Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Diana Bozhilova
- Position/Fellowship type:
- Senior Research Fellow
- Institute:
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Home institution:
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Email address:
- diana.bozhilova@sas.ac.uk
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- International Law
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
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Keywords
Social value; indigenous rights; environmental justice; Commonwealth; rule of law; energy security
Bio
Diana Bozhilova is a distinguished scientist and professor of international relations and sustainability whose most recent research spans corporate accountability, social value measurement, energy security and sustainable development governance within (and beyond) Commonwealth contexts. She holds a PhD from King's College London and has been the recipient of multiple post-doctoral and visiting research fellowships from the London School of Economics and Political Science and King’s College London in the course of her academic career. She has taught extensively in UK and India academic contexts and has been the founder of university departments and programmes, serving in senior academic roles.
Her current two fellowship projects — on the progress of UN SDG 2 Zero Hunger and on social value for indigenous communities in India — draws on years of fieldwork, networking, and data research. Diana's most recent publications appear in Energy, Sustainability and Society (2026), Springer Nature Discover Sustainability (2024), Energy Research & Social Science (2023). She was co-editor of a special issue on energy security in the International Journal of Energy Security and Environmental Research and has contributed chapters to Routledge edited volumes.
She was an Ambassador of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (2024-26) and a nominated member of Chatham House (2018-26). Her honorary awards include: Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2018), Associate of King’s College London (2004), and Emeritus Fellow of the Gita Mittal Foundation (2026).