Global Scholars Symposium 2014 Handbook

GLOBAL SCHOLARS
SYMPOSIUM 2014
HANDBOOK
Rhodes House Oxford, May 15 - 18

WELCOME HANDBOOK CONTENTS
TO GSS
SPONSORS 4
THE SCHOLARSHIPS 5
THEME: DARE TO DIFFER 6
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 8
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 14
Dear Scholars,
The largest and most persistent global issues require a commitment to work across PANELLISTS 18
disciplines and generations to connect current expertise with ideas and action for
tomorrow. The Global Scholars Symposium (GSS) aims to generate dialogue between SMALL GROUPS 25
prominent leaders and engaged scholars to address pressing challenges.
Since 2008, GSS has brought together international scholars studying in the UK to share ENGAGING WITH OXFORD:
their wide variety of interests and knowledge. Each year, the conference has called on
the delegates to pose the questions, explore the topics and identify ways to take action COMMUNITY AND SKILLS WORKSHOPS 27
on the unsolved problems of today. In this tradition, we are excited to welcome you to
Oxford this year for the seventh annual Global Scholars Symposium. SOCIAL EVENTS 31
The theme of GSS 2014 is 'Dare to Differ', with a focus on individuals and communities who
have dared to differ from conventional wisdom, dominant paradigms, and mainstream CREATIVE EXHIBITIONS 33
thinking. The theme is a springboard to encourage debate and dissent in discussions at
the symposium itself and an opportunity for scholars to reflect on individual privilege and
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 36
the responsibility that comes with it.
This conference is one of those rare opportunities in academia to learn about and
DIRECTING COMMITTEE 38
discuss issues that transcend individual fields of study. We hope that this will inspire
excitement and interest in new areas and provide a space for novel ideas and
perspectives. COMMITTEE 40
This year’s GSS continues to strengthen a legacy of collaboration and partnership and
was jointly coordinated by scholars from various scholarship programs. We are very DELEGATES 44
grateful to the 2014 GSS Organising Committee for their hard work and dedication. We
would also like to thank our major sponsor the McCall MacBain Foundation and in RHODES HOUSE 67
particular John McCall MacBain for his energy and ideas, as well as the Rhodes Trust,
Gates Cambridge Trust and Clarendon Fund for their time and generous contributions. OXFORD: EATERIES 68
We offer a very warm welcome to all delegates and speakers to GSS 2014.
With best wishes, SOCIAL MEDIA 72
The 2014 Global Scholars Symposium Executive
WELFARE 73
NOTES 74
Katie Max Tracy Sarah Kate SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 78

Hammond Harris Jennings St. John Williams
2 www.globalscholars.co.uk For more information, please email us at info@globalscholars.co.uk 3

SPONSORS SCHOLARSHIPS
Special thanks to the McCall MacBain Foundation for their generous Chevening Scholarship Gates Cambridge Trust, which aims to
support of GSS 2014 build a global network of future leaders.
The Chevening Scholarship funds
Ninety new scholarships are awarded
international postgraduate students who
every year to students from across the
want to study in the UK for one academic
world, identified by academic excellence,
year. The scheme commenced in 1984
leadership potential, and a commitment
and is funded by the British government’s
to improving the lives of others.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The
scheme annually provides funding for
around 700 scholars selected for their
Fulbright Commission
outstanding leadership potential. The prestigious Fulbright Awards
Programme has a distinguished history
Churchill Scholarship built on the legacy of the late Senator J.
William Fulbright, who set forth an
As the establishment of a new college in
inspirational global exchange in the
Cambridge was becoming a reality, Sir
aftermath of World War II to promote
Winston Churchill met with American
leadership, learning, and understanding
friends to ask them to create a mechanism
THE MCCALL MACBAIN FOUNDATION (MMF) IS A GRANT MAKING ORGANIZATION for young Americans to study at the
college. The first three Churchill
Marshall Scholarship
ESTABLISHED IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND BY JOHN AND MARCY MCCALL MACBAIN
Scholarships were awarded in 1963 and Founded by a 1953 Act of Parliament,
OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF HUMANITY THROUGH FOCUSED GRANTS IN Marshall Scholarships fund up to forty
currently, at least thirteen one-year
HEALTH, EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT. American scholars each year to study at a
scholarships are awarded yearly.
UK institution in any field of study. Its goal is
Thank you to following scholarships for their continued support Clarendon Fund to motivate scholars to act as
ambassadors from the USA to the UK and
The Clarendon Fund is a major graduate
vice versa thus strengthening mutual
scholarship scheme at the University of
understanding between the two countries.
Oxford, offering 100 new scholarships
every year. In 2012-13, there are more than
300 Clarendon scholars at Oxford from at
Rhodes Scholarship
least 50 different nations. Awards are made The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate
based on academic excellence and awards supporting all-round students from
potential across all subject areas. diverse countries to study at the University
of Oxford. Established in the will of Cecil
Commonwealth Scholarship Rhodes, the Rhodes is the oldest
international scholarship program in the
Founded in 1959, the Commonwealth
world. Each year, a class of 83 scholars is
Scholarship and Fellowship Plan is an
selected from 15 geographic
international programme through which
constituencies around the world.
member governments offer scholarships
and fellowships to citizens of other
The Weidenfeld Scholarship
Commonwealth countries. It supports
around 700 awards annually and has The Weidenfeld Scholarship cultivates the
funded 27,000 individuals since its leaders of tomorrow from transition and
establishment. emerging economies. In its first phase, the
programme focused on Europe’s wider
Gates Cambridge Scholarship neighbourhood including Eastern Europe,
Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East, and
In October 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates
North Africa. To date, 113 scholars have
Foundation donated $210 million to the
taken part from 37 countries.
University of Cambridge to establish the

