Andrei Belibou

Andrei Belibou is a Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Sociology at the John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin. His research focuses on the intersections of identity politics, class, and poverty in US political contexts.

• Affiliation: Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS)
• Department: Department of Sociology

Education:

• PhD Candidate in Sociology (current)

Research Interests:
Explores whether identity politics and class politics are inherently incompatible. Analyzes the hostile reception of identity politics on the US academic left, theoretical possibilities of an identity politics of class, and examines movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter through this lens. Utilizes Black feminist theory, postpositivist realism, and poverty studies frameworks.

No academic awards or specific grants mentioned in current records.

Supervision:

• First Supervisor: Prof. Markus Kienscherf