Ms Asmaa Akhtar

Ms Asmaa Akhtar

Programme Manager (Global Engagement and Impact)

International Inequalities Institute

Telephone
+44 (0) 20 7107 5195
Room No
CBG 12.02
Languages
English
Key Expertise
Programme Manager

About me

Asmaa previously worked in LSE’s School of Public Policy, where she was the  Communications, Events and Alumni Engagement Officer. She supported their three postgraduate programmes focusing on public administration and public policy. Prior to joining LSE in 2015, Asmaa worked at an educational research company which examined both national and international educational systems.   

Asmaa completed her undergraduate degree in European Politics and her MSc in Ethnicity, Migration and Policy. She is excited to work for AFSEE and with the wider Atlantic Institute community. 

Expertise Details

Programme Manager

Recent Publications

  • Trevisan, F., Vaughan, M. & Vromen, A. (2025). Story Tech: Power, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy. University of Michigan Press. 
  • Vaughan, M. & Schieferdecker, D. (2025), 'Seeing a New Type of Economic Inequality Discourse: Inequality as Spectacle in the “Billionaire Space Race”', International Journal of Communication, 19 (1), 348-369 
  • Vaughan, M., & Kerr, S. (2025). Visual representations of wealth inequality in political communication. Visual Communication.
  • Vaughan, M., Gruber, J. B., & Langer, A. I. (2025). The tension between connective action and platformisation: Disconnected action in the GameStop short squeeze. New Media & Society, 27(2), 632-654.