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Ján Michalko

(he/him)
Research Fellow, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, ODI

Ján is a Research Fellow at the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion team at ODI. He is a qualitative researcher with more than 10 years of experience in the international development sector, with particular expertise in gender and political participation and youth empowerment. At ODI Ján supports the ALIGN platform, which brings together global research on patriarchal gender norms and transformative change. He leads collaborative research projects which focus on norms in local politics and political parties, gender equitable and feminist political masculinities, and feminist foreign policy.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Research fellow, ODI
  • 2019–2022
    Senior Lead & Consultant, inHive
  • 2017–2019
    Graduate Teaching Assistant, SOAS, University of London

Education

  • 2019 
    SOAS, PhD in Gender Studies
  • 2012 
    The University of Edinburgh, MSc in Africa and International Development