Sophie Cooper

Sophie Cooper is an intern at the Research Cluster Culture & Diversity, supervised by Dr Kyriaki Topidi.

She is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in International Relations and Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, where she is also a Laidlaw Leadership and Research Scholar. 

Her research interests include the Cold War, nationalism, and displacement, with a particular passion for exploring the human experiences behind major geopolitical events. As a Laidlaw Scholar, she undertook an independent research project exploring the relationship between Germany and Russia and its connections to the Cold War. She also recently worked as a research intern on a project exploring child displacement during the Cold War. 

At the ECMI, Sophie will be completing a project exploring how Digital Storytelling can be used to promote intercultural dialogue between the national minorities in the German-Danish border region.