About
Fer Avar
Affiliate Researcher and PhD Candidate

Fer Avar is a PhD researcher at the University of Antwerp.
Her research focuses on non-Western innovation and technology hubs, mapping the global corporate-defense value chain and analyzing its implications for the international political order. Her theoretical work is situated at the nexus of Science and Technology Studies (STS), Critical Security Studies (CSS), and Political Anthropology.
She holds an MA in International Relations from Central European University, and an Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts and Sciences BA in Social Sciences from University College Roosevelt (Utrecht University).