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Email: ioanna.gkoutna[at]eui.eu

Bluesky: @IoannaGkoutna

Curriculum Vitae

Welcome! I am an incoming Max Weber fellow in Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute. 

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My research is situated at the intersection of political behaviour and political sociology. I study household-level sources of gender inequalities in political engagement, across a variety of empirical contexts. To study this topic, I employ a combination of original experimental and observational survey, archival, and micro-level qualitative data. 

 

In July 2026, I defended my PhD in Political Science at University College London (UCL), where I was an Economic and Social Research Council scholar (Advanced Quantitative Methods stream) and a Next Economy Trust fellow. Before joining UCL, I completed an MPhil in Politics at the University of Oxford and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Warwick.  ​​

Working papers

  • Household Work and the Gendered Distribution of Power (with Sigrid Weber). 
  • The Mental Load and Gendered Dimensions of Political and Civic Engagement: Descriptive Evidence from Zambia (with Sigrid Weber). (Revised & resubmitted)

  • Pulling for the Party: Electoral Campaign Strategies and Information Embeddedness in Zimbabwe. (with Adam Harris and Nicole Beardsworth).  (Revised & resubmitted)

  • Party Activists in Zambia and Zimbabwe: Formal and Informal Networks, Information, and Voter Behaviour. (with Adam Harris and Nicole Beardsworth). (Accepted in edited volume)

Teaching

Senior Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (UCL) 

  • 2025-2026: Quantitative Data Analysis  (POLS0083)

  • 2024-2025: Quantitative Data Analysis  (POLS0083)

  • 2023-2024: Principles of Social Science Research (POLS0007) ​

Guest Lecturer (UCL)

  • Development in the Global Economy (POLS0109)

  • Identity Politics: Prejudice, Inclusion and Equal Rights (POLS0058) 

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