I am an DPhil candidate in International Relations (2024-) at DPIR and Wolfson College. Prior to this, I completed my MPhil in IR at St Antony's College Oxford, and a BA in History at Hertford College, Oxford. I have previously interned at the Central Bank of Luxembourg, London-based venture capital fund Dawn Capital, international tech and media leader Minute Media, and Luxembourg-based private equity firm Cube Infrastructure Managers. I am broadly interested in strategy, foreign policy, and the interaction between technology, infrastructure, and geopolitics.

I am a DPhil student in Political Theory at Brasenose College and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. I study Yiddish political thought and its history.

Diane Robert is reading for an MPhil in International Relations at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, and Transitional justice. Before Oxford, she graduated from the University of McGill in Political Science and History (Dean's Honour List) and was a recipient of the James McGill Scholarship.

As an MPhil student on the MPhil Politics: European Politics and Society programme at the DPIR, I am currently researching candidate selection strategy in the UK. Candidate selections is an understudied area of political science, yet it is key to understanding how legislatures represent the broader population and how political parties respond to demands from the electorate. Using a novel dataset and predominantly quantitative analysis, I am investigating the competing internal incentives and electoral strategies that determine candidate selection behaviour in Britain's political parties.

Arwa Mokdad is a Middle East analyst with expertise in geopolitics, development, and public policy. Currently, she is a DPhil candidate researching conflict mediation within Yemen at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Stathis Kalyvas. Her work focuses on local, regional, and international peace-building efforts within Yemen. By emphasising both the security interests of regional actors and the local buy-in necessary for sustainable peace, her research brings peace and security studies within dialogue.