Dr Lucia Ardovini
Lecturer in International Relations (IR Theory)Research Overview
My research focuses on the intersection of social movements, transnational activism and ideology. Through the study of social movements such as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, I investigate the role that identity, religion, ideology and forced displacement play in bringing about social and political change. I also focus on identity politics, looking at how collective identities are challenged by the emergence of individual agency in social movements that are undergoing internal and external transformations.
Research Interests
social movements; political Islam; transnational activism; ideology; revolution; state-society relations.
Current Teaching
IR.100 - International Relations: Theory and Practice.
PPR.280 - International Relations, Security and Sustainability.
PPR.410 - Major Approaches to the Study of International Relations.
PhD Supervision Interests
I am interested in supervising PhD projects in the following areas: social movements; transnational activism; diaspora; political Islam; state-society relations; revolutions; ideology; MENA region.
- Richardson Institute for Peace Studies