Leandre Benoit
I am a DPhil candidate in Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR). My doctoral research explores how political parties, particularly in Europe, compete over democratic legitimacy—a dimension often overlooked in traditional models of party competition. I am particularly interested in how legitimacy claims are articulated, challenged, and reshaped in electoral discourse and political contestation; and how voters react to them.
Nahjae Nunes
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Democracy On The Rocks?
Voices from North Korea
This event brings together North Korean defectors to share their lived experiences of defection, adaptation, and identity in South Korea. It is hosted by Hayoun Noh, a DPhil candidate in the Human-Centered AI group (supervised by Prof. Max Van Kleek) at the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. Her research explores how digital technologies shape the transition of defectors from one of the least connected societies in the world to one of the most digitally advanced.
Islam and Democracy: Whose Rule? Which Sovereignty?
To whom does 'sovereignty' belong, and what does the Islamic intellectual tradition have to say about this? While some scholars argue that a normative commitment to democracy compromises the sovereignty of God, thinkers like Rached Ghannouchi hold that democracy is an expression of a delegated power of vicegerency (or caliphate) granted to humanity by God.