Dr. Claire Crawford

Instructor

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Biography

Claire Crawford is a Teaching Associate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Fellow with the Global South Research Group at King’s College London. She completed her ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of York, focusing on digital governance and social movements. Her research intersects transnational social movements, digital politics, feminist postcolonial theory, and the political economy of India. Claire holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary India from King’s India Institute and a Bachelor’s degree in History and Italian from the University of Leeds. She completed her PhD in Politics at King’s College London, where she was a Leverhulme Fellow in a doctoral programme investigating the future of changing international orders through interdisciplinary and interregional perspectives. In her early career, she worked as a project manager and has since held positions as a Research Associate and Associate Lecturer at York, where she taught courses on Postcolonial Gender Politics. Claire is a member of the Algorithmic Governance Research Network and volunteers with EduAccess and Age UK.

Research Interests

Courses

Comparative Politics Transnational Social Movements (Postgraduate)

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.