Dahrendorf Scholars and Essays
Dahrendorf Scholars and Essays
Each year three St Antony’s students are selected by a competitive process to work on the Research Agenda of the Programme and to undertake a piece of independent research on a subject related to the study of freedom. The scholars are selected on the basis of written applications, and interviews when necessary, by a committee of Fellows of the College. Among their obligations is to write a free-form essay on a topic of their choice. Click on the links below to read Dahrendorf essays from previous years.
The 2022-23 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Abid Adonis Abid is a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute, supervised by Professor Luciano Floridi. His research aims to understand digital sovereignty as an idea and practice, particularly how digital sovereignty reshapes international politics, among great powers. His other research interests include international relations and technology, the politics of cyberspace, and digital statecraft. Essay title: Ordering the Digital World: Europe and the Global South in Digital Politics |
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Julia Carver Julia is a DPhil student in International Relations, under the supervision of Dr Robert Johnson and Professor Dominic Johnson. Her research explores the interplay between geopolitical strategic thought, sovereignty, and the development of cybersecurity policy by the European Union. Given that her research is concerned with the EU’s strategic behaviour in cyberspace, she is also eager to understand how the EU’s relationships with other actors (as well as the goals of its own Member States in that policy domain) have shaped relevant EU policy developments. Essay title: to be confirmed |
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Olivier de France Olivier is a DPhil student in international relations, under the supervision of Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis. He is interested in the history of European political thinking, and the implications it holds for the Old Continent’s present political and geopolitical shifts. In his doctoral work, he looks more specifically at the ideas of Benedict Spinoza and their legacy. Essay title: to be confirmed |
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Talia Kollek Talia is a DPhil student in Area Studies (with a focus on Russia and East European Studies), supervised by Dr Nicolette Mackovicky. Her research focuses on civil society in Russia and Eastern Europe. Over the past decade, restrictions around the world have resulted in a ‘shrinking space’ for civil society. Talia’s research investigates how organisations navigate increasingly challenging environments to continue their work, and how governing bodies such as the EU can support these efforts. Essay title: 'So-Call Gender Freedoms': The Western Origins of Russian Transphobia |
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Alexandra Solovyev Alexandra is a DPhil candidate in History of Art, supervised by Professor Alastair Wright. Her doctoral research is focused on the visual culture of the British railways in Ottoman Anatolia during the nineteenth century. She is also interested in policy around the repatriation of artworks and cultural artefacts and in the historical origins of these contemporary issues. Essay title: British Repatriation of Cultural Property from the Nineteenth Century to Today |
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Ruihan Zhu Ruihan is an MPhil student in Development Studies. Her research interests include the political economy of development, sustainable development, and rural-urban linkages. Her current research focuses on the ontological debates around climate change and the critique of mainstream development ideas. In her MPhil thesis, Ruihan examines the impact of green transformation on local communities in China, especially its interconnection with gender equality, poverty reduction, and the digital economy. Essay title: to be confirmed |
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The 2021 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Iyone Agboraw |
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Laura Ballerini |
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David Saveliev
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The 2020 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Valerie Gutmann |
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Ellen Leafstedt
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Reja Wyss |
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The 2019 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Jihane Benamar
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Maeve Moynihan
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Auguste Breteau |
The 2018 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Robert Gorwa GLASNOST! Nine Ways Facebook Can Make Itself a Better Forum for Free Speech and Democracy |
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Yasmina Abouzzohour Red Lines in the Kingdoms of Benevolent Dictators: The Role of Freedom of Speech in the Potential Pathways to Democracy in Different Authoritarian Settings |
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Milica Radovic |
The 2017 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Xiaoyu Lu |
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Jonathan Raspe |
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William Allen
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The 2016 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Helen Haft |
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Iris Nxumalo-De Smidt Epistemic Communities of Freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa: Negotiating and Refashioning Womanhood in Africa |
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Renzhi Li |
The 2015 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Monika Richter |
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Jalal Imran Violence and Non-Violence in the Arab Spring |
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Suzanne Robin Dieudonné: Free Speech Gone Wild |
The 2014 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Ava Hess
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Max Gallien
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Yu Tao |
The 2013 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Katherine Bruce-Lockhart
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Bassam Gergi
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Rory McCarthy
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The 2012 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Annabelle Chapman |
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Andrew Clark |
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Rutger Kaput |
The 2011 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Jacob Amis |
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Katharine Engelhart |
The 2010 Dahrendorf Scholars |
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Dominic Burbidge |
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Andreas Knab A Bargain with Fate: To Diffuse the Threat of Online Jihadism, We Must Stick to Our Guns |
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Christopher Kutarna Democracy, Unbundled Objectivity, Subjectivity, and the Search for Common Ground |
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Xibai Xu |