THEME Dare to Differ THEME Dare to Differ
This year's theme is 'Dare to Differ'. The theme is a reflection of the fact that many of the
world’s most influential people are those willing to challenge the status quo and act in
the face of opposition and discouragement. Through dialogue with dynamic speakers
we encourage delegates to think about how they can ‘Dare to Differ’ and have a positive
influence on the world.
The symposium will be structured in a way that mirrors the process that an individual or
community might go through when daring to differ. We have outlined five steps for
reflection to guide scholars throughout the conference.
1. Responsibility and privilege: who are we to try to change the world? How should we
approach our fortunate circumstances as scholarship recipients?
2. Community and identity: what communities are each of us part of? What identities do
we have that dictate how we act? What is our role at university?
3. Structures and systems: how can we overcome constraints? What are typical barriers
we face when we try to dare to differ?
4. Big issues: what are the major issues and opportunities facing the world today? How
do we identify them?
5. Action: how to do we change the world for the better? What steps do we need to take
to 'dare to differ'?
These five steps will give logic and coherence to the symposium’s proceedings. We
encourage scholars to engage fully with them and to consider their role in addressing
the challenges of our time.
Innovative formats
Speaker Sessions
We plan to have more than one speaker to speak in most sessions. We hope that the speakers will be
keen to engage with each other as well as the delegates in the discussion period following the talks.
Approximately half the time will be dedicated to questions and discussion for each session.
Fireside Chats
On Saturday night speakers will engage in ‘fireside chats’ with small groups of delegates interested in
getting to know them better.
Open Spaces
We will be crowd-sourcing ideas for discussion from delegates on Friday and Saturday morning for the
Open Spaces Sessions on Saturday afternoon. This serves as a ‘design your own session’ opportunity for
participants to have the chance to discuss the issues they find most pressing at the moment. Speakers
are encouraged to offer ideas and participate in these sessions.
Small Group Sessions

All delegates will be assigned to a small group, which will be an opportunity to reflect in a smaller
group and to get to know people from different scholarships and disciplines. Delegates will introduce
themselves through a short presentation of a project they are currently working on or an idea they
have and would like to implement.

SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
May 15 - 18, 2014 Friday 16th May
Time Activity Location

Rhodes House, Oxford
08:30 Introduction Milner Hall,
Overview of the conference theme, the development of content Rhodes House
over the course of the conference, and the day ahead.
Thursday 15th May 08:45 ‘Dare to Differ’ Keynote Milner Hall,

Justice Joe Williams Rhodes House
Time Activity Location Indigenous New Zealand Judge Justice Joe Williams speaks
about the conference theme, ‘Dare to Differ’.
18:00 Delegate Arrival in Oxford. Backpackers/
Pick-up/Drop Off Balliol on Broad St ‘Dare to Differ’ Keynote
15 May Jennifer Robinson
Pick-up: 15:45 Corner of Trumpington Street and Pembrook Street, Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson speaks about ‘Daring to
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Differ’.
Drop Off: 18:00 Corner of Beaumont Street and Magdalen Street
Oxford Time for questions.
Bus from Cambridge will drop delegates off on St Giles.
10:00 Morning Tea Rhodes House
19:15 - Registration and Welcome Drinks Rhodes House Marquee
21:00 Rotunda and
Marquee 10:25 Delegates to move to Milner Hall
19:45 - Welcome from Rhodes House Warden and Performance
20:10 10:30 ‘Responsibility and Privilege’ Panel Milner Hall,
Performance from the New Zealand indigenous performance
Laura Bates Rhodes House
group, Ngãti Rãnana.
Please note that dinner will not be provided. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Founder of Everyday Sexism Project Laura Bates and journalist
21:00 - Informal Introduction to Small Groups and commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown speak about how to
21:10 approach responsibility and privilege in the world. Time for
questions. Moderator: Julia Spelman
21:00 - Drinks finish at 9pm. Evening concludes at 9.30pm.
21:30 11:45 Delegates to meet in Milner Hall
11.55 Small Group Session: Introductions and Individual Presentations Delegates will be
Delegates gather in assigned small groups to meet one another directed to small
and begin prepared presentations on ‘Dare to Differ’. group rooms:
Milner Hall
Beit Room
Jameson Room
Warden’s Drawing
Room
John McCall
MacBain Room
Scholars’ Room A
Scholars’ Room B
IT Suite

SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
Friday 16th May (continued) Saturday 17th May
Time Activity Location Time Activity Location

13:25 Lunch Rhodes House 08:40 Introduction Milner Hall,
Marquee Review of the previous day and overview of the day ahead. Rhodes House
14:20 Delegates to move to Milner Hall

09:00 ‘Structure and Systems’ Keynote Milner Hall,
14:30 ‘Community and Identity’ Panel Milner Hall, Rhodes Rhodes House
Joel Bakan
Daniela Papi House
Film-maker and law professor Joel Bakan speaks about daring to
Gina Din-Kariuki differ within today’s structures and systems. Time for questions.
Founder of ‘Learning Service’ Daniela Papi and leading PR
manager Gina Din-Kariuki speak about issues of identity and 09:45 ‘Structure and Systems’ Keynote Milner Hall,
community, and how they inform daring to differ. Time for Jacob Weisberg Rhodes House
questions. Moderator: Julia Spelman
Editor-in-Chief of Slate Group Jacob Weisberg speaks about
contemporary media. Time for questions.
16:00 Afternoon Tea Rhodes House
Marquee
10:30 Morning Tea Rhodes House
Note: Deadline for Open Spaces Session Topic Suggestions Marquee
16:20 Delegates to move to small groups
16:30 Small Group Session: Individual Presentations Small group rooms 10:55 Delegates to move to skills workshops
Presentations continue – and a chance to start to reflect on the
content of the conference. 11:00 Engaging with Oxford: Skills and Community OxGrow: Scholars’
Delegates choose from a series of interactive skills or community Room A
18:00 Delegates to make their way to Somerville College by 7pm. sessions. Please refer to the Handbook for description of the Good Lad: Milner
activities and their locations. Hall
18:45 A walking group will be led from Rhodes House to Somerville College It Gets Brighter:
John McCall
19:00 - Drinks Reception & Formal Dinner Somerville College MacBain Room
22:30 Streetview: Rhodes
House Rotunda
It Happens Here:
Scholars’ Room B
Fellow: Beit Room
Public Speaking
Worksop: Warden’s
Drawing Room
Food Justice:
Jameson Room
12:25 Lunch Rhodes House

Marquee
13:20 Delegates to move to panels sessions

SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
Saturday 17th May (continued) Sunday 18th May
Time Activity Location Time Activity Location

