Dr Jana Wattenberg

Jana is a Lecturer in Security. She is also a Faculty Fellow at the School of International Service (SIS) at American University and a Senior Fellow with Women in International Security (WIIS). 

Jana's research focuses on nuclear weapons, nuclear disarmament, the role of ideas in world politics and women's work in the nuclear weapons field.

Module Coordinator

• IPM8220 - Warfare in the 21st Century
• IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics

Lecturer

• IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
• IPM8220 - Warfare in the 21st Century

Coordinator

• IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
• IPM8220 - Warfare in the 21st Century

Jana is currently working on two research projects:

Women and the Bomb: This project analyses the multiple roles that women have played in the nuclear weapons field and studies the political impact of gender dimensions of nuclear discourses. The project was awarded a Marie Sklodowska Curie Global Fellowship (funded by UKRI). 

Ideas that Stand in the Way of Nuclear Disarmament: This project turns to ideas about nuclear weapons and disarmament to explain why the constant work of the global nuclear disarmament complex has failed to free the world of nuclear weapons. Ideas, such as the idea that nuclear disarmament has to be a long-term goal, commit actors to continue discussing global nuclear zero, while postponing nuclear arms reductions into the distant future. The project traces to evolution of ideas about nuclear weapons and disarmament and shows how these ideas guide actors’ thinking towards pursuing incremental nuclear disarmament efforts. These take place within the confines of a hierarchically structured nuclear order which allows selective legitimate nuclear weapon ownership.

• Tuesday 16:00-17:00
• Thursday 11:00-12:00