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MPhil and PhD Students

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William Bacon

William's research focuses on how states can reduce inter-ethnic electoral violence.

Email: william.bacon.22@ucl.ac.uk

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Alan Buckle

Alan is interested in the moral and political responsibilities of business executives concerning social justice.

Email: alan.buckle.21@ucl.ac.uk

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Andrea Caflisch

Andrea's research focuses on the role of inclusivity in post-conflict transitions, the politics of voluntary and forced migration, and the impact of economic deprivation and violence on political behaviour. 

Email: andrea.caflisch.16@ucl.ac.uk

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Marco Cappelluti

Marco Cappelluti's research interests are at the intersection of political economy, political behaviour and comparative politics, with a focus on economic insecurity, fiscal policies and political trust.

Email: marco.cappelluti.22@ucl.ac.uk

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Hanxu Dong

Hanxu Dong's research looks at local governance and political interaction from the perspective of “community”.

Email: hanxu.dong.21@ucl.ac.uk

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Max Emmett

Max's research is on how civil servants understand their policy making role within democratic states.

Email: max.emmett.17@ucl.ac.uk

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Ioanna Gkoutna

Ioanna’s research is on the field of political behaviour. Her thesis explores the process of social capital formation and its interplay with economic insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. She also works on topics of political socialisation in Europe.

Email: ioanna.gkoutna.22@ucl.ac.uk

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David Graham

David's examines how deliberative mini-publics (DMPs), such as citizens’ assemblies, influence attitudes toward democracy.

Email: david.graham.21@ucl.ac.uk

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Josh Goddard

Josh's research focuses on the relationships between housing and voting behaviour.

Email: joshua.goddard.22@ucl.ac.uk

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Zara Goldstone

Zara's research includes examining the potential of migration as a reparative measure for past harms such as colonialism.

Email: zara.goldstone.20@ucl.ac.uk

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Michael Jacobs

Michael's research focuses on protests and social movements, public discourse, agenda-setting, framing, and quantitative text analysis.

Email: michael.jacobs.21@ucl.ac.uk

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Tomás Jaeger Ljubetic

Tomás's research focuses on the role of ethics in policy analysis.

Email: tomas.jaeger.22@ucl.ac.uk

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Kaiser Kang

Kaiser's research interests are in the fields of International Political Economy, International Economic Law and Public International Law.

Email: ting.kang.22@ucl.ac.uk 

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Roland Kristo

Roland Kristo seeks to unpack the politics of macroeconomic misery. His research aims to better understand what shapes voter’s attitudes towards inflation and unemployment

Email: r.kristo@ucl.ac.uk

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Robin Lockyer-Von Dorrien

Robin Lockyer-Von Dorrien's research focuses on how historical injustices are reproduced through time, how states are historically involved with the reproduction of those, and which state responsibilities derive out of this involvement.

Email: robin.dorrien.21@ucl.ac.uk

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Seth MacCutcheon

Seth MacCutcheon's research into international relations focuses on the balance and relationship between deterrence and cultural/governmental normalization of interactions between nations.

Email: seth.maccutcheon.24@ucl.ac.uk

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Aidan Miao

Aidan's research focuses on the comparative political economy of environmental policy.

Email: aidan.miao.19@ucl.ac.uk

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Katy Norris

Katy's research focuses on the politics of education, and particularly the role of higher education institutions in fomenting and repressing political dissent.

Email: kathryn.norris.23@ucl.ac.uk

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Jay O'Connor

Jay’s doctoral research explores the relationship between democratic accountability and modern state governance in health and social care in England.

Email: j.oconnor@ucl.ac.uk

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Jane Perez

Jane Perez's research looks at LGBTQ+ rights, carribean politics and how colonialism and sovereignty play into the politics of change.

Email: jane.perez.24@ucl.ac.uk

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Iurii Shliakov

Iurii’s research centres around the question of how governments use their educational systems to achieve political goals.

Email: iurii.shliakov.24@ucl.ac.uk

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Yilin Su

Yilin’s research focuses on how state strategies of online disinformation affect social movement participants and public opinion, with a specific focus on Southeast Asia.

Email: yilin.su@ucl.ac.uk

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Haneen Zeglam

Haneen's research focuses on political cleavages, religious and class-based political mobilisation and the evolution of secularism in primarily post-colonial contexts. 

Email: haneen.zeglam.23@ucl.ac.uk

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