Gwendolyn Whidden

Gwendolyn Whidden is a DPhil in International Relations candidate at the University of Oxford, where she also received an MPhil in International Relations. Her research explores the politics of UN Security Council responses to global crises. 

Gwendolyn is also a policy researcher at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and a Fellow at NYU Law's Just Security. An expert in global security, she advises governments and international organizations on navigating complex policy challenges—from nuclear deterrence to counterterrorism and emerging technologies—in line with international law and human rights. Alongside this work, she has served as Director at the Oxford Strategy Group, a board member of the Rising Leaders Fellowship at the Aspen Institute UK, and an Impact Lab Fellow at Oxford’s Saïd Business School. 

Prior to Oxford, Gwendolyn was a Fulbright Scholar in Morocco and a Davis Projects for Peace Fellow in Rwanda. She has worked with the U.N. Department of Peace Operations, the U.N. Office on Genocide Prevention, and various NGOs in Rwanda, and speaks fluent French and intermediate Arabic.