Inken von Borzyskowski

Inken von Borzyskowski
Director

Dr. Inken von Borzyskowski is Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the International Public Policy Program at University College London (UCL), United Kingdom. She previously served as Assistant Professor at Florida State University (USA), Post-doctoral Fellow at Free University Berlin (Germany), and Pre-doctoral Fellow at the European University Institute (Italy). She earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an M.A. from Free University Berlin. She has worked at the Social Science Research Center (Berlin), and served as a fellow at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems in Washington, D.C. She has won awards and funding from the U.S. Institute of Peace, the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, the European Consortium for Political Research, the British Academy, and the Philip Leverhulme Trust. Dr. von Borzyskowski is the author of The Credibility Challenge: How Democracy Aid Influences Election Violence (Cornell University Press, 2019). Her research has appeared top outlets such as International Studies Quarterly, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Review of International Organizations. She is an active member of the Swedish government’s Folke Bernadotte Academy, the German network on external democracy promotion (EDP), and the United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN). She currently serves as the Co-Director of the ACUNS-UN 2022 Workshop in London.