Doctoral Researcher in Politics, University of East Anglia
Sonali holds a BA (Hons) in history from the University of Oxford, and an MSc in comparative politics from the London School of Economics. Her PhD research at the University of East Anglia is funded by an ESRC SeNSS studentship and explores the concept of capacity in the context of election management bodies.
Sonali previously worked in international electoral assistance and has supported observation missions and training in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific. She is an affiliated researcher with the Electoral Integrity Project, and in summer 2023 was a visiting scholar at International IDEA in Stockholm, Sweden.
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