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Petra Schleiter is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at St Hilda’s College. She holds affiliations with University College London’s Constitution Unit and is currently a Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2024-2025), with visiting ties to Humboldt-Universität and the Hertie School. Her research focuses on democratic institutions, electoral systems, and voter behavior, emphasizing institutional innovation and societal cohesion in diverse democracies.
Education: BSc, MPhil, DPhil (degrees not specified in full).
Research interests include comparative political institutions (e.g., election rules, constitutional design, executive powers), party competition (policy diffusion, accountability), and voter attitudes (electoral participation, anti-democratic attitudes). She leads Oxford’s Centre for Democratic Resilience and has published in top journals like the American Political Science Review and British Journal of Political Science.
Awards: Recognized for contributions to political science, including the 2016 British Academy award. Active in public engagement, advising on UK constitutional reforms and parliamentary processes.
Labs/Initiatives: Oxford Constitution Hub, Centre for Democratic Resilience. Collaborates on projects like ‘Fighting Back with Words’ to counter hate speech and ‘Electoral Integrity in the UK’.
