I am a political theorist interested in questions of democracy (deliberative and participatory approaches), inequality, and urban governance. My work is interdisciplinary and combines normative political theory with qualitative methods and a public policy focus.

Before joining King’s as a lecturer, I have been a postdoctoral research associate here at King’s and an LSE Fellow at the London School of Economics. My postdoctoral project ‘Coping with Complexity and Urban Inequality: Dilemmas of Democratic Mega-city Governance’ was fully funded by the Economic and Social Research Council UK. My PhD is from the London School of Economics, Government Department (2020). I am also a member of the Leadership Collective of the Critical Policy Studies Related Group, American Political Science Association.

You can visit my website here.

Office hours

Marta is on leave in the 2024/25 academic year and will not be holding office hours.

Teaching

I have been teaching a range of courses within PPE (Politics, Philosophy, and Economics) and Political Theory, including:

• Ethics, Economics and Public Policy
• Key Concepts of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of the City
• Ethics and Public Policy
• Introduction to Political Theory
• Political Theory of Finance

Publications

Peer-reviewed

Dacombe, R., Wojciechowska, M. (forthcoming). Social Choice and Citizen Participation: Reconciling Public Administration and Democratic Theory, Political Studies Review.

Wojciechowska, M. (2023). From Lived Urban Experiences to Cross-Contextual Norms: A Selection Dilemma, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, DOI: doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2023.2231821

Wojciechowska, M. (2022). Understanding Megacities. An Argument on the Role of Democratic Ideals. Political Geography, 97, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102693

Wojciechowska, M. (2022). Ercan, Hendriks and Boswell: Mending democracy: democratic repair in disconnected times, Democratization, DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2022.2073439 (review)

Wojciechowska, M. (2022). Participation Is Not Enough: an Argument for Emancipation as a Foundation of Participatory Theorising. Representation, 58:2, 155-168

Wojciechowska, M. (2019). Towards Intersectional Democratic Innovations. Political Studies, 67(4), 895-911.

Wojciechowska, M. (2019). Completely Theorized Agreements. A Different Reading of the Consensus Paradox Hypotheses. Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 15(1).

Policy reports:

Haggar T., Hewlett K., Hall S., Piggott H., Regan Z., Hesketh R., Wojciechowska M., Dacombe R. (2023) Breaking Point. The cost-of-living crisis in London, and what can be done about it. DOI: 10.18742/pub01-155

Lawson, G., Haggar, T., Hewlett, K., Hall, S., Piggott, H., Hesketh, R., Regan, Z., Wojciechowska, M., Dacombe, R., & Morgan, C. (2023). Experiencing the cost-of-living crisis: the impact on mental health. https://doi.org/10.18742/pub01-154

Wojciechowska, M. (2022). London during the Pandemic: Local Democracy and Inequality https://doi.org/10.18742/pub01-076

Bussu, S., Golan Y., Hargreaves A., Bua A., Falanga R., Fleuß D., Forde C., Williams E., Wojciechowska M. (2022). Understanding developments in Participatory Governance. A report on findings from a scoping review. Manchester Metropolitan University.

Dacombe, R., Allen, G., Carugati, F., Blick, A., Bol, D., Duffy, B., Wojciechowska, M. (2021). Written evidence for the Inquiry into the Future governance of the UK (FGU0019). House of Lords Constitution Committee.