Gender, Global Cyber Governance, and Risks of Carceralism

Speaker Presentation - Gender, Global Cyber Governance, and Risks of Carceralism with Katharine Millar

Speaker Presentation - Gender, Global Cyber Governance, and Risks of Carceralism with Katharine Millar

Date

Wednesday January 7, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

Queen鈥檚 University, Robert Sutherland Hall Rm. 554

Katharine Millar Gender, Cyber Governance

 

 Gender, Global Cyber Governance, and Risks of Carceralism with guest speaker Katharine Millar.

 


Bio:

 

Katharine Millar is an Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. Her research interests lie in examining the gendered cultural narratives underlying political violence and the modern collective use of force.  Her on-going research examines gender, race, sexuality and the transnational politics of death in the context of Covid-19; and gender, technology, and cybersecurity. Dr Millar has also published on female combatants, gendered representations of violent death, military and civilian masculinity, and critical conceptions of militarism.  Dr Millar's award-winning first book, Support the Troops: Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community, was published in 2022 by Oxford University Press. Dr Millar is an Editor at the journal Security Dialogue and an associated researcher with the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics. She has participated in consultation processes regarding the UN's Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and gender and cybersecurity for various state governments, armed forces international organisations and international non-governmental organisations.