- Gender and inclusive mediation processes.
- The UN and the gendered dimensions of conflict resolution, conflict management and peacebuilding.
- UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
- The emergence and diffusion of norms, with special emphasis on the normative framework of 'women, peace and security'.
- The inter-play between transnational networks of civil society organizations, the UN system and UN member states in policy development.
- Women in armed forces.