Zoe LEFKOFRIDI
- Visiting professor, Département d'études politiques et de gouvernance européennes (Campus Bruges)
Course offered: A Union of Equality: interdisciplinary perspectives on gender power in the EU and the world (30h)
Current position: Full professor of Politics and Gender, Diversity and Equality
Previous professional affiliations: European University Institute, University of Vienna
Education: College of Europe (Bruges), Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna, University of Vienna, University of Athens
Other professional activities:
- Coordinator of Push*Back*Lash https://pushbacklash.eu/
- WP Leader of ActEU: https://acteu.org/
- Editor, Political Participation, Frontiers in Political Science
- Member of the Senate, University of Salzburg
Research interests:
- Democracy and representation
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- European integration
Recent publications:
- Lefkofridi, Z., Giger, N. and Holli, A-M. (2018) When all Parties Nominate Women: Gender Stereotypes and Candidate Selection. Politics & Gender, 1-27.
- Lefkofridi, Z. and Katsanidou, A. (2018) A Step Closer to a Transnational Party System? Competition and Coherence in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament. Journal of Common Market Studies, 56 (6): 1462-1482. (Open Access).
- Lefkofridi, Z. (2020) Competition in the European Arena: How the Rules of the Game Help Nationalists Gain. Politics and Governance, 8(1): 41–49 (Open Access).
- Dingler, S. and Lefkofridi, Z. (2021) The Gender Dimension of Populism. In Heinisch, R. Holz-Bacha, C. Mazzoleni O. (eds) Handbook on Political Populism. Baden Baden: Nomos: 345-360.
- Zwiener-Collins, N. and Lefkofridi, Z. (2023). Unequal political participation: Do gender roles matter? In: Grand, P., Fink M.& Tiemann, G. (eds.) 20 Jahre Österreich im European Social Survey: Gesellschaftliche Einstellungen, Präferenzen und Bewertungen. Wien, Köln: Böhlau, 95–125. (Open Access)