YEREVAN, MAY 24, ARMENPRESS. Angelina Jolie Pitt, the Oscar-winning actress and special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency, has taken on a new role: university professor, reports The New York Times.

Ms. Jolie Pitt will join the London School of Economics’ Center for Women, Peace and Security as one of four visiting professors in a new master’s program that starts taking applicants in the fall, according to a statement released on Monday by the university, one of Britain’s most renowned academic institutions. Ms. Jolie’s work there will include delivering guest lectures and taking part in workshops as a “visiting professor in practice.”

Ms. Jolie Pitt was appointed along with William Hague, with whom she founded the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative in 2012, when Mr. Hague was the British foreign secretary.

“I am very encouraged by the creation of this master’s program,” Ms. Jolie Pitt said in the statement. “I hope other academic institutions will follow this example, as it is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women’s rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexual violence in conflict.”

Ms. Jolie Pitt, who is married to the actor Brad Pitt and has six children, said she was looking forward to sharing her experiences working with governments and the United Nations. She has been involved in humanitarian work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for more than a decade, taking on some of the most difficult issues related to conflict, refugees, women and sexual violence, as a goodwill ambassador and a special envoy.

When she was named a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR in 2001, Ms. Jolie said she wanted to get involved because it was impossible to ignore the fact that millions of people were suffering worldwide.

“I honestly want to help,” she said. “I don’t believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning.”