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Professor Katrina Lee Koo

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School of Political Science and International Studies
k.leekoo@uq.edu.au
Katrina Lee Koo

Publications

Books (3)
Book Chapters (5)
Journal Articles (40)

Books

Huynh, Kim, D'Costa, Bina and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2015). Children and global conflict. Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139870573
Burke, Anthony, Lee-Koo, Katrina and McDonald, Matt (2014). Ethics and global security: a cosmopolitan approach. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203071304
D'Costa, Bina and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2008). Gender and global politics in the Asia-Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230617742

Book Chapters

George, Nicole, Koo, Katrina Lee and Shepherd, Laura J. (2019). Gender and the UN’s women, peace and security agenda. Routledge handbook of gender and security. (pp. 311-322) edited by Caron E. Gentry, Laura J. Shepherd and Laura Sjoberg. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2014). Contemporary feminist approaches to globalization. The SAGE Handbook of Globalization. (pp. 55-69) SAGE Publications Inc.. doi: 10.4135/9781473906020.n4
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2013). Topical box 5.1: Militarism and violence against women. Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies. (pp. 115-117) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203832516
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2007). 'War on terror'/'war on women': Critical feminist perspectives. Security and the War on Terror. (pp. 42-53) Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203028094
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2007). Feminism. An Introduction to International Relations: Australian Perspectives. (pp. 75-85) Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139168557.008

Journal Articles

Achilleos-Sarll, Columba, Kirby, Paul, Naraghi-Anderlini, Sanam, Thuy Seelinger, Kim, Grimes, Rachel, Weerawardhana, Chamindra, Haastrup, Toni, Rebelo, Tamya, Drumond, Paula, Chilmeran, Yasmin, Jayakumar, Kirthi, Lee-Koo, Katrina, Krulisova, Katerina, Wright, Hannah and McLeod, Laura (2025). Unhappy birthday! Women, peace and security at 25. International Feminist Journal of Politics. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2025.2600069
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2025). Young women and the Women, Peace and Security agenda. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 8 (3), 502-518. doi: 10.1332/25151088y2023d000000003
Lee-Koo, Katrina and Pruitt, Lesley (2025). Prospects for intergenerational peace leadership: reflections from Asia and the Pacific. Cooperation and Conflict, 60 (2), 369-389. doi: 10.1177/00108367241246535
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2025). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 27 (3), 731-734. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2025.2513118
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2025). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 27 (2), 508-510. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2025.2479304
Gordon, Eleanor and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2025). Military gender advisors, organizational change, and transformational opportunities: The discrepancy between policy and practice. International Studies Quarterly, 69 (1) sqaf015, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/isq/sqaf015
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2025). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 27 (1), 251-254. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2025.2458959
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2024). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 26 (5), 1173-1175. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2024.2429211
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2024). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 26 (4), 954-956. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2024.2384265
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2024). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 26 (3), 721-724. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2024.2358619
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2024). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 26 (2), 447-449. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2024.2327808
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2024). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 26 (1), 194-196. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2024.2293377
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2023). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 25 (5), 960-962. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2023.2269673
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2023). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 25 (4), 781-783. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2023.2234165
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2023). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 25 (3), 551-553. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2023.2215580
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2023). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 25 (2), 353-355. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2023.2187106
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2023). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 25 (1), 145-147. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2022.2159127
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2022). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 24 (5), 826-828. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2022.2133377
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2022). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 24 (4), 658-660. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2022.2102736
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2022). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 24 (3), 502-504. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2022.2082648
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2022). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 24 (2), 329-331. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2022.2054100
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2022). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 24 (1), 174-176. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2021.2016238
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2021). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 23 (5), 829-831. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2021.1993603
Olivius, Elisabeth, Demir, Ebru and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2021). Book Reviews editorial. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 23 (4), 656-658. doi: 10.1080/14616742.2021.1956088
Gordon, Eleanor and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2021). Addressing the security needs of adolescent girls in protracted crises: inclusive, responsive, and effective?. Contemporary Security Policy, 42 (1), 53-82. doi: 10.1080/13523260.2020.1826149
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2020). Pro-gender foreign policy by stealth: navigating global and domestic politics in Australian foreign policy making. Foreign Policy Analysis, 16 (2), 236-249. doi: 10.1093/fpa/orz029
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2019). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: children’s rights. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 73 (4), 326-330. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2019.1631251
Lee-Koo, Katrina and Trojanowska, Barbara K. (2017). Does the United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security agenda speak with, for or to women in the Asia Pacific? The development of National Action Plans in the Asia Pacific. Critical Studies on Security, 5 (3), 287-301. doi: 10.1080/21624887.2017.1411667
Lee-Koo, Katrina and Maley, Maria (2017). The Iron Butterfly and the Political Warrior: mobilising models of femininity in the Australian Liberal Party. Australian Journal of Political Science, 52 (3), 317-334. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2017.1336202
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2016). Engaging UNSCR 1325 through Australia’s National Action Plan. International Political Science Review, 37 (3), 336-349. doi: 10.1177/0192512116629821
Burke, Anthony, Lee-Koo, Katrina and McDonald, Matt (2016). An ethics of global security. Journal of Global Security Studies, 1 (1), 64-79. doi: 10.1093/jogss/ogv004
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2015). Textbooks and the teaching of International Relations. Australian Journal of Political Science, 50 (2), 380-389. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2015.1038778
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2014). Implementing Australia's National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 68 (3), 300-313. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2014.901296
D'Costa, Bina and Lee-Koo, Katrina (2013). The Politics of Voice: Feminist Security Studies and the Asia-Pacific. International Studies Perspectives, 14 (4), 451-454. doi: 10.1111/insp.12054
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2013). Not suitable for children: The politicisation of conflict-affected children in post-2001 Afghanistan. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 67 (4), 475-490. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2013.803031
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2012). Gender at the crossroad of conflict: Tsunami and peace in post-2005 Aceh. Feminist Review, 101 (1), 59-77. doi: 10.1057/fr.2011.54
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2011). Gender-based violence against civilian women in postinvasion Iraq: (Re)politicizing George W. Bush's silent legacy. Violence Against Women, 17 (12), 1619-1634. doi: 10.1177/1077801211436094
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2011). Horror and hope: (re)presenting militarised children in global North-South relations. Third World Quarterly, 32 (4), 725-742. doi: 10.1080/01436597.2011.567005
Lee-Koo, Katrina (2009). Feminist international relations in Australia. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 55 (3), 415-432. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2009.1525a.x
Lee Koo, Katrina (2002). Confronting a disciplinary blindness: women, war and rape in the international politics of security. Australian Journal of Political Science, 37 (3), 525-536. doi: 10.1080/1036114022000032744

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International Relations
Peace and Conflict Studies
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