I received my DPhil (PhD) from the Department of Politics and International Relations in May 2025. 

My thesis, Back to the Homeland: The Politics of Return Migration in Mexico 1929 to 2018, explored how the Mexican government has managed flows of return migration from the U.S to Mexico and the processes that have shaped Mexico's management preferences over time. My thesis was supervised by Professor David Doyle. 

Cecilia started her DPhil in International Relations at Oxford in 2019. Her research interest lies in the areas of global governance, humanitarian action and global health. For her DPhil project, Cecilia investigates the causes of competition and cooperation failures among UN agencies operating in humanitarian emergencies.

Adrian is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. He was previously The Queen's Scholar at the Middle Temple, where Adrian was called to the Bar of England and Wales, and Departmental Lecturer in the Philosophy of Social Science at the University of Oxford, teaching at Lincoln College and the Blavatnik School of Government. Adrian studied for his DPhil in Political Theory at New College, University of Oxford, supported by a DPIR Doctoral Scholarship.

Faye Curtis is a doctoral candidate in International Relations at The Queen’s College, Oxford. Her thesis examines changing norms around the deployment of women in state combat, and is generously supported by an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentship as well as the Queen's College Waverley Scholarship.

Faye is a visiting Lecturer at Sciences Po, where she teaches an undergraduate course on Women, War and Peace. Faye also teaches Qualitative Research Methods at Oxford's Department of International Development.