Marius Ostrowski

Marius Sebastian Ostrowski
FRHistS, FRSA
Marius Ostrowski delivering a lecture at the Nicolaus Copernicus Academy conference 2024
Born (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988
OccupationsAcademic and policy researcher
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
(BA, M.Phil., D.Phil.)
ThesisTwilight of the pollsters: A social theory of mass opinion in late modernity (2017)
Doctoral advisorMichael Freeden
Other advisorCécile Fabre · Lois McNay
InfluencesAhmed · Althusser · Bernstein · Bourdieu · Butler · Fraser · Godelier · Heidegger · Koselleck · Leontief · Luckmann · Luhmann · MacKinnon · Meadows · Poulantzas · Schopenhauer · Skocpol · Therborn · Wallerstein
Academic work
DisciplineHistory · politics · sociology
Sub-disciplineHistory of ideas · ideology studies · social theory
InstitutionsMagdalen College, Oxford
All Souls College, Oxford
European University Institute
Blavatnik School of Government

Marius Sebastian Ostrowski FRHistS FRSA (German: [ˈmaːʁɪʊs zɛˈbastɪan ɔsˈtʁɔvskiː]; born 12 December 1988) is a German-British political and social theorist, historian of ideas, and policy researcher. His research interests lie in the comparative and historical study of ideas and ideologies, focusing on how social contexts shape patterns of ordinary thinking and everyday behaviour. He also writes on national strategy, the theory and history of social democracy, and progressive visions of European integration.