Karoline Faerber

There‘s a lot of work on feminist approaches to trade in the field of feminist international political economy that may be useful! There’s less FFP scholarship focusing on trade but @rguerrina.bsky.social has a v useful chapter on FFP and trade

Research article "Claiming Historical Responsibility? The Persistence of Coloniality in German Feminist Foreign Policy" by Karoline Färber & Madita Standke-Erdmann. Abstract begins: Recently, former colonial powers in the Global North have begun addressing their colonial pasts through their foreign policies. Some of these states pursue a feminist foreign policy (FFP). However, to date, only one FFP makes explicit mention of colonial legacies: that of Germany, adopted in 2021. How does German FFP discourse address this and what political work does this do? Contributing to critiques of coloniality in FFP, we analyze the discursive representation of Germany’s colonial past in foreign policy texts since 2021. Drawing on the socio-critical concepts theater of reconciliation by Max Czollek and remembrance superiority by Mohamed Amjahid, we find that the discourse powerfully establishes gendered notions of caring, responsible, and reflexive German statehood.

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣

For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social analyze how Germany 🇩🇪 represents, negotiates and reproduces its colonial past in their FFP.

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I'm so happy about @karolinefaerber.bsky.social and my new article with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social 🥰. We draw on @maxczollek.bsky.social and @mamjahid.bsky.social 's work to show how claims of historical responsibility in Germany's Feminist Foreign Policy towards colonialism sustain coloniality /1

The second article, by @karolinefaerber.bsky.social and @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social, considers how Germany addresses its colonial legacy in its FFP:

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Feminist foreign policies talk equality, but local feminist peacebuilders still face donor scepticism, unstable funding & political pushback.

Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.

📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

What an absolute pleasure it was to organise the workshop on Ambiguity in International Politics of Gender and Sexuality as part of the European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) in Kraków. @europeanisa.bsky.social

We're very happy that this is out in the world! And Open Access too...

@lesliewehner.bsky.social and I ask - why did Sweden and Chile adopt #feministforeignpolicy?

🚨 New article🚨
How is diversity linked to credibility in foreign policy? Färber’s 2025 study finds that German foreign policy discourse frames equal representation as essential to being seen as a credible actor abroad.
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Thank you Jasmine!

Thank you so much!!

Thanks are due to so many people who supported me along the way — most importantly Amanda Chisholm for your excellent supervision and my wonderful PhD community🧡

Most importantly, I hope it helps those people already working towards intersectional, anti-racist, and anti-colonial approaches to foreign policy(making) and institutional change.

I hope that the dissertation contributes to a better understanding of how and why feminist foreign policies emerge as they do, where limitations and opportunities are, and how we can imagine feminism in foreign policy spaces differently.

The diss examines how German feminist foreign policy is produced as it is—specifically how it becomes a white and (neo)liberal project. It also highlights that this is a process characterised by struggle, contestations, and resistance. This means that there is the possibility of change.

Karoline stands in front of a desk, holding a copy of her dissertation and smiling at the camera. She is a white woman with brown, tied up hair, wearing a white jumper and black pants. Gold confetti lies on the floor.

Very late to announce this but I handed in my dissertation at King’s College London in October🎉🎉 More than four years of work went into this project and I’m so proud that it’s finally done!

📢I write on'Feminist Decolonial Historiography' as methodological disruptor in IR & foreign policy analysis for Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis-A New Subfield. Thank you Jacqui True & Karin Aggestam for this incredible journey filled with feminist joy!✨
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@brisunipress.bsky.social

On Wednesday, I'll have the pleasure of speaking about feminist foreign policy at the Brandeis University Center for German Studies Webinar Series, organised by Sabine von Mering and with brillant co-speaker Joyce Mushaben. Please join us!
20 Nov, 12.15 ET/6.15 CET
www.brandeis.edu/cges/news-ev...

How to approach a PhD supervisor The first of a series of helpful guidance on doing a PhD in the UK. Who should you approach and how?

V. good advice on how to ID & approach a potential PhD supervisor in the UK system. Big things: why this person? Why this uni? Don't blanket-email dozens of profs.

(Small bone to pick: I could not disagree more that US academics are more formal than UK academics! The opposite is true IME.)

Excited to share our article in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social on how states implementing #feministforeignpolicy need to continuously self-critically ask feminist questions and aim for feminist processes. Some food for thought for FFP states - e.g. 🇩🇪 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Der erinnerungspolitische Roll-Back ist im Gange. Anfrage der AfD zum Genozid an den Herero Nama
Übrigens ist sich die intl. Historikergemeinde einig, dass es ein #Völkermord war. Einer Historikerkommission könnte die Bundesregierung ruhig entgegensehen.
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🚩Solidarische Grüße aus Berlin - hier wurde vorhin gesagt, dass noch NIE (!) so viele Menschen aus dem Wissenschaftsbetrieb in ganz Deutschland auf der Straße waren wie in dieser Tarifrunde 🥹
#Hochschulaktionstag🚩

EISA postdoctoral bridge grants will support recently graduated or final-year PhD students who have not secured an academic contract or fellowship.

📣 EISA Postdoctoral Bridge Grants are back!

💸 This year we're awarding up to five grants of €3,500 each to support early career colleagues’ transition from doctoral research to academic employment.

International online launch of our report about the Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy coming up! Read more and register here: eba.se/seminars/imp...

EU-Studie: Rassismus gegen Schwarze vor allem in Deutschland Wie werden Schwarze in EU-Staaten behandelt? Eine neue Studie hat herausgefunden, dass die meisten in Deutschland Diskriminierung erfahren haben.

Neue Studie: In keinem anderen untersuchten EU-Staaten erleben Schwarze so viel Rassismus wie in Deutschland. Das ist unfassbar & ein Skandal an sich, doch auch leider nichts Neues: Der Europarat kritisiert das seit Jahren.

Es betrifft vor allem die Arbeitssuche und institutionellen Rassismus.

We're starting to get critical mass from @kcl.ac.uk and @kclcgs.bsky.social here - a few accounts of young researchers you might want to follow:
@warstudent.bsky.social
@wdjames.bsky.social
@karolinefaerber.bsky.social
@bbaxendalesmith.bsky.social
@tobischolz.bsky.social

Danke🧡