Dr Carolina Pantoliano is an early career researcher and award winning teacher specialising in the politics of nuclear weapons, arms control, and disarmament. She is interested in feminist, poststructuralist, and postcolonial approaches to global politics, particularly international security, global governance, and norm dynamics. 

Carolina joined Glasgow in October 2024 as a Research Associate in Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament, where she will be working closely with Dr Rhys Crilley to deliver innovative research and impact on nuclear politics and international security. As a member of the Atomic Anxiety in the Third Nuclear Age team, Carolina will lead on the first two project work packages which involve a global mapping exercise of how states, civil society, the media, and the public frame nuclear weapons, arms control, and disarmament.

Prior to starting at Glasgow, Carolina was Teaching Fellow in Global Governance at the University of Auckland. Carolina completed her PhD at the University of Auckland in 2024, where her thesis drew upon feminist, poststructrual, and postcolonial approaches to examine the emergence of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Carolina has already published research in leading academic journals such as International Affairs and Contemporary Security Policy, and she is currently writing her first book. Carolina is also a member of the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group, which is part of the Rethinking Deterrence Research Network, housed at Harvard University’s Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs.

- The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
- Feminist Poststructuralist Theory
- International Security
- International Law and Governance
- Popular Culture and IR

Prior publications

2023 - 2024: ICAN Critical Nuclear Weapons Projects Research Grant

2022 - 2024: Harvard University and MacArthur Foundation - Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group