Dr Helen Berents is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University and currently holds an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship. She is also a member of the Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy. Her DECRA fellowship project examines youth peace advocacy and leadership in the context of the emergent global ‘Youth, Peace and Security Agenda’. Her broader work draws on feminist international relations, critical peace studies, and the sociology of youth to inform her work on representations and participation of children and youth in peace and conflict, everyday approaches to peacebuilding, and local-global relations in peace and security governance.