Dr Carolina Pantoliano

Research Associate in Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament (Political & International Studies)

email: Carolina.Pantoliano@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

Biography

Dr Carolina Pantoliano is a researcher and award winning teacher specialising in the politics of nuclear weapons and international security, with broader interests in critical approaches to International Relations, international law and governance, and the cultural and normative dimensions of global politics.

Carolina joined Glasgow in October 2024 as a Research Associate in Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament, where she works closely with Dr Rhys Crilley to deliver innovative research and impact on nuclear politics and international security. As a member of the Atomic Anxiety in the Third Nuclear Age team, Carolina leads the first two project work packages which involve a global mapping exercise of how states, civil society, the media, and the public frame nuclear weapons, arms control, and disarmament.

Prior to starting at Glasgow, Carolina was Teaching Fellow in Global Governance at the University of Auckland. Carolina completed her PhD at the University of Auckland in 2024, where her thesis drew upon feminist, poststructrual, and postcolonial approaches to examine the emergence of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Carolina has already published research in leading academic journals such as International Affairs, Contemporary Security Policy, Review of International Studies, and Global Studies Quarterly. Her first book, Reimagining Disarmament: Gender, War, and the Origins of the Nuclear Ban Treaty (Manchester University Press) is expected in 2026. Carolina is a member of the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group, which is part of the Rethinking Deterrence Research Network, housed at Harvard University’s Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs. She co-convenes the BISA Global Nuclear Order Working Group alonside Tom Vaughan and Woohyeok Seo.