I am a first-year DPhil student in Politics at Nuffield College. In my current research I explore the relevance of social identities for linkages between voters and political movements, considering both the short term effect of political movements' symbolic appeals to social groups on voting behaviour and the long term role of these more symbolic, identity based linkages for processes of cleavage formation. My work is guided by a more general interest in the role of political actors during processes of attitude and preference formation.

Anjali Sarker leads a wide range of leadership development programmes for students and professionals. Her responsibilities include programme design and delivery and strategic partnership development with universities and other institutions. Previously, she was an international development practitioner and an expert on leadership, innovation, and human development. She is a Dalai Lama Fellow, a Senior Atlantic Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE), a Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum, and a New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute.