麻豆传媒

Professor Heathcote is an expert on public international law, feminist methodologies, collective security, the law on the use of force, international law of the sea, and the study of gender, sexuality and the law. Her current research analyses the international law of the sea and maritime security from a feminist perspective, publications examine feminist legal methodologies for ocean research, queer and posthuman feminist understandings of ocean governance and decolonial encounters with the ocean, maritime technologies, and non-Western legal understandings of ocean care/custodianship.

Professor Heathcote is a recipient of a Leverhulme International Fellowship (2025-2027) titled Saltwater Law. This project examines decolonial legal methodologies and the potential for two-way research methods to shape international law and ocean governance. Professor Heathcote is also a recipient of a British Academy International Interdisciplinary Research Grant (2026-2028) for a project titled, Ocean Harmonies for Global Governance: Indigenous Marine Expertise and the Protection of the Ocean, in collaboration with colleagues at the in Broome, Australia.

Prior to joining 麻豆传媒 Law School she was Professor of Gender Studies and International Law at the School of Law, SOAS University of London. At SOAS, she held the role of College Convenor of Research and Knowledge Exchange (Law, Anthropology and Politics) and has previously been co-Head of the School of Law (interim), Chair of the SOAS Centre for Gender Studies, Doctoral Studies Director (Law) and Chair of the Research Ethics Committee.

Professor Heathcote is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

RESEARCH AREAS

• Public International Law
• Feminist Methodologies / Feminist Legal Theories
• Collective Security and the Law on the Use of Force
• Gender and Conflict
• International Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance
• Maritime Security

EDITORIAL WORK



• with - Series Editor for the

DOCTORAL SUPERVISION

• Feminist, TWAIL and Critical Legal Approaches to International Law
• Interdisciplinary and Cross-disciplinary encounters with law, gender and sexuality
• Oceans
• Queer Feminist approaches to peace

Current Doctoral Students

Paula Nuño Balmaceda, A Decolonial Feminist Analysis of the Sources of International Law. Funded by Northern Bridge DTP

Neil Wilkinson, Do the Service Justice and Complaints systems provide a route to justice for women who

have suffered abuse whilst serving in the armed forces?

Second Supervisor

Louisa Dassow, Oceanic Interconnection: Posthuman Feminism and the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty. Funded by Northern Bridge DTP

Ebun Bamigboye, Advancing the Right of Children to Participate in Peace Negotiations: Lessons from Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. Funded by NUaCT/ 麻豆传媒

LAW1230 Law and Ethics (UG)

LAW8592 Gender, Armed Conflict and International Law (PGT)

LAW8152 Applied Research Methods in Law (PGR)

• Articles

  • Heathcote G. . Hypatia 2025, 40(4), 746-764.
  • Heathcote G, Kula L. . Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies 2024, 15(2), 246-265.
  • Sapiano J, Jin X, Heathcote G. . International Affairs 2024, 100(6), 2543–2561.
  • Heathcote G. . Saint Louis University Law Journal 2024, 68(2), 3.
  • Heathcote G, Kula L. . Global Constitutionalism 2023, 12(3), 469-494.
  • Heathcote G. . American Journal of International Law Unbound 2022, 116, 254-258.
  • Sapiano J, Heathcote G, True J, Aggestam K. . International Negotiation 2022, 28(2), 201-228.
  • Heathcote G. . London Review of International Law 2021, 9(2), 219-243.
  • Heathcote G. . Australian Feminist Law Journal 2018, 4(1), 71-91.
  • Heathcote G. Split, Plural and Speaking subjects: the Politics of Listening as Method. feminists@law 2018, 8(2).
  • Heathcote G. Security Council Resolution 2242 on women, peace and security: Progressive Gains or Dangerous development?. Global Society 2018, 32(4).
  • Heathcote G. Womenandchildren and Elephants: as Justification for Force. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 2017, 4(1), 66-85.
  • Heathcote G. I am an Immigrant. Poem: International Language Quarterly 2017, 5(2), 241-243.
  • Heathcote G. . London Review of International Law 2016, 4(3), 267-276.
  • Heathcote, G. Naming and Shaming: Security Council Resolution 1960 on women, peace and security and human rights accountability. Journal of Human Rights Practice 2012, 4(1).
  • Heathcote G. Feminist Reflections on the 'end' of the War on Terror. Melbourne Journal of International Law 2010, 11(2).
  • Heathcote, G. Feminist Politics and the Use of Force; Theorising Feminist Action and Security Council resolution 1325. Socio-Legal Review 2010, 7, 23.
  • Heathcote G. Article 51 Self-defense as a Narrative: Spectators and Heroes in International Law. Texsa Wesleyan Law Review 2005, 12(1).

