Ioanna Gkoutna

Ioanna is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science and holds an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship.

Ioanna smiles into the camera. She is standing in front of green foliage.

Email: ioanna.gkoutna.22@ucl.ac.uk

Biography:

Ioanna is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science and holds an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship.

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.

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.

Research title:

Social capital and socioeconomic development in sub-Saharan Africa.

Research interests:

Social capital, economic insecurity, kinship structure, cultural persistence, political socialisation, education.

Research groups:

Comparative Politics, Political Economy and Political Behaviour