Dr Marnie Howlett

Dr Marnie Howlett is a Departmental Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) and Oxford's School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA). She is also an Associate Member at Nuffield College.

Marnie's research lies at the nexus of geopolitics, cartography, borders, and nationalism within the former Soviet Union, particularly Ukraine. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in the country analysing the role of borders in shaping grassroots dynamics. She is currently finalising her first book monograph, which explores how imagined and territorial cartographies shape contemporary Ukrainian politics. Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, she has been working on several projects related to Ukrainian nation-building at the grassroots, including running public opinion and conjoint experiment surveys in the country. She has also begun work on her second book, which qualitative examines the motivations of ordinary Ukrainians who joined the Armed Forces immediately following Russia's 2022 invasion. Her main research interests also include qualitative methodologies and research ethics, as well as the use of digital, visual, and spatial methods for political science research.

Marnie holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), as well as a MA in Political Science and BA (High Honours) in International Studies from the University of Saskatchewan.

Supervisees: Eliska Vinklerova

Supervision Interests: Nationalism; Territory; International Relations; Ukraine; Research Methods and Ethics

X handle: @marnie_howlett

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