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Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky

Stéfanie von Hlatky

Full Professor

Deptartment of Political Studies

Queen's University

svh@queensu.ca

613-533-6242

Room C406, Mackintosh-Corry Hall

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About

Stéfanie von Hlatky is the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces and Full Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on NATO, gender and the armed forces, military interventions, and defence policy.

She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al in 2010, where she was also Executive Director for the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies. She’s held positions at Georgetown University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Dartmouth College, ETH Zurich and was a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the University of Southern California’s Centre for Public Diplomacy in 2016. In 2024, she was awarded a Trudeau Fellowship. In 2025, she was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada in 2025. 

She has also published widely on military cooperation, alliance politics and deterrence, including  (2013),  (2015), (2020),  (2020),  (2020)  (2022; 2025), and  (2023). She is the co-director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network and the founder of Women in International Security-Canada.

Research Interests

  • Alliances
  • Canadian Defence Policy
  • Gender in Military Operations

Recent Publications

  • StĂ©fanie von Hlatky and Wesley Nicol, “Building a NATO Policy on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Following the UN Lead?” International Peacekeeping (May 2025): 1-26.

  • Émile Lambert-Deslandes and StĂ©fanie von Hlatky, “NATO, Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament in an Age of Ambivalence,” Defence Studies (2025): 1-8.

  • StĂ©fanie von Hlatky, “The Enduring Relevance of GBA Plus for Military Personnel and Operations,” Canadian Military Journal 25, 1 (Winter 2025): 67-76.

  • StĂ©fanie von Hlatky, « L’ACS Plus: toujours aussi importante pour le personnel et les opĂ©rations militaires, Â» Revue militaire canadienne 25, 1 (Hiver 2025) : 67-76.

  • Constance Duncombe, StĂ©fanie von Hlatky, Fernando G. Nuñez- Mietz, Maria Rost Rublee and Stephen M. Saideman, “Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Canadian Security Studies” PS: Political Science and Politics 58, 1 (2025): 1-12. 

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