Dr. Armine Ishkanian

Biography

Armine Ishkanian is a prominent academic and the Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. She specializes in examining the relationship between civil society, democracy, and development. Her research focuses on how social movements and civil society organizations engage in policy processes and transformative politics across various countries, including Armenia, Egypt, Greece, Russia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Ishkanian has co-convened the Politics of Inequality research programme and is currently engaged in several research projects, including the Activism, Policy, Transformation (APT) project which addresses how the ideas and actions of movements influence social policy and socio-political transformations. Her work is characterized by an international, collaborative research methodology that emphasizes dialogue between scholars and practitioners from diverse regions such as Africa, post-socialist Eurasia, and the Middle East. She has published in numerous academic journals and authored books addressing civil society, democracy, and social welfare. As a trustee of a local charity in North London, Ishkanian supports young people through mentoring and training initiatives. She is open to PhD inquiries and has expertise in civil society, social movements, democracy, and inequality.

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