Articles by Louise Olsson

March 11, 2022

Representation is not enough: women briefing the UN Security Council

Louise Olsson

Inviting more women to brief the United Nations Security Council helps include them in decision-making on international peace and security. But despite progress, observe Louise Olsson and Anna Marie Obermeier, challenges remain. The Council must integrate recommendations from women's voices into decision-making

Louise Olsson

Research Director, Social Dynamics Department, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Louise's research systematically examines gender equality aspects of armed conflict and its resolution, and explores the normative developments related to gender mainstreaming and the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security.

Current research projects include

Should I stay or should I go? The determinants of retention of female personnel in the Swedish Armed Forces

From Hopeful Agreements to Disillusioned Peace? The effects of peace agreement implementation on women’s security and empowerment

Tracking and analyzing WPS in the Security Council

She is the co-editor of Gender, Peace and Security: Implementing UN Resolution 1325 (Routledge 2015).

Her research has appeared in Global Governance, Journal of Global Security Studies, and International Peacekeeping.

She tweets @LouiseKOlsson

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