Charlie is a first year PhD student in political thought, funded by an AHRC-M4C doctoral studentship award.
His research interests are in the history of political thought, particularly focussed on: the political and legal theories of Hugo Grotius and Thomas Hobbes, constitutionalism, friendship in political philosophy, and conceptions of sovereignty, rights, and resistance.
Before beginning his doctoral studies, Charlie received a BA (Hons) in Politics and Global Studies from the University of Winchester and an MLitt in International Political Theory from the University of St Andrews.
Selim's PhD thesis explores the intersection of political ideas and public policy.
He graduated BA in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MA in international politics and economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advances International Studies (SAIS). He currently works at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV,) as an analyst focusing on Turkish politics and foreign policy. He is also a writing fellow with the US-based Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).
Nora holds a BA in Politics and International Relations (First Class), a MA in International Security and Terrorism (with Distinction) and a MA in Social Science Research (with Distinction) from the University of Nottingham. She is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Politics and International Relations.
Her doctoral project seeks to investigate the impact of European Union (EU) integration on the professionalisation of bureaucratic elites in post-communist Europe. Her research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Nora will act as a KnowledgeExchange Fellow on the CRISPI-led project 'Unholy Alliance? Testing the link between antisemitism and conspiracy theories to develop an enhanced education programme with the National Holocaust Centre'.
Joe completed his BA in Philosophy and Politics in 2014 from the University of Liverpool before undertaking an MA in Political and Legal Theory: Toleration in the Politics department at the University of York which he graduated from in 2015.
His masters dissertation was titled "What is Distinct about Left-Libertarianism" which distinguished various liberal schools of thought and drew out policy frameworks from left-libertarianism to show it's uniqueness.
He is currently researching the concept of "Self-Authorship" and the relationship of that to meaningful work and free market capitalism.
Hayley was awarded a BA degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and an MA in Philosophy from the Open University. She is studying for her PhD part time alongside her work as an occupational health and safety practitioner within the creative arts sector.
Hayley is developing a novel perfectionist theory of well-being that can be used in the quest to understand how our lives can go well for us.
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