I am currently reading for the MPhil in International Relations at DPIR. My specific research interests include questions about gender and intersectionality in the context of Eastern European security.
Prior to studying at Oxford, I received my B.S in Political Science and Foreign Area Studies with minors in Russian and Spanish language from the United States Air Force Academy.
Wilin’s research focuses on comparative political development, with a particular emphasis on party-building, institutional change, and democratisation after civil conflict. His doctoral thesis, Party-building after Civil Conflict: Insurgent Successor Parties in Latin America, examines how former insurgent groups navigate the transition to competitive electoral politics and the mechanisms by which they are more or less successful in party-building processes.
I am a DPhil candidate in political theory at St. Anne's College and a Graduate Teaching Assistant attached to Lincoln College.
My work concerns the boundary problem of democratic theory, which lies at the intersection of the philosophical foundations of democracy and of global justice. It seeks to answer the questions:
I am currently in my second year of the MPhil in European Politics and Society. My research interests are primarily extremism, radicalisation, and computational social science. My multidisciplinary background intersects in my current research looking at so-called gateway organisations in Europe: radical groups existing at the fringe of extremism and conservatism.
