Penny Griffin
Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations · University-wide researcher directory · University of New South Wales
Quick answer: Penny Griffin is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at University of New South Wales. Penny Griffin shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-17.
⭐ Penny welcomes enquiries from prospective research students and media on all topics relevant to gender and world politics, particularly the following:
- Gender, feminism and sexuality(ies) in international relations, political economy and/or global governance.
- Visual, popular culture and gender/feminism in world politics.
- Gender studies of economic development, international organisations and/
Research interests
Dr Penny Griffin is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at UNSW Sydney. She works specifically in the areas of gender, sexuality and feminist studies, international political economy, the politics of development, global economic governance, international relations, and the (gendered) politics of visual and popular culture. Penny has published widely, including with Routledge (Popular Culture, Political Economy and the Death of Feminism: Why Women are in Refrigerators and Other Stories, 2015), Palgrave Macmillan (Gendering the World Bank, 2009)) and in various top-ranked academic journals. Gendering the World Bank was the winner of the 2010 BISA International Political Economy Group (IPEG) Book Prize. Her current research examines the global political economy of crisis from a gender perspective. Penny is a member of the UNSW EDI Staff Consultative Group. From 2024-2025 she served as the Chair of the International Studies Association's Women's Caucus (WCIS), which works to advance the status of all those who identify as women working in the international studies profession.
Gender, sexuality and feminism; queer theory; global political economy; international relations; world politics; global governance; financial/economic crisis; popular culture in/and world politics.
Frequently asked questions
Is Penny Griffin hiring PhD students at University of New South Wales?
Yes. As of 2026-09-17, Penny Griffin's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Penny welcomes enquiries from prospective research students and media on all topics relevant to gender and world politics, particularly the following:
- Gender, feminism and sexuality(ies) in internat.
What does Penny Griffin research?
Dr Penny Griffin is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at UNSW Sydney. She works specifically in the areas of gender, sexuality and feminist studies, international political economy, the politics of development, global economic governance, in
Data last updated: 2026-09-17 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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