Dr Anna Gwiazda is a Reader in Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Economy. Before joining King’s in September 2010, Anna worked at Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. She was also a Visiting Scholar at the European University Institute, Sussex European Institute, Australian National University and the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She has a PhD from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, an M.A. in Political Science from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary and a BA in Economics from Technical University in Radom, Poland.

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Research

Anna’s research focuses on women’s political representation, gender equality, the quality of democracy, democratization, European politics and Polish politics. Her past work has also included research on the Europeanisation of public policies.

Currently, Anna is working on several projects. She is a co-investigator on the ERC Synergy Grant project QUALREP: The Quality of Women's Political Representation (2023-28, funded by UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee). She is also researching feminist movements in times of democratic backsliding and political responses to violence against women.

She has published two special issues: ‘Politics and Gender in Eastern Europe’ in Politics & Gender and ‘Women’s Political Representation in Central and Eastern Europe’ in East European Politics.

In 2015, Routledge published Anna's book titled 'Democracy in Poland'. This work has been reviewed in various academic journals, including West European Politics , East European Politics, Slavic Review and Democratization. The book is now available in paperback and can be found on the Routledge website.

Teaching

• Gender Politics and Public Policy (MA Module)
• Women & Politics (third-year undergraduate module)