Faye Shen Li Thijssen
I am a first-year MPhil student in Politics (Comparative Government) at Pembroke College, Oxford working under the supervision of Professor Robin Harding. My current research aims to better understand and examine potential relationships between indirect influences of corporate marketing on public opinion and broader systems of polarization, particularly within the context of environmentalism in advanced democracies.
Geoeconomic implications of the Japan-EU Relations – trade, digitalization and sustainability
The economic partnership agreement together with the subsequent strategic partnership agreement has laid the foundation for both width and depth in the EU-Japan relationship. Collaboration around the rules based world order is important for both parties in combination with facilitating frameworks for digitalization and a transition towards a green economy.
Deviant women: citizenship, political participation, and incarceration of the secular left in post-revolutionary Iran (1979-1990)
Biography: Rosa Rahimi recently completed her MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Before Oxford, she earned a BA in Politics and International Relations from Trinity College, Cambridge.
The Ethics of Countering Disinformation: Navigating Normative Ideals in the Age of Fake News
Theories such as Habermas’ discourse ethics correspond well with our conception of the function of public discourse in democratic societies. However, many fail to recognise the theory’s normative character. It was never presented as a theory of what once was, is, or could ever become a reality. In this presentation, Alicia Fjällhed from Lund University presents the issues arising from this misconception, addressing the empirical limits of the ideal.
WRRS AND MENA POLITICS JOINT EVENT - Women and electoral politics in Iran and Turkey: Undemocratic structures and feminist resistance
Abstract: Advocates of women's rights have long demanded women’s greater access to political office, especially the national parliament, with hopes to influence policy making with feminist agendas. However, feminist activists’ focus on electoral politics has been mixed in autocratic and patriarchal contexts. While some research pointed to the role of critical actors in policy making who act as feminist insiders, others warned about the futility of such intentions in undemocratic contexts. Comparing Iran and Turkey in recent decades, Dr.
Kabuki music and compositions
Denjiro Tanaka VII and his associates will perform a selection of Kabuki music and his compositions. Denjiro plays the kotsuzumi (small hand drum) and Tatsuichiro Imafuji plays the shamisen (three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument) and other musical instruments. He will explain the various features of instruments and invite the audience onto the stage to try the musical instruments. The event will conclude with Q&A session.
Lily Green
Lily is a DPhil student at the Department of Politics and International Relations, specialising in authoritarian politics, environmental governance, and state-society relations, with a regional focus on Russia and the post-Soviet space. Her research explores how autocratic regimes maintain control and legitimacy among populations facing material, environmental, and political pressures, and how citizens experience and respond to these dynamics both within and beyond national borders.
Juliet Paiva
I am a second-year MPhil candidate in Political Theory, studying the intersection of democratic theory and political epistemology. My research broadly explores the role of truth in democracy. My MPhil dissertation examines cases of deep disagreement in the age of so-called “post-truth” politics—instances where different groups within democracies cannot agree on facts. Drawing on epistemic theories of deliberative democracy, social epistemology, and group cognition, I argue that the popular post-truth explanations misdiagnose the problem of deep disagreement in democracy.
Konstantin Niewerth
Konstantin Niewerth is reading for an MPhil in European Politics and Societies in St Antony's College. His main research interest is in immigrant political participation: his thesis covers the impact of country of origin economic conditions on political behaviour in migrants' host countries.
Before joining Oxford for his MPhil, Konstantin studied Classics at Durham University, with a focus on ancient philosophy and politics. Outside of Academia, Konstantin worked as a Campaign Organiser for the Green Party of England and Wales in the lead-up to the May 2023 local elections.