• Authored Books

  • Heathcote G, Jones E, Labenski S, Kula L. . London: Bloomsbury Academic Publishing, 2026. In Press.
  • Heathcote G, Bertotti S, Jones E, Labenski SA. . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
  • Heathcote G. Feminist Dialogues on International Law: successes, tensions, futures. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
  • Heathcote G. . London: Routledge, 2012.

• Bibliography

  • Heathcote G. . Oxford Bibliographies in International Law 2021.

• Book Chapters

  • Heathcote G. . In: Katherine Keane and Rowena Maguire, ed. Research Handbook on Feminist Approaches to International Environmental Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026. In Press.
  • Heathcote G. . In: Nikki Godden-Rasul; Sidonia Lucia Kula, ed. Research Handbook on Gender, Violence and Law. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025. In Press.
  • Heathcote G. . In: Claerwen O'Hara and Tamsin Phillipa Paige, ed. Queer Engagements with International Law: Times, Spaces, Imaginings. London: Routledge, 2025, pp.39-59.
  • Heathcote, G. Equality and Non-discrimination. In: Irini Papanicolopulu and Anna Petrig, ed. Oxford Handbook on Human Rights at Sea. 2025. Submitted.
  • Jones E, van Eijk C, Heathcote G. . In: Matilda Arvidsson and Emily Jones, ed. International Law and Posthuman Theory. London: Routledge, 2024.
  • Heathcote G. . In: Matilda Arvidsson and Emily Jones, ed. International Law and Posthuman Theory. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2024, pp.203-221.
  • Heathcote G. . In: Shirley Scott, Jeffrey McGee and Tim Stephens, ed. Geopolitical Change and the Antarctic Treaty System: Historical Lessons, Current Challenges. Springer, 2024. In Press.
  • Grady K, Heathcote G. . In: Immi Tallgren, ed. Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces?. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, pp.99-108.
  • Heathcote G, Lwabukuna O. . In: Buchanan R; Eslava L; Pahuja S, ed. The Oxford Handbook of International Law and Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, pp.493–510.
  • Heathcote G. . In: Ratner S; Johnstone I, ed. Talking International Law: International Legal Argumentation Outside the Courtroom. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021, pp.86–103.
  • Heathcote G. . In: Geiß R; Melzer N, ed. Oxford Handbook of International Law and Global Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, pp.85-99.
  • Heathcote G, Zichi P. . In: Deplano R; Tsagouris N, ed. Research Methods in International Law : A Handbook. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021, pp.458–473.
  • Heathcote G. Feminism and the Law of the Sea: a Preliminary Inquiry. 2019.
  • Chinkin C, Heathcote G, Jones E, Jones H. . In: Loveday Hodson and Troy Lavers, ed. Feminist Judgments in International Law. London: Hart Publishing, 2019.
  • Heathcote G. LAWs, UFOs, and UAVs: Feminist Encounters with the Law of Armed Conflict. In: Babie, P., and Stephens, dD, ed. Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam. Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press, 2017, pp.153-170.
  • Heathcote G. Humanitarian Intervention and Gender Dynamics. In: Cahn, N, Haynes, D., Ni Aolain, F., and Valji, N, ed. Oxford Handbook on Gender and Conflict. London: Oxford University Press, 2017, pp.199-210.
  • Heathcote G. Robust Peacekeeping, Gender and the Protection of Civilians. In: Farrell, J., and Charleworth, H, ed. Strengthening the Rule of Law through the Security Council. Oxford University Press, 2016.
  • Heathcote G. Fragmented Feminisms: Critical Feminist Thinking in the Post-Millennium Era. In: Reinisch, Footer, and Binder, ed. International Law and. London: Hart, 2016, pp.199-210.
  • Heathcote G. Feminist Reflections on the Prohibition on the Use of Force. In: Weller, M, ed. Oxford Handbook on the Prohibition on the Use of Force. London: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp.114-128.
  • Otto D, Heathcote G. Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security: an Introduction. In: Heathcote, G., and Otto, D, ed. Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
  • Heathcote G. Participation, Gender, Security. In: Heathcote, G., and Otto, D, ed. Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

• Edited Book

  • Heathcote, G, Otto, D, ed. Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.