Victoria Campbell-Gillies
Short vita
Victoria Campbell-Gillies graduated from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2021) with a Master's degree in Political Science specialising in democracy and government. Her research areas of interest include social media, the public sphere, Habermas’s theory of communicative action and democratic deliberation. She has a BA in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She earned a decade of experience as a writer and journalist in Johannesburg, before moving to Spain where she spent two years learning Spanish and furthering her political studies. She now works as a political analyst and lecturer living in Cape Town, South Africa.
Contributions
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"Let Ukraine Go"
Six months after war was unleashed on Ukraine by Russia, a video went viral of a little girl named Amelia singing the theme song from the movie Frozen “Let It Go” to about 30 people in an underground bunker. Above ground, Russian shelling caused utter devastation.
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Lessons on diversity from the Mediterranean
In 2020, when the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom signed the Diversity Charter, its vice president Sabine Leutheursser-Schnarrenberger said; “Establishing a sign of appreciation for diversity is, therefore, a human social imperative, but also an economic one. In addition to discrimination, the Diversity Charter is also directed against racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia”.
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Reflections on democracy
If Woke Liberalism aims to create change, where is the movement going a little too extreme? How can we point out what works and what doesn't work so that Liberalism and its clear purpose can be more effective? Victoria Campbell-Gillies brings to light the importance of liberal democracy in a time when extremism is on the rise.