13:30 Panel Sessions: ‘Major Issues and Opportunities’ Health panel: Beit 09:30 Introduction Milner Hall,
Room Recap of the previous day and overview of the day ahead. Rhodes House
A chance for delegates to choose a focused discussion on how
the world is changing in the spheres of health, democracy, and Democracy panel: 09:40 John McCall MacBain Video: ‘Risk’ Milner Hall,
business. Milner Hall Rhodes House
Via video message GSS supporter John McCall MacBain shares
Profit panel: his perspective on risk taking.
Reconceptualising Reconceptualising Reconceptualising Jameson Room
Health Democracy Profit 10:00 ‘Daring to Differ’ Keynote
Dr. Hannah Gay Phil Ball Joel Bakan David Suzuki
Environmentalist David Suzuki considers how we can address the
Winnie Yip Joe Williams Isaac Holeman
major opportunities and issues in our world today, in light of our
Brianne Kent Winona LaDuke responsibilities and relationships. Time for questions.
15:00 Meet in Milner Hall for introduction to Open Spaces Session 10.50 Morning Tea Rhodes House
Marquee
15:10 Open Spaces: Design Your Own Session Milner Hall to move 11:10 Delegates to move to Milner Hall
Delegates will be able to propose sessions during the to various rooms
11:20 ‘Daring to Differ’ Keynote Milner Hall,
conference, and then lead a discussion on their preferred topics.
Winona LaDuke Rhodes House
Native American political activist Winona LaDuke reflects on how we
16:30 Afternoon Tea Rhodes House can address the major opportunities and issues in our world today,
Marquee in light of our responsibilities and relationships. Time for questions.
12:20 Lunch Rhodes House
Marquee
17:00 Small Group Session: Reflection and Preparation for Final Small group rooms 13:00 Delegates to move to Milner Hall
Presentation
13:10 ‘Action’ Panel Milner Hall,
Delegates discuss conference content and prepare their final Hannah Gay Rhodes House
presentations. Toby Ord
Karen Cannard
18:00 Meet speakers in Rotunda to walk to Fireside chat locations Pioneering doctor Hannah Gay, philosopher Toby Ord and
founder of zero waste project Karen Cannard consider how to
18:15 Fireside Chats Various pubs, see take action in the most effective way in our world today. Time for
A unique opportunity for delegates to interact with speakers in a Fireside Chat Map questions. Moderator: Aaron Manian.
more informal environment.
19:15 Return to Rhodes House 14:50 Small Group Session: Final Reflections Small group rooms
Delegates to offer short presentations on issues arising from
19:30 Dinner Rhodes House Symposium discussions.
Marquee
16:20 Delegates to move to Milner Hall
21:30 Evening Social Activities Rhodes House
16:30 - Closing Session Milner Hall,
17:00 Bus 18 May. Rhodes House
From Social at Maxwell’s [36 Queen St, Oxford OX1 1ER] Maxwell’s
23:30 Pick-up: 18:00 Corner of Beaumont Street and Magdalene Street
Oxford. Drop Off: 20:15 Corner of Trumpington Street and
Pembrook Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Small Group representatives to offer brief summaries of their
group activity.
Final remarks and looking ahead.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
working with political prisoners and (1997), as well as textbooks, edited

engaging in legal advocacy on human collections, and numerous articles in
rights and self-determination. She was leading legal and social science journals.
educated at the Australian National His award-winning new book, Childhood
University and the University of Oxford Under Siege: How Big Business Targets
where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Children (2012), has been translated into
several languages. A frequent recipient of
awards for both his writing and teaching,
Bakan has worked on landmark legal
cases and government policy, and serves
regularly as a public speaker and media
commentator. Also a professional jazz
guitarist, Bakan lives in Vancouver,
Canada with his wife, Rebecca Jenkins,
and their two children, Myim and Sadie.
Justice Joseph Williams Jennifer Robinson

Justice Williams was appointed a Judge of Jennifer Robinson is a Director of Legal
the High Court on 10 September 2008. He Advocacy in Bertha UK
graduated from Victoria University with an (www.berthafoundation.org), and created
LLB in 1986 and from the University of British and runs the Be Just program. In her
Columbia, Canada, with an LLM (Hons) in capacity at Bertha, Jen has worked with
1988. He then joined, and later became a filmmakers in developing their legal
partner of the law firm Kensington Swan in advocacy campaigns and is interested in
Auckland. After practising as a partner of developing better cooperation between Joel Bakan
Walters Williams & Co, Justice Williams was lawyers and filmmakers to achieve social Joel Bakan is a professor of law at the
appointed Chief Judge, Mãori Land Court justice film advocacy goals. A human University of British Columbia, and an
in December 1999. Shortly thereafter he rights lawyer and adjunct lecturer in law internationally renowned legal scholar
was appointed as Deputy Chairperson of at the University of Sydney, Jen has acted and commentator. A former Rhodes
the Waitangi Tribunal and appointed the in key free speech cases before the Scholar and law clerk to Chief Justice
Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal in European and English courts for clients Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of
2004. Justice Williams is a former Vice such as the New York Times, CNN, Canada, Bakan has law degrees from
President of the Mãori Law Society and a Bloomberg, Human Rights Watch and Oxford, Dalhousie, and Harvard. His Jacob Weisberg
former President of Te Runanga Roia o Global Witness. critically acclaimed international hit, The
Tamaki Makaurau, the Auckland Mãori Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Jacob Weisberg is chairman and editor-in-
She has been a member of the legal
Lawyers Association. While in practice, he Profit and Power (2004), electrified readers chief of The Slate Group, a unit of the
team for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
had extensive experience as a company around the world (it was published in over Graham Holdings Co. devoted to
since 2010. Jen has advised governments
director including sitting on the Board of 20 languages), and became a bestseller developing Web-based publications.
and NGOs on a wide range of media and
MAI FM in Auckland for some years. He in several countries. The book inspired a Weisberg joined Slate shortly after its
international law issues and conducted
was the lead singer of ‘Aotearoa’, a feature documentary film, ‘The founding in 1996 as chief political
human rights missions to Syria and
popular R&B/reggae band in the 1980s. Corporation’, written by Bakan and co- correspondent. He succeeded Michael
Malaysia for the International Bar
He is a fellow of the International created with Mark Achbar, which won Kinsley to become Slate‘s second editor
Association. She serves on the Executive
Academy of Trial Lawyers, a fellow of the numerous awards, including best foreign from 2002 until 2008, when he handed the
Committee of the Commonwealth Law
Law Faculty at Victoria University of documentary at the Sundance Film job over to David Plotz.
Association and on the board of Article
Wellington, and an adjunct professor at 19, an international free speech Festival, and was a critical and box office Before joining Slate, Weisberg wrote about
the Ngãi Tahu Research Centre, organisation. Jen is a founding member success. Bakan’s highly regarded politics for magazines including the New
Canterbury University. His tribal affiliations of International Lawyers for West Papua, scholarly work includes Just Words: Republic, Newsweek, New York Magazine,
are Ngãti Pukenga and Te Arawa having spent more than a decade Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs
(Waitaha, Tapuika).

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Jacob Weisberg (Continued) In 1990 he co-founded with Dr. Tara Cullis, Award, with which she began the White
The David Suzuki Foundation to Earth Land Recovery Project.
Vanity Fair, and the New York Times
“collaborate with Canadians from all A graduate of Harvard and Antioch
Magazine. His most recent book, The Bush
walks of life including government and Universities, Winona has written extensively
Tragedy, was a New York Times bestseller in
business, to conserve our environment on Native American and Environmental
2008. He is the co-author, with Robert E.
and find solutions that will create a issues. She is a former board member of
Rubin, of In an Uncertain World (2003). He is
sustainable Canada through science- Greenpeace USA and serves, as co-chair
also the author of the 1996 book In Defense
based research, education and policy of the Indigenous Women's Network, a
of Government, the 2000 e-book The Road
work”. His written work includes more North American and Pacific indigenous
to Chadville, and the Bushisms series.
than 54 books, 19 of them for children. Dr. women's organization. In 1998, Ms.
Suzuki lives with his wife and family in Magazine named her Woman of the Year
Vancouver, B.C. for her work with Honor the Earth.
She has written extensively on Native
American and environmental issues.
Author of now six books, including The
Militarization of Indian Country (2011), John McCall MacBain
Recovering the Sacred: the Power of Founder and President of a grant- making
Naming and Claiming (2005), the non- foundation and its investment arm. Since
fiction book All our Relations: Native 2007, the Foundation has granted
Struggles for Land and Life (1999, South resources to health, education and
End Press), and a novel - Last Standing environment projects around the world.
Woman (1997, Voyager Press). Previously, John was the Founder, President
and CEO of Trader Classified Media, the
world’s leading classified advertising
company. Starting with three small
publications in Montreal he developed
David Suzuki businesses across Canada and in 20 other
countries.
Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist,
broadcaster, author, and co-founder of Winona LaDuke
the David Suzuki Foundation. He is
Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabekwe
Companion to the Order of Canada and
(Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi
a recipient of UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for
Band Anishinaabeg who lives and works on
science, the United Nations Environment
the White Earth Reservations, and is the
Program medal, the 2012 Inamori Ethics
mother of three children. She is also the
Prize, the 2009 Right Livelihood Award,
Executive Director of Honor the Earth, where
and UNEP’s Global 500. Dr. Suzuki is
she works on a national level to advocate,
Professor Emeritus at the University of
raise public support, and create funding for
British Columbia in Vancouver and holds
frontline native environmental groups.
28 honorary degrees from universities
around the world. He is familiar to In 1994, Winona was nominated by Time
television audiences as host of the CBC magazine as one of America's fifty most
science and natural history television promising leaders under forty years of
series The Nature of Things, and to radio age. She has been awarded the Thomas
audiences as the original host of CBC Merton Award in 1996, the BIHA
Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, as well as the Community Service Award in 1997, the Ann
acclaimed series ‘It’s a Matter of Survival’ Bancroft Award for Women's Leadership
and ‘From Naked Ape to Superspecies’. Fellowship, and the Reebok Human Rights

PANELLISTS PANELLISTS
and a growing republicanism. She frequently speaks and writes on the topic.
received the EMMA award for best print She graduated from Oxford’s Said
journalist, and a collection of her Business School as a Skoll Scholar, lectures
journalistic writings, Some of My Best on entrepreneurship via the Skoll Centre
Friends Are… was published in 2005. Her for Social Entrepreneurship, and is
one-woman show, commissioned and currently part of the Clore Social
directed by the Royal Shakespeare Leadership Programme.
Company as part of their new work
festival. In 2005, she was voted the 10th
most influential black/Asian woman in the
country in a poll and in another she was
among the most powerful Asian media
professionals in the UK. She is married with
a son and daughter.
Laura Bates Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

After realising that people no longer Yasmin Alibhai-Brown came to the UK in
considered sexism to be a problem within 1972 from Uganda. She completed her
society, in April 2012 Laura Bates founded M.Phil. in literature at Oxford in 1975. As a
The Everyday Sexism Project, an online journalist she has written for The Guardian,
platform where women can submit Observer, The New York Times, Time
everyday examples of sexism directly, or Magazine, Newsweek, The Evening
via email or Twitter. Standard, The Mail and other newspapers,
The Everyday Sexism Project gives women and is now a regular columnist for The Gina Din-Kariuki
from all over the world a voice. The Independent and London’s Evening
Gina is the founder and Group Executive
website recorded 25,000 testimonies from Standard. She is also a radio and
Chair of the Gina Din Group and has over
15 different countries within a year, television broadcaster and author of
29 years of service and experience in
showing that sexism is still very much a big several books, including Who Do We Think
providing state of the art media and
issue. The stories come from women of all We Are? Mixed Feelings, and an
communication strategy to corporates,
ages, races and sexual orientations, autobiography No Place Like Home. From
governments and NGOs in Africa and
disabled and non-disabled, employed 1996 to 2001 she was a Research Fellow at
Daniela Papi beyond. The Gina Din Group has over the
and unemployed, religious and non- the Institute for Public Policy Research and
years filled a market niche by providing
religious. In a single year, the project has published True Colours, which was Daniela is the founder of PEPY Tours, an comprehensive crisis management,
become internationally renowned, launched by Tony Blair in March 1999. She educational travel company, PEPY, a corporate communications strategy as
featuring in media from the New York has honorary degrees from Oxford youth leadership and education well as major events planning for many
Times to French Glamour, CNN to Grazia Brookes University, and the Open University organization in Cambodia, and Learning blue chip and international companies. It
South Africa, Cosmopolitan to The Times of for her contributions to social justice. She is Service, an education and advocacy is an affiliate of Weber Shandwick, a
India. Laura writes regularly for The currently an Honorary Fellow at Liverpool organization working to help people highly-awarded global PR firm. Gina is
Guardian, The Independent, Grazia, and John Moore’s University, and is a senior rethink volunteer travel. Due to the waste also the chairperson of the Gina Din
Red Magazine and has contributed to The fellow at the Foreign Policy Centre. She is a she encountered in the aid sector and her Foundation. The Foundation empowers
Financial Times and New Statesman Vice President of the United Nations experience with international youth and women by linking them to
among others. She recently consulted for Association, UK, and President of the volunteering, Daniela has become an critical resources. Under the auspices of
the British Foreign Office Preventing Sexual Institute of Family Therapy. In 2001 Yasmin international advocate for a learning-first this foundation, in October 2013 Gina
Violence Initiative, a central feature of the was appointed an MBE for services to approach to international service. She has launched ‘At the Table with Gina Din’, a TV
UK's presidency of the 2013 G8 Summit. journalism in the New Year’s honours list, worked with travel companies around the show that is an avenue to join young high
and in 2003 she returned the MBE in world to help them improve their potential Africans with high achievers who
protest against the new empire in Iraq philanthropic travel offerings and work in the same field. The show has a

