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Name Title Research Interests Contact Information
Monalisa Adhikari PhD Student Indian security and foreign policy,Chinese Foreign Policy,International peacebuilding,Fragile and conflict affected states,Political settlements,International Engagement,Emerging powers,Fragile States,South Asia,Nepal,Myanmar   s1349960@sms.ed.ac.uk
Talal Alkhadher PhD Student Middle East Politics,Arab political thought,Moderation Theory,Social movements,Secularism,Islamic political thought,Egypt,Arab Liberalism   T.Alkhadher@ed.ac.uk
Camilo Ardila Arévalo PhD Student Peace and conflict,Theories of democracy,Comparative constitutionalism,just war theory,ethics,Peace and reconciliation processes   Camilo.Ardila@ed.ac.uk
Salvatore FP Barillà PhD Student EU external relations,European Union,China,EU-China,World Trade Organization,International Trade,foreign investment,Dispute Resolution,International Relations,International Political Economy,China and East Asia,ideas and foreign policy,International Law & International Relations,European Union Law,international dispute settlement   salvatore.barilla@ed.ac.uk
Emilia Belknap PhD Student Voting Behaviour,Electoral and Referendum behaviour,Devolution and constitutional change in the UK,Feminist Theory,Gender and Politics,Feminism,Feminist Theories and Research Practices,Political Behaviour,Mixed methods,Quantitative Methods,Qualitative Methods,Experimental Methodologies,Surveys,Focus Groups,Gender Theory   Emilia.Belknap@ed.ac.uk
Francesco Bertoldi PhD Student Territorial politics,Elections,Ethnic conflict,Northern Ireland,Power-sharing agreements,Electoral Systems in Divided Societies,Identity Politics,Social Identity Theory,Discourse Analysis,Ethnicity and Identity   f.bertoldi@sms.ed.ac.uk
Benedikt Buechel PhD Student Political Theory,The Ethics of Migration,Statelessness,Human Rights,Sovereignty,Territorial Rights,Self-Determination,Feminist Theory   Benedikt.Buechel@ed.ac.uk
Thomas Charman PhD Student Gender,gender and international relations,gender based violence,sexual violence,Gender and conflict,Masculinities,Militarised Masculinities,Sexual violence against men,Feminism,Poststructuralism,Discourse Analysis,Frame Analysis   tcharman@exseed.ed.ac.uk, s1460585@sms.ed.ac.uk
Kitty Chou PhD Student Counterterrorism,Terrorism,Political violence,political psychology,Research Ethics,qualitative and mixed methods research projects using in-depth interviews   +44 (0) 744 951 4023
cchou@ed.ac.uk
Christina Dineen PhD Student Contemporary political theory,Political philosophy,Applied ethics,Ethics and morality,Resource allocation,Well-being,Bioethics   Doctoral Researcher
christina.dineen@ed.ac.uk
Joseph Conrad PhD Student climate justice,corporate ethics,collective agency,social ontology,political theory,moral philosophy,environmental ethics,sustainability   joseph.conrad@ed.ac.uk
Yazmin Morlet Corti PhD Student privacy,online privacy,Cyberspace as political space,Political Culture,public policy,Comparative Politics,Big Data Analytics,Science and technology,data protection,behaviour,attitudes,Quantitative Analysis,policy preferences   Yazmin.Morlet@ed.ac.uk
Cleo Davies PhD Student International Organisations,European studies,The politics of financial market supervision and regulation,International Political Economy   cleo.davies@ed.ac.uk
Kathy Dodworth PhD Student Theories of Legitimacy,Social capital,Foucault,state-society relations,NGOs and Development,Non-state actors,Bourdieu,Ethnography,Tanzania,African studies   kathy.dodworth@ed.ac.uk
Adrian Favero PhD Student European Union,Urban Governance,Return / transnational migration,Europeanisation and Globalisation,Central Eastern Europe   A.Favero@ed.ac.uk
Ricardo Ribeiro Ferreira PhD Student State-media relations,Journalism and democracy,Media Capture,Disinformation,Populism,Social media and politics,Brazil   ricardo.rf@ed.ac.uk
Louis Fletcher PhD Student   louis.fletcher@ed.ac.uk
Isabella Gabrovsky PhD Student Britain,ethnography,identity politics,Migration and development,minority rights,Multiculturalism,nationalism,Policy,National Identity   Isabella.Gabrovsky@ed.ac.uk
Barbara Gaweda PhD Student gender,post-communism,post-Soviet politics,Central Eastern Europe,Feminism,Feminist institutionalism,Ukraine,Discourse Theory,Feminist Research,Postcolonialism,Europeanization,nationalism,Inequality,Feminist theory/research,Sexuality,discourse analysis,Gender & intersectionality   B.J.Gaweda@sms.ed.ac.uk
Joe Gazeley PhD Student Mali,Foreign Policy Analysis,European Security,French Postcolonial Relations,State Formation,Political History   Joe.Gazeley@ed.ac.uk
Victor Gigleux PhD Student International Relations,Small States,European studies,International peace-keeping operations,EU external relations,Role Theory,Foreign Policy Analysis   +44(0)7842555104
