CEO and Academic director

Ilka holds a B.A in Political Science (Sciences Po), a joint Master's degree in Social Sciences (ENS/EHESS, Paris) and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the École Normale Supérieure de Paris. She studied at Princeton and UPenn (USA) before joining the University of Oxford in 2018. She currently collaborates with TORCH, and the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. In addition, Ilka lectures for the Department for Continuing Education where she teaches research methods, based on her extensive experience in supervising research projects in Asia, Africa, America, and Europe