The Macro- and Micro-Politics of AI Standards-Making

Postgraduate students, fellows, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts of emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment). Discussion topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance.

The Role of Internal Skills and Expertise in Public Sector Digital Transformation

Postgraduate students, fellows, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts of emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment). Discussion topics will be finalized and optional readings will be sent out a week in advance.

Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements Across India and Palestine/Israel

Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel (Stanford University Press, 2024) traces the political fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, often known as “India’s 9/11” or simply “26/11”, concentrating on the efforts of Israel’s homeland security to advise and equip Indian city and state governments. Drawing on more than a decade of multi-sited ethnographic and archival research, it situates homeland security as a universalizing project, which seeks to remake the world in its image.

Palestinians and Native Peoples are Comrades: The Political Economy of Oil and Indigenous/Palestinian Solidarity

This paper explores a materialist ethic of solidarity between the Dene of the Northwest Territories (Canada) and the people of Palestine via a political economy of oil and extractivism. It looks at the 1973 Oil Crisis’ origins and effects, examining Indigenous resistance to extractivism spanning from Palestine and the Middle East to the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline in the Canadian North.

Inger Isabella Storm Sandboe

I am currently researching what motivates lone-actor terrorists as part of my DPhil at DPIR.

Prior to studying at Oxford, I completed a BA (Hons) in Peace Studies and International Relations at Lancaster University, UK, a MA in Political Sciences specialised in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway, and an MLitt in Global Social and Political Thought at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. I have research experience from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Moonshot CVE, working on counter-radicalism projects.

Alisa Hoenig

I am a first-year student on the MPhil in International Relations and a member of St Hugh’s College. My research studies small and middle powers in the Indo-Pacific, specifically their positioning and behaviour in the context of the current US-China competition. I am more broadly interested in geopolitical and geo-economic dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, as well as between this region and Europe.

Winant Lecture: The End of Black Politics

The U.S. 2024 election may mark the beginning of a new political era, with right-wing populism gaining unexpected support from racial minorities, especially younger men. This shift contributed to the defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris, a Black/mixed race woman. The potential rise of a multicultural conservative populism challenges the political alignments and understandings of 20th-century Black politics, particularly those shaped by the Civil Rights Movement.

The starvation of civilian populations in war

Mass starvation in war is resurgent, devastating populations across numerous contemporary and recent armed conflicts.

Drawing in part on the different manifestations of starvation in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, Tom Dannenbaum, Associate Professor of International Law at The Fletcher School, in conversation with Professor Janina Dill, Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security at the Blavatnik School of Government, will reflect on international law as it relates to civilian starvation, clarifying the legal framework and identifying challenges to its application.
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