I am a DPhil Student at the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations. I study comparative politics, and my DPhil thesis research focuses on the state formation and state-building processes of the modern East Asian states (especially China) during the early half of the twentieth century. Aside from my thesis, my research interest also covers contemporary Chinese politics, historical political economy, government-organised non-governmental organisations, as well as the modern history of China and Japan.

Anjali Sarker leads a wide range of leadership development programmes for students and professionals. Her responsibilities include programme design and delivery and strategic partnership development with universities and other institutions. Previously, she was an international development practitioner and an expert on leadership, innovation, and human development. She is a Dalai Lama Fellow, a Senior Atlantic Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE), a Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum, and a New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

Viktoria Maria Sochor is reading for an MPhil in Politics (European Politics and Society) at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. She studied Political Science and Law (BA) at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany. During her studies, she worked as a Tutor for International Relation Theories at Georg-August Universität at the Chair of International Relations (Professor Dr Anja Jetschke) as well as Student Research Assistant at the Göttinger Institute for Research on Democracy (Professor Dr Simon T. Franzmann).

Inken von Borzyskowski is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations, and Fellow at St Catherine’s College. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2014. Before joining Oxford, she spent four years at University College London, four years at Florida State University, a post-doc year at Free University Berlin, and an exchange year at Duke University.

Maxim is pursuing a DPhil in International Relations at the University of Oxford and works as an Associate Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. His primary research interests are in geopolitics and international political economy. For his DPhil, he is investigating the granular mechanisms of wartime trade.