Viktoria Maria Sochor is reading for an MPhil in Politics (European Politics and Society) at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. She studied Political Science and Law (BA) at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany. During her studies, she worked as a Tutor for International Relation Theories at Georg-August Universität at the Chair of International Relations (Professor Dr Anja Jetschke) as well as Student Research Assistant at the Göttinger Institute for Research on Democracy (Professor Dr Simon T. Franzmann). Her undergraduate thesis examined the institutional design and legal control mechanisms of decentralised agencies in the European Union.
During her studies, she took part in the Erasmus+ Project 'European Citizens' Initiative: A Tool for Engagement and Active Citizenship' at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, in cooperation with the University of Coimbra (Portugal), the University of Vigo (Spain), and the University Alexandru Ioan Cuza Diniasi (Romania). She was also part of the Trial Monitoring Team of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, supervised by Professor Dr h.c. Kai Amboss, concerning the first trial for international crimes committed in The Gambia in 2003 and 2006.
Before coming to Oxford, she worked as a Blue Book Trainee for the European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) in Brussels.
Her studies are funded by the German Academic Exchange Service and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.
Since May 2024, Viktoria Maria Sochor is postgraduate member of the Royal Historical Society (RHS).
Research Interests
- European Integration
- EU and Administrative Law
- Public International Law
- Competition Law and Policy
- EU External Relations and Foreign Policy
- Security Politics
Previous Professional Experience
- Blue Book Trainee, European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition (Unit A.5), Brussels
- Intern, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Sektorvorhaben Governance und Menschenrechte, Bonn
- Tutor for International Relation Theories at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Student Research Assistant at the Göttinger Institute for Research on Democracy
Languages
- German
- English
- Polish
- Spanish
Scholarships
- Postgraduate Vibeke Sørensen Grant from the European University Institute (2024)
- Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (since 03/2024)
- Scholarship of Deutschlandstiftung Integration (since 01/2024)
- Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service for Master Studies (since 10/2023)
- Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (‘Go East’), Brusov State University Yerevan, Armenia (08/2022)
- Scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (10/2019 - 02/2024)
Publications
- Assessing the Performance of Minority Governments in Europe: The Devil is in the Detail, OxPol Blog, 2024.
- Review of Defekte Visionen. Eine Intervention zur Zukunft der Europäischen Union (Broken Visions. An Intervention on the Future of the European Union) by Alexander Thiele, OxPol Blog, 2024.
- Der Reichsdeputationshauptschluss von 1803 – Hintergrund, Inhalt und Folgen, Göttinger Rechtszeitschrift, 2021 (1), 38-49.
