Ceren Lord is currently British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at DPIR. She was previously a Sasakawa Peace Foundation Postdoctoral Research Officer at the Middle East Studies Centre, the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA). She completed her PhD in May 2015 at the London School of Economics, Government Department, focusing on religious political mobilisation and the role of the state through the case study of the rise of political Islam in Turkey, with a comparative consideration of India, Malaysia and Ireland.

Tristan Boursier is a PhD student in political theory at Sciences Po and the Université de Montréal. He has graduated in political science from the University of Geneva. Since his undergraduate academic years, he is interested in understanding how the diversity of nations, cultures, and identities inform policies. Thus, his researches challenge an old political bias, making the nation the main precondition for political solidarity (solidarity organised by the State). He scrutinises how an in-depth consideration of solidarity is a valuable alternative for resolving the progressive dilemma.

Miles Tendi joined the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) in 2017. His post is a joint appointment with the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA). Before moving to DPIR, he held a Departmental Lectureship in African Politics in the Oxford Department of International Development (QEH) from 2011 to 2017. Prior to joining the Oxford Department of International Development (QEH), he worked as a risk consultant for Control Risks (London).

Research

Tendi is interested in: 

• Civil-Military Relations.

Tobias Cremer is a Junior Research Fellow in Religion and the Frontier Challenges at Pembroke College Oxford and a stipendiary lecturer in Politics at Wadham College Oxford. His research focuses on the relationship between religion, secularisation and the rise of right-wing identity politics throughout western societies.