Baptiste Alloui-Cros is a DPhil student in International Relations under the supervision of Professor Dominic Johnson (Oxford) and Professor Kenneth Payne (King's College London). His research focuses on the intersection of AI and strategic thought, and examines how wargames can be used as a bridge between those two areas to inform strategy. Relying on an interdisciplinary approach including insights from strategic theory, wargaming, psychology, and machine learning, his work has a strong experimental component.

I am a DPhil candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford, supported by Nuffield College and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). My research explores the gendered political consequences of conflict-related sexual violence, using a quantitative and comparative approach. More specifically, I explore how wartime sexual violence shapes attitudes towards gender equality, women's political mobilisation and legislation on violence against women. 

I am a second-year Political Theory candidate at Linacre College. I'm broadly interested in affect theory, feminist studies, and questions of citizenship and sovereignty.

I completed my undergraduate studies at Cornell University with a double major in Government and Literatures in English, graduating summa cum laude. My undergraduate thesis examined the role of affect in Brontë's Wuthering Heights from a Foucauldian lens. After graduating, I spent two years at a pro-democracy non-profit.

I am currently reading for the MPhil in International Relations at DPIR. My specific research interests include questions about gender and intersectionality in the context of Eastern European security.

Prior to studying at Oxford, I received my B.S in Political Science and Foreign Area Studies with minors in Russian and Spanish language from the United States Air Force Academy.