Lauren Lowe is a PhD candidate at Monash University’s Global Peace and Security (GPS) Centre, researching gender, peace and security in the Western Balkans. Her research examines the gendered assumptions and implications of ‘peace spoilers’ in Kosovo’s peace process, with a particular focus on women’s resistance to patriarchal peacebuilding practices. She is also a research assistant at the GPS centre, working on projects addressing the marginalisation of people with caring responsibilities in peacebuilding and peacekeeping sectors.