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Overview

Mona Lena Krook is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans the Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science as subfields. The main topics of their work include Gender Politics and Representation, Gender, Security, and Conflict, Gender, Feminism, and Media, Historical Gender and Feminism Studies, and Gender Diversity and Inequality.

The scientist's publication record includes multiple papers and a book. Among their recent papers are:

  • "Semiotic Violence against Women: Theorizing Harms against Female Politicians," 2021, published in Signs
  • "Submitting to Politics & Gender: Advice from the Editors," 2023, published in Politics & Gender
  • "From the Editor," 2023, published in Politics & Gender
  • "Civic Engagement as a Political Scientist: Tackling Violence against Women in Politics," 2023, published in Politics & Gender
  • "The Growth of a Field: Politics & Gender and Research on Gender Quotas," 2025, published in Politics & Gender

Krook has contributed extensively to the journal Politics & Gender, with seven publications there, along with two in the American Journal of Political Science and one in Signs.

Their book publication includes a title published by Oxford University Press:

  • Violence against Women in Politics, 2020

Collaborations are an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Kathleen Dolan, Jennifer L. Lawless, Élizabeth G. Cohen, Graeme B. Robertson, and Antoine Banks, each having worked with them on multiple occasions.

Best Publications

  • Rethinking the life cycles of international norms: The United Nations and the global promotion of gender equality

    Mona Lena Krook;Jacqui True

  • Quotas for women in politics

    Mona Lena Krook

  • Analysing Women's Substantive Representation: From Critical Mass to Critical Actors

    Sarah Childs;Mona Lena Krook

  • RETHINKING WOMEN'S SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION

    Karen Celis;Sarah Childs;Johanna Kantola;Mona Lena Krook

  • All the President's Men? The Appointment of Female Cabinet Ministers Worldwide

    Mona Lena Krook;Diana Z. O’Brien

  • Reforming Representation: The Diffusion of Candidate Gender Quotas Worldwide

    Mona Lena Krook

  • Gender, Politics and Institutions: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism

    Mona Lena Krook;Fiona Mackay

  • Critical Mass Theory and Women's Political Representation

    Sarah Childs;Mona Lena Krook

  • Should Feminists Give Up on Critical Mass? A Contingent Yes

    Sarah Childs;Mona Lena Krook

  • The impact of gender quotas

    Susan Franceschet;Mona Lena Krook;Jennifer M. Piscopo

  • Beyond Quotas: Strategies to Promote Gender Equality in Elected Office

    Mona Lena Krook;Pippa Norris

  • Gender, Politics and Institutions

    Mona Lena Krook;Fiona Mackay

  • The Politics of Group Representation: Quotas for Women and Minorities Worldwide

    Mona Lena Krook;Diana Z. O'Brien

  • Candidate gender quotas: A framework for analysis

    Mona Lena Krook

  • Transnational Women's Activism and the Global Diffusion of Gender Quotas*

    Melanie M. Hughes;Mona Lena Krook;Pamela Marie Paxton

  • Gender quotas and models of political citizenship

    Mona Lena Krook;Joni Lovenduski;Judith Squires

  • Beyond Hillary and Benazir: Women’s Political Leadership Worldwide

    Farida Jalalzai;Mona Lena Krook

  • Constituting women's interests through representative claims

    Karen Celis;Sarah Childs;Johanna Kantola;Mona Lena Krook

  • Gender and Politics: the State of the Art

    Sarah Childs;Mona Lena Krook

  • Women's Representation in Parliament: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    Mona Lena Krook

  • Violence against Women in Politics

    Mona Lena Krook

  • The Cost of Doing Politics? Analyzing Violence and Harassment against Female Politicians

    Mona Lena Krook;Juliana Restrepo Sanín

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Childs
Sarah Childs University of Edinburgh
Karen Celis
Karen Celis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Johanna Kantola
Johanna Kantola University of Helsinki
Pippa Norris
Pippa Norris Harvard University
Judith A Squires
Judith A Squires University of Bristol
Jan Willem Duyvendak
Jan Willem Duyvendak University of Amsterdam
Jennifer M. Piscopo
Jennifer M. Piscopo Royal Holloway University of London
Fiona Mackay
Fiona Mackay University of Edinburgh
Joni Lovenduski
Joni Lovenduski Birkbeck, University of London
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin

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