Towards Axionic Starobinsky-like Inflation in String Theory
  It is shown that Starobinsky-like potentials can be realized in non-geometric
flux compactifications of string theory, where the inflaton involves an axion
whose shift symmetry can protect UV-corrections to the scalar potential. For
that purpose we evaluate the backreacted, uplifted F-term axion-monodromy
potential, which interpolates between a quadratic and a Starobinsky-like form.
Limitations due to the requirements of having a controlled approximation of the
UV theory and of realizing single-field inflation are discussed.
