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Dr Elisa Wynne-Hughes
(she/her)
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Elisa Wynne-Hughes
Reader in International Relations and Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Overview
I conduct interdisciplinary collaborative research on transnational and urban (im)mobilities and how they reproduce various global (neoliberal/colonial/gendered) hierarchies and exclusions. This has led me to study urban tourism and responses to sexual harassment to understand practices like 'touristic governance' (or how tourism exerts power globally) and neoliberal authoritarianism. For example, I have conducted research on how tourism in Cairo (re)shaped exclusionary neoliberal adaptations of authoritarianism before and after the 2011 Egyptian revolution. I have studied how tourism guidebooks depicted the sexual harassment of women tourists to Egypt in a way that built consent for national/global counterterrorism practices in the revolutionary period. I have also examined the shifting role of anti-street harassment groups during the post-revolution transition to understand how neoliberal authoritarianism is gendered. I frame this research through an engagement with theories of popular culture and world politics, along with post/decolonial, feminist and poststructural approaches, employing discourse analysis and ethnographic research methods. I am part of networks studying touristic governance, how street harassment reproduces (im)mobilities, and how we can use walking tours to decolonise urban spaces.
Publication
2024
- Becklake, S. and Wynne-Hughes, E. 2024. The touristic transformation of postcolonial states: human zoos, global tourism competition, and the emergence of zoo-managing states. Tourism Geographies 26(5), pp. 778-795. (10.1080/14616688.2023.2231410)
2023
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2023. Building consent for counterterrorism: Lonely Planet and Rough Guide tips for women tourists to revolutionary Egypt. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights 4(2), article number: 100105. (10.1016/j.annale.2023.100105)
2021
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2021. The battle of the Camel: revolution, transition and tourism in Cairo. Political Geography 91, article number: 102491. (10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102491)
- Vij, R., Wynne-Hughes, E. and Kazi, T. 2021. Introduction. In: Vij, R., Kazi, T. and Wynne-Hughes, E. eds. Precarity and International Relations. International Political Economy Palgrave, pp. 1-33.
- Vij, R., Kazi, T. and Wynne-Hughes, E. eds. 2021. Precarity and international relations. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan.
2020
- Wynne-Hughes, E. and Teo, T. eds. 2020. Postcolonial governmentalities: rationalities, violences and contestations. Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions. Rowman and Littlefield.
- Wynne-Hughes, E. and Pswarayi, C. 2020. Governmentality, postcolonialism and hybrid subjectivities - stories from international schools. In: Teo, T. and Wynne-Hughes, E. eds. Postcolonial Governmentalities Rationalities, Violences and Contestations. Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions Rowman & Littlefield, Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 67-91.
2017
- Weldes, J. and Wynne-Hughes, E. 2017. Beyond binaries with feminist secureconomy. Progress in Political Economy
2016
- Abdelmonem, A., Bavelaar, R. E., Wynne-Hughes, E. and Galán, S. 2016. The 'Taharrush' connection: xenophobia, Islamophobia, and sexual violence in Germany and beyond. Jadaliyya 2016(Mar 1)
2015
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2015. Governing through garbage-city tourism: producing international neoliberal subjects. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies 17(6), pp. 839-852. (10.1080/1369801X.2014.998264)
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2015. Happiness as enterprise [Book Review]. Social Semiotics 25(1), pp. 113-115. (10.1080/10350330.2014.964003)
2012
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2012. 'Who would go to Egypt?' How tourism accounts for 'terrorism'. Review of International Studies 38(3), pp. 615-640. (10.1017/S0260210511000805)
2007
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2007. Empowering response-ability and responsibility: a role for stories in radical praxis. In: Agathangelou, A. M. et al. eds. Technologies of Empire. York: York Centre for International Security Studies, pp. 109-118.
