Lily is a DPhil student in Politics at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on environmental politics in non-democracies. Prior to this, she obtained an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies at St Antony's College, University of Oxford and wrote her Masters thesis on environmental crises and elite blame avoidance. She spent a year living in Moscow, studying at Moscow State University.

I am a second-year MPhil candidate in Political Theory, studying the intersection of democratic theory and political epistemology. My research broadly explores the role of truth in democracy. My MPhil dissertation examines cases of deep disagreement in the age of so-called “post-truth” politics—instances where different groups within democracies cannot agree on facts. Drawing on epistemic theories of deliberative democracy, social epistemology, and group cognition, I argue that the popular post-truth explanations misdiagnose the problem of deep disagreement in democracy.

Konstantin Niewerth is reading for an MPhil in European Politics and Societies in St Antony's College. His main research interest is in immigrant political participation: his thesis covers the impact of country of origin economic conditions on political behaviour in migrants' host countries.

Before joining Oxford for his MPhil, Konstantin studied Classics at Durham University, with a focus on ancient philosophy and politics. Outside of Academia, Konstantin worked as a Campaign Organiser for the Green Party of England and Wales in the lead-up to the May 2023 local elections.

I am currently reading for the MPhil in International Relations at Mansfield College, Oxford, as the 2023-2025 Adam von Trott Scholar.

Edward Brooks is the Director of the Programme for Global Leadership at DPIR and Executive Director of the Oxford Character Project.