Dr Patrycja Kaszynska

Research Associate

Dr Patrycja Kaszynska is a Research Associate, having been a Senior Researcher and Project Manager from September 2011- August 2012. Her interests lie in the field of education and skills policy, culture and sport, as well as capabilities and behavioural change. She is specifically interested in the role of the arts and culture in promoting political engagement. Patrycja has a track record in academic and policy research. She was the Project Researcher for a multi-million pound research initiative funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) whose aim was to develop a framework to understand the value of the arts and culture, both to individuals and to society. In her previous roles, she conducted research in higher education policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of the Arts London, prior to which she worked for Demos, the Fabian Society and in the House of Commons. She completed her PhD (DPhil) investigating the political significance of the aesthetic domain at the University of Oxford. Besides the PhD she holds an MSt with Distinction from Oxford and a First Class Degree in Philosophy and Art History from University College London. Patrycja is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.