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Joel Battle is a DPhil International Relations Candidate at the Department of Politics and International Relations; his supervisor is Professor Lauren Sukin. His doctoral research explores how technological change influences the United States’ nuclear behavior during the Cold War. Before beginning his doctoral research, Joel graduated with distinction from the Oxford MPhil International Relations program.

I am a DPhil candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. My doctoral project explores the intersection between the politics of victimhood and peacebuilding, focusing on the experiences of Sri Lanka and Colombia in the aftermath of war. My research is being generously funded by the Colombian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (MinCiencias).