Justin Daniels is reading for an MPhil in Comparative Government in St. Antony's College. His research interests include authoritarian politics, social mobilizations, revolutions, and democratisation, and in particular how authoritarian regimes perceive threats from and respond to mass popular mobilizations and how these factors impact regime survival. He is also a section editor in global politics for the Oxford Political Review.

Emma Smith is reading for the MPhil in International Relations. Her research broadly centers on the prevention of conflict and mass atrocities, the use of children in armed conflict, peacebuilding, and the climate-security nexus. She is particularly interested in the role of climate change — from climate shocks to climate adaptation interventions — in mitigating and fueling interstate violence.