Articles
- Becklake, S. and Wynne-Hughes, E. 2024. The touristic transformation of postcolonial states: human zoos, global tourism competition, and the emergence of zoo-managing states. Tourism Geographies 26(5), pp. 778-795. (10.1080/14616688.2023.2231410)
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2023. Building consent for counterterrorism: Lonely Planet and Rough Guide tips for women tourists to revolutionary Egypt. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights 4(2), article number: 100105. (10.1016/j.annale.2023.100105)
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2021. The battle of the Camel: revolution, transition and tourism in Cairo. Political Geography 91, article number: 102491. (10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102491)
- Weldes, J. and Wynne-Hughes, E. 2017. Beyond binaries with feminist secureconomy. Progress in Political Economy
- Abdelmonem, A., Bavelaar, R. E., Wynne-Hughes, E. and Galán, S. 2016. The 'Taharrush' connection: xenophobia, Islamophobia, and sexual violence in Germany and beyond. Jadaliyya 2016(Mar 1)
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2015. Governing through garbage-city tourism: producing international neoliberal subjects. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies 17(6), pp. 839-852. (10.1080/1369801X.2014.998264)
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2015. Happiness as enterprise [Book Review]. Social Semiotics 25(1), pp. 113-115. (10.1080/10350330.2014.964003)
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2012. 'Who would go to Egypt?' How tourism accounts for 'terrorism'. Review of International Studies 38(3), pp. 615-640. (10.1017/S0260210511000805)
Book sections
- Vij, R., Wynne-Hughes, E. and Kazi, T. 2021. Introduction. In: Vij, R., Kazi, T. and Wynne-Hughes, E. eds. Precarity and International Relations. International Political Economy Palgrave, pp. 1-33.
- Wynne-Hughes, E. and Pswarayi, C. 2020. Governmentality, postcolonialism and hybrid subjectivities - stories from international schools. In: Teo, T. and Wynne-Hughes, E. eds. Postcolonial Governmentalities Rationalities, Violences and Contestations. Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions Rowman & Littlefield, Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 67-91.
- Wynne-Hughes, E. 2007. Empowering response-ability and responsibility: a role for stories in radical praxis. In: Agathangelou, A. M. et al. eds. Technologies of Empire. York: York Centre for International Security Studies, pp. 109-118.
Books
- Vij, R., Kazi, T. and Wynne-Hughes, E. eds. 2021. Precarity and international relations. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Wynne-Hughes, E. and Teo, T. eds. 2020. Postcolonial governmentalities: rationalities, violences and contestations. Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions. Rowman and Littlefield.
Research
The international politics of tourism
Including neoliberal authoritarianism and urban tourism in Egypt, how tourism governs, the power of touristic representations.
Transnational responses to everyday sexual violence
Including tourism guidebook representations of sexual harassment in Cairo and responses to street harassment from independent initiatives like HarassMap in the period immediately before and following the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Postcolonial Governmentalities
Precarity and International Relations
Teaching
Current Teaching:
- Introduction to Globalization (1st Year, UG)
- Critical Approaches to Middle East Politics (2nd Year, UG)
- Popular Culture and World Politics (3rd year, UG)
- The International Politics of Tourism: Difference, Discovery and Desire (PGT)
Previously Taught:
- International Security (2nd Year, UG)
- The International Politics of the Middle East: Security, Development and Governance (3rd Year, UG)
- Popular Culture and World Politics (PGT)
- Gender, Sex and Death (2nd Year, UG)
- Colonialism, Global Political Economy and Development (2nd Year, UG)
- Issues in International Relations (PGT)
I have completed the Cardiff Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning programme, and am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Biography
Education and Qualifications
- PhD in Politics, Bristol, UK
- MA in Political Science, York University, Toronto, Canada
- BA (Honours) in Political Studies and English Literature, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Career Overview
- 2014 - present: Cardiff University School of Law and Politics, Department of Politics and IR
Supervisions
I welcome proposals for research projects in my areas of research. These include:
- popular culture and world politics
- the international politics of tourism
- transnational responses to everyday sexual violences
- neoliberal subjectivities
- neoliberalism authoritarianism and urban tourism in Egypt
- postcolonial governmentalities
- postcolonial, feminist and poststructural approaches
- discourse analysis and ethnographic research methods
Current supervision
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Popular Culture and World Politics