Dr Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi

Eva is currently a Research Fellow, based at the Media and Communications Department, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Eva was previously a Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University, and Associate Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford Brookes University. Before coming to the UK, she worked as a lecturer in media and politics, as well as in European politics at Monash and Melbourne Universities in Melbourne, Australia, between 2005 and 2013. Her research examines media-politics relations, political communication and the role of international media and narratives in foreign affairs. Her research has two strands: 1) media, populism, and identity politics in Poland and Europe, 2) the role of media and discourses in Europe’s public diplomacy in Africa. Earlier, she explored the EU communication strategy and perceptions of Europe in the Asia-Pacific. Eva comes from a professional journalism background. She has worked as a reporter for ‘Panorama’ news programme at the Polish national television.