Dr Jasmine Nirody

BA, PhD

Quondam Fellow since 2022

Background

I'm interested in the physics of how organisms move through and navigate complex environments. Modern biomechanics is in a really exciting place because we finally have the experimental and mathematical tools to develop a larger understanding of the natural world: past, present, and future. Understanding how a motile organism interacts with its environment can provide insight into the evolutionary history of its design, as well as into design principles for the development of bioinspired synthetic systems. The aim of my research is to (try to!) understand physical principles behind natural mechanical design, as well as how and why variation (either through plasticity of a single unit or population-level variability) arises and persists in biomechanical systems. I use both theoretical and empirical (laboratory + field) methods, and have worked on a variety of systems, from proteins to bacteria to geckos.

Selected publications

A full list of publications can be found here: https://nirodylab.uchicago.edu/publications.html

Research awards and grants

Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Matter, University of Chicago, 2020
APS Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics, 2018
James S. McDonnell Foundation Fellowship in Studying Complex Systems, 2017
Moore-Sloan Data Science Fellowship, 2015-2017
New York University Presidential Honors Scholarship, 2004-2008

Dr Jane Tan

Mathematics

PhB, DPhil

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow since 2023

I am a mathematician working in combinatorics. My current projects focus on reconstruction problems (of graphs as well as other mathematical objects), structural graph theory, probabilistic combinatorics, and questions at the interface of combinatorics and geometry or topology.

Background

DPhil in Mathematics, St John’s College, Oxford (2019-2023)
PhB (Science) with Honours in Mathematics, Australian National University (2015-2018)

Research Interests

Graph theory
Combinatorics

Selected publications

Induced subgraphs of induced subgraphs of large chromatic number, to appear in Combinatorica (with António Girão, Freddie Illingworth, Emil Powierski, Michael Savery, Alex Scott and Youri Tamitegama).
Counting partitions of G(n,1/2) with degree congruence conditions. Random Structures and Algorithms, vol. 62, no. 3 (2023), 564–584 (with Paul Balister, Emil Powierski and Alex Scott).
Reconstructing the degree sequence of a sparse graph from a partial deck. Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B, vol. 157 (2022), 283–293 (with Carla Groenland, Tom Johnston, Andrey Kupavskii, Kitty Meeks and Alex Scott).

Personal website: https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/tanj/

Professor Noam Yuchtman

Economics

BA, PhD

University Academic Fellow since 2023

My research is focused on topics in the fields of political economy, economic history, and labor economics. First, the importance of educational content and the structure of educational institutions in the production of human capital. Second, the political economy of legal institutions: particularly how they affect labor market outcomes and development, and how they are affected by political institutions in which they are embedded. Third, the study of social interactions that shape economic and political behavior. Fourth, the drivers of political ideology and participation in political movements. Finally, the role of the state in promoting economic growth and innovation.

Link to CV

Contact:noam.yuchtman@economics.ox.ac.uk

Background

Professor of Management, London School of Economics (2019-2024)
Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (2016-2020)
Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (2010-2016)
PhD, economics, Harvard University (2010)
BA, economics, Williams College (2005)

Research Interests

Political economy
Economic history
Labour economics

Selected publications

1. “AI-tocracy,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(3), pp. 1349-1402, 2023 (joint with Martin Beraja, Andrew Kao, and David Y. Yang)

2. “Protests as Strategic Games: Experimental Evidence from Hong Kong’s Anti-Authoritarian Movement,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 134(2), pp. 1021-1077, 2019 (joint with Davide Cantoni, David Y. Yang, and Y. Jane Zhang)

3. “Curriculum and Ideology,” Journal of Political Economy, 125(2), pp. 338-392, 2017 (joint with Davide Cantoni, Yuyu Chen, David Y. Yang, and Y. Jane Zhang)

4. “Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions,” Econometrica, 82(4), pp. 1273-1301, 2014 (joint with Leonardo Bursztyn, Florian Ederer, and Bruno Ferman)

5. “Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(2), pp. 823-887, 2014 (joint with Davide Cantoni)

6. “Coercive Contract Enforcement: Law and the Labor Market in 19th Century Industrial Britain,” American Economic Review, 103(1), pp. 107-144, 2013 (joint with Suresh Naidu)

Other professional memberships and roles

Managing editor, Review of Economic Studies (since 2022)

Research awards and grants

British Academy Global Professorship, 2019-2023

The Changing Character of War Centre Michaelmas Term 2023

Illusionary Trends in Strategic Studies Seminar

Seminars at 5.15pm, Wharton Room, All Souls. All welcome, no booking necessary.

Other seminar series from CCW: www.ccw.ox.ac.uk/events

Events in this series

Michaelmas Term 2023 The Changing Character of War Centre Week 7

22nd November 2023, 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm

Week 7: Wednesday 22 November

Dr Andrew Bowen, Congressional Research Service

Assessing the Bear: Overestimating the Russian Military

Seminars at 5.15pm, Wharton Room, All Souls. All welcome, no booking necessary.

Other events this month

Michaelmas Term 2023 The Changing Character of War Centre Week 5

8th November 2023, 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm

Week 5: Wednesday 8 November

Dr Chiara Libiseller, Leiden University

Fashions and Fallacies in Contemporary Strategic Thought

Seminars at 5.15pm, Wharton Room, All Souls. All welcome, no booking necessary.

Other events this month

Michaelmas Term 2023 The Changing Character of War Centre Week 3

25th October 2023, 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm

Week 3: Wednesday 25 October

Professor Alexander Evans

Strategy, Surprise and False Futurism

Seminars at 5.15pm, Wharton Room, All Souls. All welcome, no booking necessary.

Other events this month

Michaelmas Term 2023 The Changing Character of War Centre Week 1

11th October 2023, 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm

Week 1: Wednesday 11 October

Professor Patrick Porter, University of Birmingham

Out of the Shadows: The Shock of Non-Hybrid War

Seminars at 5.15pm, Wharton Room, All Souls. All welcome, no booking necessary.

Other events this month

Professor Dapo Akande

Chichele Professor of Public International Law

Law

LLB, LLM

University Academic Fellow since 2023

I am a generalist public international lawyer, who not only works on a wide range of particular sub-disciplines within the field of international law but is also committed to exploration of those aspects, concepts and areas of the field that connect it together as a field of study and practice. I have worked and published on the law relating to the use of force, the law of armed conflict, international criminal law, international dispute settlement, the law of international organizations, particularly of the United Nations, the immunities of states and state officials, international human rights law, and international economic law.

Background

Professor of Public International Law, Blavatnik School of Government/ Fellow, Exeter College, University of Oxford (2018-2023
Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law/Yamani Fellow in Public International Law, St Peter’s College, University of Oxford (2014-2018)
University Lecturer in (and later Associate Professor of) Public International Law, Faculty of Law/Yamani Fellow in Public International Law, St Peter’s College, University of Oxford (2004-2014)
Lecturer in Law, Department of Law, University of Durham (2000-2004)
Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Nottingham (1998-2000)

Research Interests

Public International law
Use of Force & International Humanitarian Law/Law of Armed Conflict
International Dispute Settlement
International Organizations
International Criminal Law
International Economic Law
Human Rights

Selected publications

M. Jackson and D. Akande, 'The Right to Life and the Jus ad Bellum: Belligerent Equality and the Duty to Prosecute Acts of Aggression ' (2022) 71 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 453
D. Akande, P. Akhavan and E Bjorge, 'Economic Sanctions, International Law, and Crimes Against Humanity: Venezuela's ICC Referral' (2021) 115 American Journal of International Law 493
D. Akande and K. Johnston, 'Implications of the Diversity of the Rules on the Use of Force for Change in the Law' (2021) 32 European Journal of International Law 679
Akande, Kuosmanen, McDermott and Roser (eds), Human Rights and 21st Century Challenges: Poverty, Conflict and the Environment (Oxford University Press 2020)
B. Saul and D. Akande (eds), Oxford Guide to International Humanitarian Law (Oxford University Press 2020)
R. Higgins, P. Webb, D. Akande and S. Sivakumaran J. Sloan, Oppenheim’s International Law: The United Nations (Oxford University Press 2017)

https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/dapo-akande

Other professional memberships and roles

Member, United Nations International Law Commission (2023-2027)
Member, Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law, United States Department of State (2021-)
Member, Ukraine Presidential Working Group on Compensation for damage caused to Ukraine as a Result of Armed Aggression by the Russian Federation (2022 -)
Member, World Economic Forum, Global Council on the Future of Human Rights (2016-2018)
Member of the Editorial Boards of The American Journal of International Law (2013-2022); the European of International Law (2007-2-17), African Journal of International & Comparative Law (2007-2013)
Member of the Advisory Boards of International Law Studies; Israel Law Review; Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law
Trustee, the Rhodes Trust (2020-); British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Counsellor & Member of Executive Council – American Society of International Law (2017-2019)

Teaching

Public International Law – supervision across areas of research interest

Prize Fellowship Examinations

The Prize Fellowship examinations took place this week. The College thanks all candidates who participated. The Fellowship Elections will be made on Saturday 4 November 2023.

29 September, 2023

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