victorgigleux14@gmail.com
Omar Alejandro Loera PhD Student Mexico,Foreign Policy,Domestic sources of Foreign Policy,Geopolitics,Mexico-U.S. relations,Autonomy in Foreign Policy,the structure/agency problem,Role Theory   +44 7712128579
o.loera@ed.ac.uk
Alice Hague PhD Student Environment,Climate change,community activism,faith-based activism,advocacy,mobilisation,environmental politics,environmental ethics,UK,USA,Sweden   alice.hague(at)ed.ac.uk
No Photo Philipp Heinrich PhD Student European Identities, Public Attachment to the EU, Public Attitudes, Experimental Approaches   philipp.heinrich@ed.ac.uk
Jessica E. Hewkin PhD Student Politics of immigration,Policy construction,American politics/history/political development,Feminist Research   jessica.hewkin@ed.ac.uk
Yukinori Iwaki PhD Student Social and Political Theory,Political Philosophy,Global justice,poverty,Environment,labour,time,Climate change   yiwaki@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Marc S. Jacob PhD Student Elections,organizations and institutions,Political parties,Quantitative Research,Comparative Political Behavior   M.S.Jacob@sms.ed.ac.uk
Patrick Jahnke PhD Student Socially Responsible Investment (SRI),Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),International Political Economy,Stakeholder Theory,Financial Intermediation,Corporate Governance,Fiduciary Capitalism,Agency Theory,Shareholder Voting Rights   +49 172 342 7533
p.d.jahnke@sms.ed.ac.uk
Camilo Jara-Villalobos PhD Student Administrative Law,Administrative Sanctions,Politics of transparency and accountability,Freedom of Information,Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies,Information Commissioners,Quantitative Research Methods   c.jara-villalobos@ed.ac.uk
Beth Katz PhD Student Social inclusion,Politics of immigration,Adaptation,Interdisciplinary research,Multi-level governance,Adaptive governance,Diversity,Inequality,Innovation,Immigration,Cross-sector collaboration,Coproduction,Mixed methods   beth.katz@ed.ac.uk
Jaida Casakit Keaveney PhD Student Middle East Politics,Iraq,State building,Sectarianism,health care systems,policy and interventions,Islamic political thought   J.C.Keaveney@sms.ed.ac.uk
Thijs Keulen PhD Student Critical Social and Political Theory,Democratic Theory,Work and Labour,Critical Phenomenology,Marxism,Power and Subjectivation,Capitalism and democracy   T.Keulen@sms.ed.ac.uk
Hsinyen Lai PhD Student Historical sociology,Gramsci and Marxist Theory,ideas and foreign policy,International Relations of the Middle East,the Gulf Arab states,the Arab Left,nationalism and capitalism,China's Middle Eastern policy   s1264771@sms.ed.ac.uk
Yue Liu PhD Student International Relations,Regional Security,International Law of the Sea,Maritime Disputes,Geopolitics,China and East Asia,Southeast Asia,International Order Transformation,US-China/Asia relations   liu.yue@ed.ac.uk
Nokwazi Makanya PhD Student Public budgeting,Legislative behaviour,Political economy of budget processes,South African politics,Institutions and institutional change   N.Makanya@sms.ed.ac.uk
Ritumbra Manuvie PhD Student Climate change Migration,Governance,Public Policy,Institutions and institutional change,South Asia,Borderlands,Wicked Problems   s0978558@sms.ed.ac.uk
Sissela Matzner PhD Student Foreign Policy,Political parties,Responsibility,Narratives,Humanitarianism,Political violence,Conflict,Military intervention  
Oscar Moreno-Martinez PhD Student Technology and Innovation Studies,Colombian Armed Conflict,Military-Technical Change,Insurgency & Counter-Insurgency,United States Foreign Security Policy,War Studies   oscar.moreno@ed.ac.uk
Wassim Mroue PhD Student Middle East Politics,IR and Middle East,Sectarianism   s1675407@sms.ed.ac.uk
Cera Murtagh PhD Student Post-conflict societies,Peace and conflict,Ethnicity and Identity,Nationalism and National Identity,Political parties,Social movements,gender politics   0131 651 3785
c.e.murtagh@sms.ed.ac.uk
Martyna Napierska PhD Student documents,Archives,Community Development,migrant integration,political theory,local governance and grassroots democracy,digital culture,Digital ethnography,Social Power   s1532691@sms.ed.ac.uk
Tanita Jill Poeggel PhD Student Immigration and asylum policy,political theory,asylum seekers and refugees,critical migration research,Migration and citizenship,Social movements,critical theory,national identity,Memory politics   s1655289@sms.ed.ac.uk
No Photo Ioana Popescu PhD Student (re)humanisation,Peace and conflict,participatory research,Arts-Based Research Methods,Theatre & Performance,political emotions,Ethics,interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches,Arts and politics   Ioana.Popescu[at]ed.ac.uk