Gina Din-Kariuki (Continued) 1994 as a paediatric HIV specialist. Solutions Network (Thematic Group on
Along with colleagues Dr. Katherine Health) and the Joint Learning Network for
segment called The University Table Talks,
Luzuriaga, a University of Massachusetts Universal Health Coverage (Expert Group
a youth-lead series set at rotating
Medical School immunologist, and Dr. on Provider Payment Mechanisms). She
universities and available through
Deborah Persaud, a Johns Hopkins has acted as adviser to the World Bank
Google+ Hangout. The aim of the series is
Children’s Center virologist, Dr. Gay earned and other international agencies.
to empower students to engage a diverse
international attention at an infectious Professor Yip is Associate Editor of Health
audience using an interactive, real time
diseases conference in 2013 where Persaud Economics (Wiley), and the Journal of the
format that enables a global conversation
presented their case report on the Economics of Ageing (Elsevier), and
about entrepreneurship, innovation and
“Mississippi Baby”. The report detailed how editorial board member of Health Policy,
collaboration.
Dr. Gay administered an early and Health Economics, Policy and Law
Gina is a board member of CAMAC (Cambridge University Press) and Health
aggressive treatment regimen to a
Energy Kenya, the Africa Yoga Project, the Economics Review (Springer).
newborn infected with HIV, which appears
James Jordan Foundation and Brand
to have prompted remission of the HIV
Africa. She was recently named one of
disease in the child. The report was
Africa’s 100 Most Influential People by the
published in the New England Journal of Winne Yip
New African magazine.
Medicine. To date, the child continues to
be followed carefully at UMMC and has not Winnie Yip is Professor of Health Policy and
taken any HIV medications for nearly two Economics at the Blavatnik School of
years without any sign of rebound virus. Government, the University of Oxford, and
Senior Research Fellow of Green
TIME Magazine later named the three in its Templeton College, Oxford, where she co-
2013 list of the 100 Most Influential People directs the Global Health Policy Program.
in the World. Dr. Gay has spoken at She is also Adjunct Professor of
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations International Health Policy and Economics
Programme on HIV/AIDS special at Harvard School of Public Health.
symposium in Durban, South Africa and at Professor Yip received her PhD in
the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom. Economics from the Massachusetts
Among other roles, Dr. Gay has served as Institute of Technology, USA. Her research
a member of the American Academy of focuses on the design, implementation
HIV Medicine and the Ryan White Title IV and impact evaluation of national health
Brianne Kent
HIVQUAL Advisory Committee. She and care systems for equitable, efficient and Brianne Kent is a Gates Cambridge
her husband have four grown children effective delivery of evidence-based Scholar from Vancouver, Canada. She did
and are active members in their Baptist health interventions. She leads several her undergraduate degree at Simon
church. projects on large-scale health system Fraser University and MSc and MPhil at
Hannah Gay MD interventions and evaluations in China Yale University. She is currently in the 3rd
Dr. Hannah Gay is associate professor of and her work has been funded by the year of her PhD at the University of
paediatrics at the University of Mississippi National Science Foundation, Bill and Cambridge where she is studying the
Medical Center. The Mississippi native Melinda Gates Foundation, the European neurobiology of memory and Alzheimer’s
received her bachelor’s in biology and Union Commission, the Economics and disease in rodent models. Her research
chemistry at the University of Mississippi. Social Science Research Council. She has has received recognition from the Society
She earned her M.D. from the University extensive research and executive training of Neuroscience and the Natural Sciences
of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1980, experience in Asia, especially China. She and Engineering Research Council of
where she also completed residency is the current Chair of the Flagship Course Canada. She is passionate about science
training in paediatrics. Dr. Gay and her on Health Systems Strengthening and communication and outreach, and has
husband, Paul, worked for six years in Sustainable Financing of the Asia Network been openly critical of the current “publish
Africa and soon after their return to the for Health System Strengthening and a or perish” culture in science.
States, she joined the UMMC faculty in member of the Sustainable Development

