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Staff Profile

Dr Megan Armstrong

Lecturer in International Politics

  • Address: School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology
    Henry Daysh Building
    University of Newcastle
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

I joined Newcastle University as a Lecturer in International Politics in September 2022 after previously holding positions at Liverpool John Moores University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Birmingham. I currently serve as Co-Convenor of the Politics Pedagogy Cluster (PPC).

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching:

  • POL1046: Order and Disorder
  • POL2110: Critical Security Studies
  • POL3046: Final Year Dissertation
  • POL3047: Final Year Project
Research

My research has broadly investigated the question: what makes violence possible? I explore how gender and sexuality inform, and are informed by, a continuum of violence in pre-conflict, conflict, and post-conflict spaces. My research is located at the intersection of critical international relations theory and feminist security studies, and my research interests include violent identity politics, popular culture, queer international relations, and critical military studies.


Recently, I have been working on a project that broadly explores neurodivergence in higher education. It asks: what would universities be like if they did not assume their students were neurotypical? This project engages participant action research.

Publications