Ivar Vargas Rivas PhD Student International Security,Artificial Intelligence and Robotics,International Humanitarian Law,Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems,Pierre Bourdieu,Ontological Security Theory,Chile,International Relations,AI ethics,Disarmament,ethnography   ivar.vargas@ed.ac.uk
Alec Ross PhD Student Social and Political Theory,Refugee studies,Applied ethics,Human rights,marketisation,Immigration and asylum policy,Forced migration,Ethics and markets   (+44) 738 068 0708
Alec.Ross@ed.ac.uk
No Photo Sofiane Sahnoun PhD Student identity politics,national identity,Citizenship and belonging   07778144310
s1368857@sms.ed.ac.uk
Anthony Salamone PhD Student European integration,European Union,Brexit,Scottish-European relations,UK-EU relations,Scottish politics,Devolution,British politics,UK foreign policy,Public opinion,Public policy,Europeanisation,Comparative politics   A.M.Salamone@ed.ac.uk
No Photo Fiona Sarwar PhD Student Human rights,Foreign Policy,Scotland,Sub-state diplomacy,Paradiplomacy,Feminist Foreign Policy,Scottish Government,Women,Peace and Security,Peace and conflict,Scottish Nationalism,Rights-based Approaches,Devolution and UK constitution   F.J.Sarwar@sms.ed.ac.uk
Andrew Scott PhD Student energy politics,energy security,business regulation,environmental politics,Public policy,Comparative Politics,policy networks,policy community,Politics of oil   s0823307@sms.ed.ac.uk
Talia Shoval PhD Student Just war theory,Environmental ethics,Justice and non-human animals,Moral philosophy,Political theory,Political philosophy,Non-anthropocentrism,Applied ethics   Talia.Shoval@ed.ac.uk
Judith Sijstermans PhD Student Political parties,European Union,Policy learning,Europeanization,Nationalism,Regionalism,Socialization,Policy networks,Policy transfer,Multi-level governance,British Politics   judith.sijstermans@ed.ac.uk
Lukas Slothuus PhD Student Political theory,Political philosophy,Marxism,Critical theory,Resistance,Contentious politics,Political affect,Radical democracy,Civil disobedience   Lukas.Slothuus@ed.ac.uk
Saskia Smellie PhD Student Politics of Migration and Asylum Policy,Responsibility-Sharing,European Union,Foreign Policy,Role Theory   07530 882515
Saskia.Smellie@ed.ac.uk
Deanna Soloninka PhD Student State-minority relations,International organisations,European institutions,Nationalism and national identity,Minority rights,post-Soviet politics,Comparative politics   d.soloninka@ed.ac.uk
Pietro Stefanini PhD Student Political violence,Settler Colonialism,Humanitarianism,War,Militarism,Anticolonial Resistance,International Relations,Middle East Politics,Israel/Palestine,Refugee studies   P.A.Stefanini@sms.ed.ac.uk
Damian Strycharz PhD Student Russian foreign policy,Foreign policy analysis,Role theory,Post-Soviet space   damian.strycharz@ed.ac.uk
No Photo Yifang Sun PhD Student political psychology,US foreign policy,Foreign Policy Analysis   s1563324@sms.ed.ac.uk
Consuelo Thiers PhD Student political psychology,Foreign Policy Analysis,Latin American Foreign Policies,At-a-distance personality assessment of political leaders   consuelo.thiers@ed.ac.uk
Larissa Toal PhD Student Feminism,Nationalism,women's and social movements,Critical Discourse Analysis,Gender and conflict   s1269429@sms.ed.ac.uk
Alexis Montambault Trudelle PhD Student Political economy,The Gulf States,Sovereign Wealth Funds,Institutions and institutional change,Middle East Politics,State building,Financial Markets,Political Economy of Oil,Rentier States   A.Montambault-Trudelle@sms.ed.ac.uk
Patrick Utz PhD Student Territorial politics,Party politics,Europeanization   patrick.utz@ed.ac.uk
Kim Vender PhD Student Climate Change Policy,Chinese Foreign Policy,Role Theory,Global leadership,Ecosystems-based adaptation and mitigation,International Responsibility of Emerging Powers,Blue Carbon,Development Cooperation   kim.vender@ed.ac.uk
Ingmar Versolmann PhD Student European Union,EU Energy Policy,New Institutionalism,EU external relations,European Intergration,Energy politics,Energy security   +44 (0) 778 774 4004
iversolm@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Gisli Vogler PhD Student political theory,Social theory,Political memory and historical injustice,Theories of democracy,Power,the structure/agency problem,Critical Social and Political Theory   s1668190@sms.ed.ac.uk
Cat Wayland PhD Student Critical Social and Political Theory,Political Philosophy,Methodology in political theory,Critical epistemologies,politics of knowldge production,Decolonisation,Intersectionality   cwayland@ed.ac.uk
Luba Zatsepina-McCreadie PhD Student Nuclear Weapons,Identity,Non-proliferation,Post-structuralism,Discourse Analysis,Gender,Cold War,IR and Security studies   L.Zatsepina@sms.ed.ac.uk, lzatsepi@exseed.ed.ac.uk