Maria Adele Carrai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Cross College. She previously served as Assistant Professor of Global China Studies at NYU Shanghai and taught as an adjunct at NYU School of Law. She has been an Associate at the Harvard University Asia Center since 2021 and an Adjunct Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute since 2019.

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Anne-Charlotte Gimenez is Centre Manager for the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM) in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and supports the Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) at Nuffield College. She has over ten years’ experience managing and leading interdisciplinary, grant-funded programmes across academia and international development, with expertise in programme strategy, financial management, institutional funding, governance and partnerships.