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Catherine Fieschi

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Catherine Fieschi is Demos' Director. Her research focuses on the relationship between institutions, mobilisation and identity politics. Catherine holds a PhD in Comparative Political Science from McGill University, is a contributing editor to Prospect Magazine, co-editor of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations and the author of In the Shadow of Democracy (MUP 2004).

Contact details:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7367 6318
Mobile: +44 (0) 7796171769
Email: catherine.fieschi@demos.co.uk

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 English, French, Italian native level. Spanish, fluent.

Catherine Fieschi is Demos' Director.  Her research focuses on the relationship between institutions, mobilisation and identity.  More specifically, she is interested in how we can understand patterns of personal preferences and emotional commitment as they relate to collective political behaviour .  How can contemporary institutions shape this relationship in ways that are empowering, creative and sustainable?

Catherine holds a PhD in Comparative Political Science from McGill University in Canada.   Before joining Demos in 2005, she was Director of the Centre for the Study of European Governance at the University of Nottingham. She is a regular commentator on  far right politics, identity politics and institutional analysis both in the UK and the rest of Europe and the author of In the Shadow of Democracy (MUP 2004) .

Catherine is a contributing editor for Prospect Magazine, she is co-editor of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, a Visiting Fellow in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, a Fellow of The Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queens University in Canada and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Bristol.  She is also a trustee of The Institute for Jewish Policy Research and a Member of the Board of  MASS, an organisation devoted to participation design and based in Toronto, Canada.

Born in Senegal, Catherine grew up in Italy, France and the US.  After a wonderfully long spell in Canada she came to the UK in 1993 for a six month research fellowship--she's now made plans to stay.

Her articles include: