Our Editors

Isabella Turilli is DPhil International Relations candidate at the University of Oxford. Her research recasts historic nurses as diplomats in their own right, interrogating the ways in which gender, power, and politics are imbricated. She also assists with book reviews and editorials at Perspectives on Politics.

Jordan Edwards-Zinger is a first year MPhil student in Comparative Government at the University of Oxford, where she specialises in Soviet and post-Soviet authoritarian regimes, the institutions within these states, and the changing nature of autocratic politics. She recently graduated with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Brasenose College, Oxford.

Nayantara Ranganatha is an MPhil student in Comparative Government at the University of Oxford. She is interested in political behaviour in contexts of authoritarianism and conflict, and transitional justice.

Quinn Porter is an MPhil student in Comparative Government at the University of Oxford, focusing on elite politics during times of political flux. He previously served as a ministerial press secretary and intern to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Saskia Poulter is an MPhil student in Comparative Government at the University of Oxford, where she studies how strategic incentives shape parties’ policy agendas in coalition governments. Previously, she worked in migration research in the UK Civil Service, and for a political data science consultancy.

Morien Robertson is a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics undergraduate at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. He is interested in a wide range of subjects, including contemporary political theory, social policy, metaethics, and philosophy of language.

Marta Kąkol specialises in EU politics, particularly in the context of international relations, as well as energy, social and migration policy. She holds a Master’s degree in Politics Research from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Utrecht University. Professionally, she has worked extensively in political and business consulting and published journalistic articles. 

Jingyuan Cheng is a DPhil student studying political economy. She is interested in the interaction mechanisms between state cadres and local elites such as entrepreneurs. She is also a fan of political philosophy.

Antonio Piraino is an MPhil Student in European Politics at St Antony’s College, Oxford, where he studies the EU’s CSDP and strategic autonomy. He graduated in Politics and International Relations at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Isa Bojaj is an MPhil student in International Relations at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. He previously served as Foreign Editor for Kosovo’s leading daily and Editorial Fellow at Prospect Magazine. Isa also served Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry.

Luis Prenninger is an MPhil student in Political Theory at the University of Oxford, where he studies epistemological issues in social metaphysics, particularly the sex/gender distinction.

Ava Tabatabaei is an MPhil student in Political Theory at the University of Oxford, where she studies political subjectivity, identity, and the politics of culture from a decolonial lens. She previously served as an editor of the Oxford Middle East Review.

Marlon Waddell is an MPhil student reading Political Theory at the University of Oxford. His interests span from decolonial and postcolonial theory to theatre criticism. Prior to his role at the OPR, he served as an assistant instructor at the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago.

Jacob Hougie is an MPhil student in Political Theory at the University of Oxford, where he is focusing on communitarianism and questions of the role of ethics in politics.

Olivia Case is an MPhil student in Comparative Government at the University of Oxford, where she studies high courts and democratic backsliding.

Jonathan Kellogg is an MPhil student in European Politics at the University of Oxford, where he studies how interest groups influence policy transparency. He was previously an interview at Room for Discussion at the University of Amsterdam.

Samu/elle, or Elle, Striewski is an MPhil student in Political Theory and German Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. They are interested in (Queer) Critical Theory, especially in the concept of recognition. Previously they studied philosophy, comparative literature, and gender studies in Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, and New York City.

Roy Shinar-Cohen studies Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Harris Manchester College and focuses on the translation of political theory into political action. Before coming to Oxford, Roy has worked for several organisations and think tanks, where he primarily researched Israel’s geo-political standing and policies on a range of issues. Today, aside from his studies, Roy is a research fellow at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research.

Ming Kit Wong is a DPhil student in Politics at Magdalen College, Oxford focusing on postwar anti-utopian liberal thought. He holds an MSc in Political Theory Research from the University of Oxford and an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge, where he first read History as an undergraduate. @mkw38

Justas Petrauskas is an MPhil Comparative Government student at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, studying the long-term effects of institutions put in place to manage ethnic differences in divided societies. He holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford. His other research interests are in politics of the EU and epistemological issues in political theory and practice.