Jenny Lorentzen

Senior Researcher at NUPI

Email: jenlor@prio.org

X: @jennylorentzen

Interests and experience

Gender
Peacebuilding
Norm diffusion
Peace negotiations and peace processes
Women, Peace and Security

Topic
Gender

Topic
Peacebuilding

Topic
Women, Peace and Security

Jenny Lorentzen is currently pursuing a Post-doc at Lund University and maintains a part-time Senior Researcher position at PRIO.

On 20 November 2020 she defended her PhD thesis titled “Normative Encounters between the ‘Global’ and the ‘Local’: Women, Peace and Security in Mali and Rwanda” at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. The thesis explores the processes that take place when global gender equality norms embedded in the Women, Peace and Security agenda are promoted in societies transitioning from war to peace.

Languages spoken

Norwegian, English and French

Education

2015-2020: PhD in Political Science, Lund University.

2010-2012: Master in International Relations from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

2006-2009: Bachelor in African Studies from the University of Oslo, including the subjects French, History, and Area studies of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Projects

Dec 2015 –
PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security

Jan 2013 –
High-Level Seminars on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes

PRIO Fieldwork Network (FIWON)

Jul 2020 – Dec 2024
On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation (FAIR)

Jan 2017 – Jun 2017
Equal Peace? Rwandan Experiences

Aug 2015 – Sept 2020
Women’s Empowerment and Multicultural Challenges in War-to-Peace Transitions: PhD project

Jan 2015 – Dec 2019
Equal Peace? Women’s Empowerment and Multicultural Challenges in War-to-Peace Transitions

Jan 2006 – Dec 2015
Gender, Conflict and Peacebuilding Research at PRIO

Latest publications

All of Jenny Lorentzen (NUPI) publications

Louise Olsson & Torunn L. Tryggestad (2026)
Backlash and Progress in a New Geopolitical Reality: Women, Peace and Security and the Ambiguous Role of the UN Security Council

Book chapter in Backlash Against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. Norm Research in International Relations.

Jenny Lorentzen & Inger Skjelsbæk, eds, (2026)
Backlash Against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Contesting Gender Norms

Edited volume

Jenny Lorentzen, Torunn L. Tryggestad & Inger Skjelsbæk (2025)
Introduksjon: 25 år med kvinner, fred og sikkerhet i nordisk utenrikspolitikk

Journal article in Internasjonal politikk

Jenny Lorentzen, Torunn L. Tryggestad & Inger Skjelsbæk, eds, (2025)
FOKUS: Kvinner, fred og sikkerhet

Edited volume

Torunn L. Tryggestad & Jenny Lorentzen (2025)
Kvinner, fred og sikkerhet i norsk utenrikspolitikk: En politikk med vikeplikt?

Journal article in Internasjonal politikk

Jenny Lorentzen (2022)
Ladan Affi; Liv Tønnessen & Aili Mari Tripp (2021) Women & Peacebuilding in Africa

Book review in JPR Book Notes

Jenny Lorentzen (2021)
Malian Women’s Participation in the Algiers Negotiations

FAIR Case Brief

Jenny Lorentzen (2021)
Frictional interactions on Women, Peace and Security in Mali

Journal article in The Journal of Modern African Studies

Jenny Lorentzen (2021)
Women as ‘new security actors’ in preventing and countering violent extremism in Mali

Journal article in International Affairs

Inger Skjelsbæk, Julie Marie Hansen & Jenny Lorentzen (2020)
Hopes and misguided expectations: How policy documents frame gender in efforts at preventing terrorism and violent extremism

Journal article in Politics, Religion & Ideology

Latest news

All of Jenny Lorentzen (NUPI) news

Saturday, 1 Jan 2022
New Case Brief: Malian Women’s Participation in the Algiers Negotiations

This FAIR case brief focuses on Malian women's participation in the Algiers negotiations in 2014–2015.

Friday, 17 Dec 2021
Supporting Women, Peace and Security Integration During Norway’s Security Council Term

At the Dialogue Forum for Norway's membership in the United Nations Security Council, jointly organized by PRIO, NUPI and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we continuously seek to integrate gender dimensions in the exchange between researchers and policy makers on themes central for the Council term.

Tuesday, 14 Sept 2021
Workshop on Ethical Issues in Peace Negotiations and Mediation

On 9-10 September 2021, around 20 researchers met for a hybrid online-offline workshop to share their research on specific cases of ethical issues in peace negotiations and mediation.

Friday, 25 Jun 2021
June Issue of Gender, Peace and Security Update is Out

Read the Gender, Peace and Security Update – June 2021 issue here.

Wednesday, 23 Jun 2021
Jenny Lorentzen Contributes to the Launch of the New Norwegian Sahel Strategy

Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide and Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein presented the government's new strategy for the Sahel virtually on the 23rd of June.

Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Jenny Lorentzen Moderates Dialogue for the UN Department of Peace Operation on the Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Mali

On Monday the 24th of May, Jenny Lorentzen moderated a virtual dialogue titled “Mandate to Mission: Real Life Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Mali”.

Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021
March Issue of Gender, Peace and Security Update is Out

The March 2021 issue of the PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update is out now.

Monday, 8 Mar 2021
Jenny Lorentzen Talks Malian Women's Fight for Peace on PRIO’s Peace in a Pod

In honor of International Women's Day, we're highlighting the research of Jenny Lorentzen.

Friday, 18 Dec 2020
December Issue of Gender, Peace and Security Update is Out

The June 2020 issue of the PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update is out now.

Friday, 20 Nov 2020
Successful Thesis Defense by Jenny Lorentzen

Jenny Lorentzen has successfully defended her dissertation for the degree dr.