Research Reflections

at St Antony's

Dr Jonathan Liljeblad's research studies the complexities of promoting international norms in developing countries, with a focus on Indigenous rights, international human rights, and international environmental law. During his term as an Academic Visitor at St Antony's he will be working on monograph regarding ‘Indigenous Rights to the Environment’ and a co-edited book project on ‘Indigenous Theories of International Law.’

Dr Alex Gath's work spans the fields of sociocultural anthropology, psychology and philosophy with particular emphases on religious culture as well as issues in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. As an Academic Visitor at St Antony's, he aims to crystallise three decades of fieldwork investigating how pilgrimage practice, principally Hindu and Christian, has developed.

Academic Visitor Dr Chen Xiang's research focuses on the politics of climate change, aiming to bridge the gap between science and effective policymaking.

Tomoya Terao is a Japanese career diplomat at the Embassy of Japan in the UK. Before being despatched to the UK, he devoted several years to establishing Japan’s foreign policy towards the Middle East. As an Academic Visitor at St Antony's, his current interest lies in how Arab media has influenced regional society.