Ann Olivia Radicioni

Ann Olivia Radicioni, from Mississippi, U.S., is reading for the MSc in Comparative Social Policy. Her research examines contract accountability in global welfare provision, with a focus on private equity's role in welfare state administration.

Ann Olivia graduated with Honors from Mississippi State University in 2024, earning a B.A. in Political Science as a Presidential Endowed Scholar. At Mississippi State, she received the University’s premier undergraduate leadership award in addition to the Department of Political Science and Administration’s Outstanding Student Award. Her undergraduate thesis examined how British colonial tax policy in India shaped postcolonial health, education, and climate inequality. As a 2024 Associate Member of Trinity College, Oxford, Ann Olivia extended her thesis research through a tutorial in the Political Economy of State Formation.

Ann Olivia’s professional experiences include positions at the Biden-Harris White House, the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the U.S. Department of State, and Mississippi State University’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration. In Spring 2025, she was awarded the Max Kampelman Policy Fellowship at the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, where she published her research on wartime social service provision in Ukraine for members of Congress.