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She is currently reading for the MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Oxford, where she is a Dahrendorf Scholar at St Antony’s College. [...] He is particularly interested in the effects of populism on liberal democracy and the state of democracy in the European Union.  Marianna Lovato is a PhD candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. [...] She is presently studying for the MSc in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Oxford. Her research interests are predominantly about the Visegrad countries, and topics of interest include democratisation and backsliding, minority rights and ethnic integration, and corruption.  107 Young Europeans speak to EU Final_Layout 1 12/07/2021 15:09 Page 108 YOUNG EUROPEANS SPEAK TO EU Dav. [...] Achille Versaevel joined the Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom in 2019, when he was reading for an MSc in Migration Studies at the University of Oxford. [...] He previously worked for a committee of the International Organisation for Migration, Frontex and is currently a staff member for the Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the UK House of Lords.