Francois is a doctoral candidate in Politics at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, specialising in the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa, conflict, humanitarian crises, and the politics of food (in)security and climate change, with a specific focus on the central and eastern African regions.

Emre Caliskan is a PhD candidate in International Relations at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. His dissertation explores the role of Turkish Islamic non-state actors in Turkey’s foreign policy making in Sub-Saharan Africa. His other interests include transnational Islam, Middle East politics, and Islamist movements in Sub-Saharan Africa. He holds an MA in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King’s College.