Justin Daniels
Justin Daniels is a DPhil (PhD) student in International Relations at Somerville College and DPIR, where his research focuses on political communication and electoral campaigns in democracies as well as indoctrination and protest in authoritarian regimes.
Emma Smith
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.
Shabbiha: Assad’s Militias and Mass Violence in Syria
Forced Displacement, Community Composition, and Trust in Neighbors and the State
From ISIS to Wagner: Ways of Warfare and Nonstate Military Effectiveness
Germany’s Christian Democrats are unsure whom to hug
The 2023 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture: The Grace of Repair
Su Bai
I am a first-year MPhil candidate in International Relations at Somerville College, University of Oxford. My research interests center around China’s environmental diplomacy. I aim to investigate China's foreign policy approach to environmental politics and examine how this influences Beijing’s relations with developed and developing countries. My research is funded by the ESRC Grand Union DTP.
Panel Discussion on Economic Diplomacy in a Multipolar World (Online)
Join us and our distinguished speakers for a panel discussion on how economic diplomacy is conducted in the 21st century! We will cover how and why China expanded its economic influence to rival US-led institutions; how partner countries on the African continent assess their economic cooperation with either superpower to date; and how the shifting geopolitical landscape redistributes bargaining power and impacts countries’ aims vis-à-vis economic diplomacy, including on the question of political values.