DPhil in Politics: Political Theory
I am exploring the grounds upon which we can assign responsibility to corporations to advance social justice, both in terms of remedying historical injustices and promoting future distributive justice. I defend against the numerous objections, particularly the shareholder primacy objection.
Prior to starting the DPhil, I completed the following degrees:
My research interests include:
I’m a William Golding Junior Research Fellow at Brasenose College. As postdoctoral Research Associate at the DPIR and Oxford Martin Fellow I work on the Changing Global Orders programme at the Oxford Martin School. I recently completed a DPhil in International Relations at Balliol College and have held teaching positions at Utrecht University (2022-23) and at Pembroke College, University of Oxford (2021-22).
Ishrat is a Commonwealth Scholar (2016) pursuing her DPhil in International Relations as a member of Linacre College. Her research lies at the intersection between comparative and international politics and focuses on the politics of ethnicity, conflict and refugee movements. Her doctoral project investigates the impacts of large-scale refugee influx on the ethnic relations of the host country through the case of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh.