Professional Activities

Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought: co-convenor with Gary Browning of the Political Thought conference held annually in Oxford UK;

Academic Advisory Board: Independent Social Research Foundation

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Qualifications

BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics (1st class), Oxford l984

D Phil Sociology, Oxford l987

Alexander Betts is Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, William Golding Senior Fellow in Politics at Brasenose College, and Associate Head of the Social Science Division at the University of Oxford. He served as Director of the Refugee Studies Centre between 2014 and 2017. His research focuses on the politics and economics of refugee assistance, with a focus on Africa.

Dominic Johnson received a DPhil from the University of Oxford in evolutionary biology, and a PhD from Geneva University in political science. Drawing on both disciplines, he is interested in how new research on evolution, biology and human nature is challenging theories of international relations, conflict, and cooperation.

I am Professor of Comparative & Judicial Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations and a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College. I currently serve as REF2029 director. Since 2025 I'm also a Delegate at Oxford University Press.

Lucas Kello is Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. He is the Director of the Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research, a University-wide initiative sponsored by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Ben Ansell is Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College. He received his PhD in Government from Harvard University in 2006 and conducts research in a wide area of comparative politics and political economy. Before joining Oxford and Nuffield College he was an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota.