Articles by Sofia Serra-Silva

November 6, 2024

Breaking free from toxic culture in academia

Sofia Serra-Silva

Academia’s toxic culture is not just a systemic issue — it is also shaped by everyday interactions. While structural change is essential, progress can also come through the ways we treat one another. Individual actions can create a safer, more supportive environment for scholars and students, one small step at a time, writes Sofia Serra Silva.

Sofia Serra-Silva

WBI Excellence Fellow, Cevipol, Université Libre de Bruxelles / Research Fellow, ICS, University of Lisbon

Sofia’s research centres on the relationship between citizens and political institutions in a comparative perspective, with a particular focus on parliaments and their engagement with the public.

She also explores other topics, such as electoral behaviour and party politics.

Her work has been published in Party Politics, Policy & Internet Journal, and The Journal of Legislative Studies, among others.

Sofia has been a visiting scholar at institutions including Oxford University, the University of Leeds, and the University of Vienna.

In the spring of 2023, she served as the FLAD Visiting Professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University, where she taught the course Modern Parliaments and the Public.

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