Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni

Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at Nuffield College. She received her PhD at the LSE's European Institute. Her research focuses on the politics and political economy of place in European countries.

Film Screening and Discussion: SPACES OF EXCEPTION dir. Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny, 2019 United States/Lebanon

Spaces of Exception is a documentary film that profiles the terrains of the Indian reservation and the
Palestinian refugee camp, “spaces of exception” that have become essential in the struggle for
decolonization and indigenous autonomy. Shot between 2014 to 2017, Spaces of Exception observes
and juxtaposes the communities and struggles of the American Indian reservation and the Palestinian
refugee camp. It visits reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, New York, and South Dakota, as well

Post-Election Analysis of Taiwan’s 2024 Elections

On 13 January 2024, 14 million Taiwanese voters went to the polling stations and elected the new president, vice president, and legislators of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Securing 40% of the votes, William Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the presidential race against his opponents: Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT) with 33.5%, and Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) with 26.5%.

When Politics Trumps Merit: The Politics of Workplace Cooperation

A growing body of research shows that partisan animosity has implications in nonpolitical settings, including dating, hiring practices, or economic interactions. Much less is known, however, about its impact on workplace cooperation between colleagues, especially when information about coworkers’ competence – an important characteristic in the context of work – is also available. In this article, we investigate how workes balance information about coworkers’ political leanings with their competence.

Family Matters: Family Ties Shape Support for Policies, with Political Implications

Family Matters: How Family Concerns Relate to Policy Preferences and Political Choice
Work with Zack Grant and Geoffrey Evans, Nuffield Politics Research Centre, Nuffield College

Where do people get their policy preferences from? We argue that one over-looked, but important mechanism, is people’s family ties, comprising a key ‘in-group’ through which emotional bonds and linked fates mean the financial well-being of close family members, and the risks of supporting them, form an important driver of policy preferences and political choices.
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