Finnish Ambassador to the UK: Finland's Accession to NATO
HE Jukka Siukosaari is the serving Ambassador of Finland to the United Kingdom. Prior to being appointed to the post in 2021, he had previously served in the Office of the President of the Republic of Finland, as well as various diplomatic roles in Japan, Argentina, South Africa, Italy and the Republic of Ireland.
Searching for a Place at the Table: What is The Role of the United Kingdom in the Development and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence?
The United Kingdom intends to position itself as a leader in the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem, both in its innovation and development as well as its regulation. The government has released their proposal for “A Pro-Innovation Approach to AI Regulation”, intending to offer a middle-path between the prevailing “hands-off” approach to AI regulation in the USA and the stronger regulatory approach of the European Union.
Mexican Geopolitics and Security
Geopolitics of Advanced AI
Robert F. Trager is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, International Governance Lead at the Centre for the Governance of AI, and Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He is a recognised expert in the international governance of emerging technologies, diplomatic practice, institutional design, and technology regulation. He regularly advises government and industry leaders on these topics.
Research Speed Meet-Up
You are invited to join other DPIR DPhils, post-docs and staff for a Researcher Meet-Up at 17:00-18:45 on Thursday, 19 October in the Manor Road Building Common Room to get to know each other and learn what others are working on.
This event aims to foster the culture of academic exchange at DPIR. It brings DPhil students, post-docs, and DPIR staff together, to exchange what they work on and research ideas to promote academic collaboration among peers.
This event aims to foster the culture of academic exchange at DPIR. It brings DPhil students, post-docs, and DPIR staff together, to exchange what they work on and research ideas to promote academic collaboration among peers.
Simeon Goldstraw
Jeffrey Love
Jeffrey Love is a DPhil candidate in International Relations at University College. His research specialises in sanctions, economic security, and the application of advanced computational methods to measure effectiveness. For his DPhil, Jeffrey uses advanced computational methods to measure granular, individual-level sanctions outcomes. He is supervised by Professor Krzysztof Pelc.
Benedetta Giocoli
I am a first-year DPhil student in Politics at Nuffield College. My current research examines the process of attitude formation through political socialization, focusing on the family, local, and political contexts. More broadly, I am interested in questions about voting behaviour, attitude and preference formation, inequality, political trust, and radical right parties. I work mainly with panel data using causal inference methods.
Shock Without Therapy: The Political Economy of the Postsocialist Mortality Crisis - DSPI Seminar 2
Foreshadowing today’s epidemic of deaths of despair hitting the United States, an unprecedented mortality crisis ravaged Eastern Europe 30 years ago as the region transitioned to capitalism. In the first 15 years after the fall of Communism, Russia lost more than three times as many people as during World War I, with male life expectancy dropping 5.7 years from 1991-1994. Over the first decade, this translated into 7.3 million excess deaths in Eastern Europe.