About
Marina is a PhD candidate at the European Institute.
Her research investigates the relation between rising wealth inequalities and challenges to liberal democracies. Specifically, she is interested in the political economy of housing markets, exploring how financialized or exclusionary housing regimes generate political dissatisfaction, distrust and populist support, especially among young voters. Her broader interests concern the tensions between capitalist economies and liberal democratic systems.
Marina has an MPhil in Political and Economic Sociology from the University of Cambridge, where her thesis (awarded distinction) investigated the social meaning of persistent discrepancies in household wealth between the former Eastern and Western Germany. Previously, she graduated summa cum laude from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (SciencesPo)’s Bachelor’s program at the Reims Campus. Her professional experiences include working in the think tank and civil society sector on fiscal policy, public investment and the budgetary process, as well as in journalism.
Marina’s research is funded by an LSE studentship.