2026 Georgina Waylen: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	31	1075	971	177	164	90	5316

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Victoria Schuck Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Georgina Waylen is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences with particular attention to gender studies, political science, international relations, and strategy and management. The main topics covered in their work include gender politics and representation, social policy and reform studies, gender diversity and inequality, and political influence and corporate strategies.

Their recent publications span a range of journals and topics within these areas. Notable papers include:

"Gendering political leadership: hypermasculine leadership and Covid-19" (2021) published in Journal of European Public Policy
"Institutional Change in Constrained Circumstances: Gender, Resistance, and Critical Actors in the Chilean Executive" (2020) published in Latin American Politics and Society
"Gendering global economic governance after the global financial crisis" (2021) published in Review of International Political Economy
"Analysing legislatures using a feminist institutionalist lens" (2024) published in European Journal of Politics and Gender
"Feminist Institutionalism in South Africa: Designing for Gender Equality. Edited by Amanda Gouws. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. 312 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN: 9781538160084; also available as e-book." (2023) published in Politics & Gender

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Journal of European Public Policy
Latin American Politics and Society
Review of International Political Economy
European Journal of Politics and Gender
Politics & Gender

Collaborative research is also a component of their academic contributions. Notable frequent coauthors include:

Silke Staab
Johanna Kantola

Georgina Waylen's academic output situates them in the broader fields of social sciences with a specific interdisciplinary approach bridging gender studies and political science. Their work explores complex intersections of gender with leadership, institutional change, and global governance structures.

Among the recognitions received, they were awarded the Victoria Schuck Award by the American Political Science Association in 2008. Additionally, they hold the distinction of being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

Women and Democratization Conceptualizing Gender Relations in Transition Politics

Georgina Waylen

583
Citations
Engendering Transitions: Women's Mobilization, Institutions and Gender Outcomes

Georgina Waylen

433
Citations
GENDER AND THE HIDDEN LIFE OF INSTITUTIONS

Louise Chappell;Georgina Waylen

414
Citations
Gender in Third World politics

Georgina Waylen

396
Citations
Informal Institutions, Institutional Change, and Gender Equality

Georgina Waylen

385
Citations
Gender, feminism and the state: an overview

Georgina Waylen

209
Citations
Gender and democratic politics: a comparative analysis of consolidation in Argentina and Chile

Georgina Waylen

199
Citations
The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics

Georgina Waylen;Karen Celis;Johanna Kantola;S. Laurel Weldon

181
Citations
Analysing women in the politics of the Third World

Georgina Waylen

136
Citations
Global Governance: Feminist Perspectives

Shirin Rai;Georgina Waylen

122
Citations
You still don’t understand: why troubled engagements continue between feminists and (critical) IPE

Georgina Waylen

118
Citations
Gender, Politics and the State

Vicky Randall;Georgina Waylen

115
Citations
Women's Mobilization and Gender Outcomes in Transitions to Democracy: The Case of South Africa

Georgina Waylen

109
Citations
The Feminist Potential of Sociological Institutionalism

Fiona Mackay;Surya Monro;Georgina Waylen

95
Citations
What Can Historical Institutionalism offer Feminist Institutionalists

Georgina Waylen

92
Citations
Rethinking Women's Political Participation and Protest: Chile 1970–1990

Georgina Waylen

88
Citations
Women's movements and democratisation in Latin America

Georgina Waylen

85
Citations
Towards a Gendered Political Economy

Joanne Cook;Jennifer Roberts;Georgina Waylen

80
Citations
Gender and Transitions: What do we Know?

Georgina Waylen

75
Citations
Gender and Informal Institutions

Georgina Waylen

74
Citations
New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy

Shirin M. Rai;Georgina Waylen

74
Citations
Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics

Georgina Waylen;Georgina Waylen Karen Celis Johanna Kantola Laurel Weldon

19
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shirin M. Rai University of Warwick

Johanna Kantola University of Helsinki

Karen Celis Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Fiona Mackay University of Edinburgh

Jennifer Roberts University of Sheffield

Stephanie Barrientos University of Manchester

External Links

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