Maria Golubeva, PhD (Cantab)
Senior Researcher at the Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS in Riga (Latvia),  policy analyst and historian.

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Maria holds an International Policy Fellowhsip from Open Society Institute.

Her current applied research projects focus on (1) the impact of external actors on discourses in academia in transition societies, and (2) policies concerning diversity in national education systems in EU countries. Her academic research interests include: (1) social and political exclusion in elite discourses, and (2) models of political competence from early modern to postmodern societies.

Maria Golubeva previously worked at the Policy Coordination Department of the State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia, and, between 2001 and 2003, was Director of Research and Consultation Center at Vidzeme University College in Valmiera, and Head of Political Science Department at Riga Stradins University.

She holds a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge (1999).

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