Ben studies the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to trigger a world war and how to prevent that from happening.

He is a DPhil Affiliate at the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, a research group examining the risks of AI and how those risks can be addressed through governance.

Paddy Cross is reading for a Master of Philosophy in Politics (Comparative Government) at Pembroke College. He is a Governor Philip scholar. Under the supervision of Professor Desmond King, Paddy’s research examines civil-military relations in the United States. In the tradition of American Political Development, Paddy’s work traces how the military conceives of its role in domestic political crises.

I am currently studying the MSc in Politics Research at Christ Church, researching voter volatility in recent UK general elections. In particular, I am interested in exploring the relationship between volatility and the closeness of constituency races. Prior to this year, I also obtained my Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Christ Church.

I am a first-year MPhil International Relations student at St Edmund Hall. I am broadly interested in Israeli politics, international law, and US foreign policy in the Middle East. I graduated with a BA in History and International Relations from Trinity College, University of Toronto, in 2023.

I am a doctoral candidate in Politics at Somerville College studying conflict and political transitions in post-colonial Africa. My project examines the political roots of insecurity in Nigeria since the country’s return to civilian rule in 1999. This research draws on fieldwork conducted across each of Nigeria’s six sub-national regions, with a focus on four distinct yet interrelated conflicts: rural banditry, the jihadist Boko Haram insurgency, the Niger Delta “petro-insurgency,” and Biafran separatism.