PhD students

in the Department of International Relations

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The International Relations Department has a large PhD student body, comprising approximately 50 students. If you have any additions or amendments please contact Alison Carter.

Those who have recently graduated are listed here: PhD completions

Cora Alder

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Lauren Bachynski

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Behavioural science
• Foreign policy
• International order

Kristine Baekgaard

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Gender
• Masculinity
• Digital technology
• International security

Jo Bluen

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Gaston Bronstering

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Juan Pablo Calderon Meza

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Ailbhe Cannon

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Gender
• International security
• Eastern Europe
• Political violence
• Peacebuilding

Dipyaman Chakrabarti

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Manas Chawla

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Yuan Chi

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• International order
• Foreign policy
• USA
• International institutions
• Political psychology

Albert Cullell Cano

IRD Fellow

Department of International Relations

• War and conflict
• Peacebuilding
• International relations theory
• UK
• Latin America

Marta Dafano

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• International institutions
• International development
• Global governance
• United Nations
• Humanitarian aid

Alexander Jake Davies

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• War and conflict
• International security
• USA
• Foreign policy
• AI

Emanuele Errichiello

IRD Fellow

Department of International Relations

• European Union
• Foreign policy
• North Africa
• International relations theory
• Political sociology

Daniel Fu

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• China
• Taiwan
• Geoeconomics
• Supply chain
• Digital technology

Taylor Ginieczki

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• International relations theory
• Nuclear weapons
• Intellectual history
• Cold War

Harry Halem

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Elizabeth Humphrey

IRD Fellow

Department of International Relations

• State capacity
• State building
• International relations theory
• Central Asia
• Migration
• History of empire

Isabella Ilhan

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Türkiye
• Energy
• Middle East
• Foreign policy
• International order

Marissa Kemp

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Katharina Klaube

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Environmental policy
• Green transition
• Climate finance
• Climate change
• Political economy

Kamilia Lahrichi

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• International order
• Geoeconomics
• China
• Global South
• Green transition

Alisa Laufer

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• War and conflict
• Political violence
• Human rights
• Quantitative methods

Peter Leddy

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Terrorism
• Geopolitics
• War and conflict
• Military history
• Middle East

Kazimier Lim

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• International relations theory
• Critical theory
• Geopolitics
• Political sociology
• Intellectual history

Dino Mahtani

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Africa
• Governance
• International security
• Terrorism
• War and conflict

Shireen Manocha

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Gender
• Nationalism
• Queer theory
• India
• Postcolonialism

Charli McMackin

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Latin America
• Organised crime
• Political violence
• Human rights
• Journalism

Partha Moman

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• War and conflict
• Peacebuilding
• International order
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Leif Monnett

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• AI
• Digital technology
• Diplomacy
• International law
• Peacebuilding

Terrence Mullan

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Climate change
• Geopolitics
• Global governance
• International order
• USA

Elene Panchulidze

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Democracy
• European Union
• Gender
• Civil society

Chloé Raïd

IRD Fellow

Department of International Relations

Aisha Ryan

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Political sociology
• Mining
• Governance
• Sustainable development
• Human rights

Woohyeok Seo

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Nuclear weapons
• Violence
• Memory
• Archives
• International relations theory

Leon Sinfield

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Russia
• China
• Middle East
• International relations

Nicole Smolinske

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• Foreign policy
• Southeast Asia
• International order
• USA

Andi Sparringa

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

Eugene R L Tan

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• International order
• International security
• Southeast Asia
• East Asia

Marcus Thompson

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

• War and conflict
• Military history
• Defence policy
• Modern warfare
• Quantitative methods

Mariah Thornton

IRD Fellow

Department of International Relations

• Taiwan
• China
• Political theory