Ioanna Gkoutna

Biography:

Ioanna is a PhD student at the Department of Political Science and holds an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship (Advanced Quantitative Methods stream). 

Before joining UCL, Ioanna completed an MPhil in Politics (Comparative Government) at the University of Oxford (Nuffield College) and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Warwick. 

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PhD title:

Intra-Household Dynamics, Gender Norm Formation, and Women’s Political Participation 

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Research summary:

Ioanna’s primary research interests are in comparative political behaviour and gender and politics.

In her PhD project, Ioanna focuses on the politics of the household. Specifically, she explores how gender norms emerge, persist and are enforced at the household and community levels, and how these norms affect women's participation in politics. Ioanna is also interested in the causes and consequences of the “mental load” (i.e., cognitive household labour), through the lens of gender.

A second strand of Ioanna’s research relates to the workings of social networks, and their implications for various outcomes, including political behaviour and the implementation of clientelistic strategies. 

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Research interests:

• Gender & Politics 
• Political Behaviour
• Comparative Politics 
• Political Sociology 
• Economic History 
• Quantitative Methods 

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Research groups:

Comparative Politics, Political Economy and Political Behaviour, Migration Cluster

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Teaching:

PGTA for the ‘Principles of Social Science Research’ module in Term 1 of the 2023-2024 academic year.