Alicia Vignali

Alicia Vignali is a master's student at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, specialising in social science research. She also holds an MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities from the London School of Economics, as well as a BSc in Political Science with a focus on political theory from the University of Amsterdam. Alicia’s research interests centre on understanding the structural and institutional drivers behind individuals’ (political and increasingly polarised) behaviours, as well as how individuals navigate contradictions and contestations. For her master’s thesis, she examined how female supporters of populist radical right parties reconcile tensions in their views on gender and migration, using France as a case study. Her previous work experiences include working on LSE-funded research on education, and assisting research on the climate-migration nexus in a think tank.

At the WZB, Alicia contributes to several SCRIPTS projects, including research on Science Contestation and The Ecology of Individuals’ Disposition for Climate Change Populism.