DrSynne Dyvik
(she/her)
Associate Professor In International Relations (International Relations)
School of Global Studies
- Associate Professor In International Relations (International Relations)School of Global Studies
- +44 (0)1273 877778 Ext.7778 (Work)
BIO
My research interest lie in the gendered and racialised embodiment of international relations, development, war, refugee governance and humanitarianism, with a focus on how people engage with, practice and experience global politics. I'm currently working on people hosting refugees in homes and communities and how 'ordinary people' are responding to humanitarian emergencies and needs. I'm curious about this practice as a form of 'everyday humanitarianism', what it means within the context of wider refugee regimes, as well as what it says about the role of Home as a political space within global politics.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Co-Director of Sussex Centre for Global InsecuritiesUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom2 Aug 2025
- Visiting FellowRefugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, Department of Development, Oxford, United Kingdom7 Oct 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
- Director of Sussex Centre for Global Insecurities ResearchUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom1 Sep 2023 - 1 Aug 2024
- Director of Student Experience (Global Studies)University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom1 Aug 2018 - 1 May 2022
- MA Course Convenor (Conflict, Security and Development and Geopolitics and International Affairs)University of Sussex, International Relations, Brighton, United Kingdom1 Aug 2025
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- TrusteeNetwork of International Women for Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom1 Jun 2023
DEGREES
- PhD International RelationsUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
- MSc European StudiesLondon School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom
- BA Comparative PoliticsUniversity of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
CERTIFICATIONS
- PGCertUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
LANGUAGES
- NorwegianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- DanishCan read, understand and peer review
- SwedishCan read and understand
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- 5 Gender Equality