Name of Institution

• University of Galway

Academic Discipline

• Law
• Human rights

Main research interests

• Equality and non-discrimination as tools for overcoming marginalisation and fostering belonging.
• Gender, sex and sexuality from a human rights perspective.
• Feminist and queer approaches as tools for building alliances and inclusivity.
• Interaction between arts/humanities on the one hand and human rights and democracy on the other.

If you had the opportunity to work on a research project on democracy, what would it be about?

• Tools and approaches to build communities and novel forms of democratic engagement without relying on stable identities.

Areas of expertise

• Democratic Theory
• Citizenship and Belonging
• Gender, Sexuality and Democratic Participation
• Deliberative Democracy and Public Discourse
• Postcolonial, Indigenous and Decolonial Democracy

Contact

E-mail: ekaterina.yahyaoui@universityofgalway.ie