About

Dr Athina Mara is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Roehampton (London, UK). Athina is an experienced qualitative researcher, social media and policy discourse analyst and M&E expert, with strong collaborations with various consortiums on several European and International research projects, NGOs and the civic society. Athina’s research focuses on sociology, social policy, gender, sexuality, kinship, migration, (in) equalities, and integration in EU societies.

Research Interests

Europe (Central and Eastern), Citizenship, Civil Society, Comparative Politics, Democracy, Democratisation, Development, European Politics, Gender, Globalisation, Governance, Government, Human Rights, National Identity, Nationalism, Policy Analysis, Regulation, Religion, Representation, Social Capital, Social Policy, Social Welfare, Welfare State, Political Sociology, Critical Theory, Family, Feminism, Identity, Immigration, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, Neo-Realism, Post-Modernism, Post-Structuralism, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Qualitative, Race, Education, Asylum, Council of Europe, Differentiation, Euroscepticism, Liberalism, Mixed Methods, Narratives, National Perspective, NGOs, Political Ideology, Southern Europe, Capitalism, Demoicracy, LGBTQI, Political Cultures

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Gender and Politics
• Citizenship
• Southern European Politics
• Political Sociology
• Mediterranean Politics and Society
• Human Rights and Transitional Justice
• Identity