Dr Lucia Ardovini
Lecturer in International Relations (IR Theory)Professional Role
Director - The Richardson Institute.
Research Overview
Lucia is a Lecturer in International Relations and Programme Lead for IR. She is also the Director of the Richardson Institute and a Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Centre. Lucia is a founding member of the "Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK" Working Group and the "Tackling Transnational Repression" European Coalition.
Her works spans across academia and policy, and focuses on the intersection of transnational diaspora activism and transnational repression. She is particularly interested in exploring host states' policy responses to TRN, and actively works with the UK Parliament and the EU Parliament on informing institutional strategies to tackle this issue.
Research Interests
transnational activism; transnational repression; diaspora politics; social movements; authoritarianism.
PhD Supervision Interests
I am interested in supervising PhD projects in the following areas: transnational activism; transnational repression; diaspora politics; political Islam; authoritarianism.
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01/07/2025 → 30/06/2026
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03/10/2022 → 24/07/2023
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04/10/2021 → 01/07/2022
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- Ethics Values and Policy Initiative
- Richardson Institute for Peace Studies