Wendy Harcourt

Professor of Gender, Diversity and Sustainable Development
International Institute of Social Studies
Erasmus University Rotterdam
The Hague

Other Affiliations

Member of The Contrapuntual editorial group https://thecontrapuntal.com/

Series Editor of Critical New Thinking Development Studies, Bloomsbury Academic https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/new-writing-in-critical-development-studies/

Series Editor of Gender, Social Change and Development, Palgrave Macmillan https://link.springer.com/series/14999

Member of Governing Council and Development journal editorial board Society for International Development

Degrees

1987 Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia (thesis title: ‘Medical Discourse Relating to the Female Body’)
1981 Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in History, University of Adelaide, South Australia

Honors and Awards

2018 Westerdijk Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam

2017 -2022 EU H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) WEGO (Well-being, Ecology, Gender, and Community) 

2010 Feminist Women’s Studies Association Book Prize for ‘Body Politics in Development: critical debates in gender and development’ Zed Books, London

2008-9 Visiting Fellowship, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK 

2003 Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant (held at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia) 

1982-6 Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholarship (held at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)

1981 Tinsdale Scholarship Prize for Honours History University of Adelaide, Australia 

1977 James Gartrell Prize for Classical Studies I University of Adelaide, Australia 

Research Interests

feminist political ecology 

care with a focus on embodied knowledge and care of human and more-than-human

the alternative politics of institution building 

 art-based communications, linking social media journalism with academic writing

creative non-fiction writing

 

Contact Information

Work Address: International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX Den Haag, The Netherlands