism: The Politics of Transition, London: Routledge, pp. 36-61.

1997, ‘Feminist Analysis’, (updated) in D. Woodward , A. Parkin and J. Summers, eds., Government, Politics, Power & Policy in Australia, 6th ed., Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, pp. 392-412.

1996, ‘Women and Friendships: Pedagogies of Care and Relationality’, in C. Luke ed., Feminisms and Pedagogies of Everyday Life, New York: State University of New York Press, pp. 56-79.

1994, ‘Feminist Analysis’, in A. Parkin, J. Summers, D. Woodward eds., Government, Politics, Power & Policy in Australia, 5th ed., Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, pp. 327-345.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

2006, ‘You cannot dance if you cannot stand’, Peace and Freedom. Journal of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 43(2&3): 24-28.

2005, ‘Women and security: ‘You cannot dance if you cannot stand’, OpenDemocracy, 19 October, 2005, www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-resolution_1325/dance_2937.jsp.