I'm a second-year MPhil candidate in Politics (Political Theory) at the DPIR, with a focus on silencing and self-censorship within debates on free speech and analytic feminist thought. More broadly, my interests extend to conceptual engineering, (un)civil disobedience, and political epistemology.
Before coming to Oxford, I graduated with a first-class BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Warwick.
I joined DPIR and the University of Oxford as a student reading for an MPhil in Politics (European Politics & Society) at Mansfield College in 2023. My main research interest is in the area of party politics and opposition studies. Under the supervision of Radoslaw Zubek, my MPhil dissertation explores legislative behaviour as a potential venue for pre-electoral coalition signalling. I currently work as research assistant to the Europe in a Changing World project at the European Studies Centre (St Antony's) and assistant to Dr Farsan Ghassim (Queen's).
On the occasion of the publication of the policy brief '10 Years Embracing Dialogue: Lessons from Civil Society for Peacebuilding', produced by the transnational organisation Rodeemos el Diálogo (ReD, Embrace Dialogue), panelists reflect on the main lessons, strategies, and challenges of civil society engagement in support of peace processes.
Barbora completed her MPhil in International Relations in June 2024 and is going on to study for a DPhil in Areas Studies of Russia and East Europe at the University of Oxford.
John is a Project Administrator working within DPIR’s Research Facilitation Team, providing day-to-day administration for DPIR research projects in which his time has been costed, and contributing to a range of other post-award and research facilitation activities in the department.
