I am a DPhil candidate in Politics at the DPIR. In my doctoral thesis, I seek to explain the trajectory of European integration through the structure of domestic party competition, and especially by reference to how European integration relates to other issues in the political space. This, in turn, is a product of how salient the issue was at the time of party system formation, and can thus be explained by the historical legacy of democratisation. More generally, I am interested in party competition, European integration, and historical political economy.

Laura Sjoberg is Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and Official Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Exeter College. Her research addresses issues of gender and security, with focus on politically violent women, feminist war theorising, sexuality in global politics, and political methodology. She teaches, consults, and lectures on gender in global politics, and on international security. Her work has been published in more than 50 books and journals in political science, law, gender studies, international relations, and geography.