Professor Patricia Owens FBA is author or editor of six books and the recipient of 11 best book and article awards from three different professional associations. She went to a state school in London and, as the first in her family to go to university, did not even think to apply to Oxbridge. For undergraduate admissions, she particularly welcomes applications from students at non-selective state schools.

From 2026-29, she is a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellow.

I am the Edward Orsborn Professor of US Politics & Political History and the Director of the Rothermere American Institute. I was born in the Northeast of England and went to Durham Johnston Comprehensive School and then to Oxford, Sheffield, Harvard and Cambridge universities. I taught for sixteen years at UCL before taking up my current position at Oxford.

Dan is a Career Development Fellow in Comparative Politics at St Hilda’s College. Before joining Oxford, he was a Research Fellow on the TrustGov project, based at the University of Southampton. He finished his PhD at the University of Southampton in 2020. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of public opinion, particularly political trust, and on voting behaviour.

Dr Dominic Burbidge is a permanent Lecturer in Politics in Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Associate of the Department of Politics & International Relations. He previously worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Politics in Princeton University. Dr Burbidge additionally serves as Director of the Canterbury Institute.