The Women’s Intelligence Network (WIN)

The Women’s Intelligence Network (WIN) connects, supports, and promotes female scholars who work in the field of Intelligence Studies. WIN is hosted in Europe and the UK by Aberystwyth University’s Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies (CIISS) and in North America by the Society for Intelligence History (SIH).

The overall goal is to get more research by and on women promoted, supported, and elevated in the field of Intelligence Studies.

Membership

Membership is free, and the network welcomes people of all gender identities and sexual orientations as members. If you are interested in becoming a member of WIN, you can send an email with your current position and research interests to womenintelnetwork@gmail.com.

 

What we do

BBL series

WIN organizes brown-bag lunches with presenters either being a female intelligence scholar or the author of a publication about gender and intelligence or women in intelligence.

Book prize

WIN awards the annual Polly Corrigan Prize for the best publication in Intelligence Studies by a female author. The prize is run by the King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence, https://kcsi.uk/polly-corrigan-book-prize

Mentoring programme

WIN runs a (wo)mentoring program for emerging female scholars. It aims specifically to support PhD students and early career researchers in the critical moments after finishing the PhD.

If you are interested in participating in the programme – either as mentor or mentee – please get in touch (email to: womenintelnetwork@gmail.com).

Conference meetup

WIN meets regularly at conferences, such as at the annual conventions of SIH, ISA, and others. At these meetings emerging and established scholars come together informally to network and share information on relevant conferences, research initiatives, and fellowships. 

Diversity and inclusion

WIN works towards more inclusive syllabi and inclusion and diversity in intelligence research and teaching. For this, WIN publishes gender-inclusive syllabi in Intelligence Studies.

Editing the Oxford Handbook of Women in Intelligence

WIN is working on an Oxford Handbook that discusses the role of women in intelligence across five continents, key themes, and various historic time periods.

During a time when there is still a strong gender imbalance within the field of Intelligence Studies, WIN hopes to bring research by and on women to greater prominence within the field and the larger scholarly community.