Alexander is a DPhil student in International Relations who focusses on diplomatic language, international institutions, and rising powers. His research specifically examines undiplomatic language at multilateral institutions and the causes and implications of their incidence. His mixed-method approach aims to arrive at a long-term perspective of an individual country's (currently the US, India, and China) diplomatic activity at multilateral institutions (currently the UN General Assembly) with a view to understanding both variation and consistency in diplomatic discourse.

Katharina Engel is a DPhil candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. Her research recovers historical Swiss women international thinkers from the early twentieth century. The project examines an almost entirely neglected cohort in the field of IR's intellectual history.