Phil Ball Isaac Holeman Toby Ord Karen Cannard

Phil Ball is a Greenpeace activist. He is Isaac Holeman is a designer-scholar Toby Ord is a philosopher at the University Karen Cannard is the creator of The
one of the Arctic 30 - the crew of striving for global health equity. As an of Oxford, who specializes in practical and Rubbish Diet, an easy-to-follow challenge
Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship that took ethnographer and cofounder of the social theoretical ethics. His work has addressed that inspires households to dramatically
part in a peaceful protest at Gazprom's oil enterprise Medic Mobile, his work is about topics ranging from moral uncertainty to reduce their waste in just eight weeks. She
rig to call attention to the threat of oil seeing through the eyes of the poor and status quo bias in ethics to global has presented at Zero Waste conferences
drilling and climate change. Along with marginalised and responding catastrophic risks and global poverty. He at European Parliament, in San Francisco
the other crew members, Phil Ball was pragmatically. Medic Mobile received a has also turned his research interest in and at industry events in the UK. In 2012,
imprisoned for two months in Russia Skoll award in 2014, and Isaac has been global poverty into a practical project: an Karen was featured as a newcomer in the
before being released. featured twice in Forbes Magazine as one international society called Giving What Resource Magazine’s Hot 100 of people
Phil is a committed environmentalist. He of the top 30 social entrepreneurs under We Can which promotes giving to the making a difference in the resource
lives in Oxford, United Kingdom and is a the age of 30. He remains active at Medic charities which are most effective at industry. A frequent contributor to BBC
devoted father to three children aged Mobile, while pursuing scholarly projects helping people in poor countries. So far it Radio Suffolk and BBC London, Karen has
eight, seven and three-years-old. He as a fellow of the University of Edinburgh’s has more than 400 members, who have also appeared on Woman’s Hour, The
spends much of his spare time teaching Global Health Academy and as a Gates pledged to donate at least 10% of their One Show, C4’s Dispatches and ITV1’s
his children about the beauty of the Cambridge Scholar in management lifetime earnings to such charities, totalling Tonight documentary ‘Throwaway Britain’,
countryside around where they live, and studies. more than $250 million. He has advised where she helped a family reduce their
often entertains friends and colleagues the World Health Organisation, the World waste by 95%.
with photos and tales of their outdoor Bank, the UK Department for International As a finalist in the Nesta Waste Reduction
adventures. Phil has been an active Development, the Prime Minister’s Office, Challenge Prize, The Rubbish Diet has been
member of his local Greenpeace group, and the US Government. transformed into the UK’s first slimming club
in Oxford, since 2007. He has for bins. The diet has since been trialled
campaigned on a range of issues around the UK and adapted for radio. The
including, forests and sustainable fishing, BBC Radio Suffolk Rubbish Diet, a 9-week
and in 2008 he went aboard the Rainbow campaign, was shortlisted for a Media
Warrior for its Coal Tour. Communications Campaign award at the
Phil is a talented cameraman and is 2013 CIWM awards for Environmental
passionate about using his craft to improve Excellence. Karen lives with her husband
the world. His dedication to environmental and two children in Suffolk. She is currently
campaigning is well-thought through. He is Chair of Trustees for Sustainable Bury, and is
kind, intelligent and funny, and takes on a trustee of the educational charity Zero
new challenges with gusto. Waste Alliance UK.

PANELLISTS SMALL GROUP SESSIONS
AND PRESENTATIONS
During the Symposium all delegates will be split into small groups which will meet
regularly to reflect more deeply on the talks, workshops and theme of 'Dare to Differ'.
The purpose of the small groups is to provide a more intimate space for participants to
challenge and learn from each other, create meaningful connections and potential
collaborations. To help stimulate this process, for the first small group meeting, delegates
have been asked to prepare in advance a 3-4 minute verbal presentation to introduce
themselves to their small group.
There will be 4 sessions over the course of the symposium, led by current scholars and
alumni trained in group facilitation.
This presentation could, for example, focus on:
a) a challenge facing the world you are particularly passionate about;
b) a topic you are exploring in your own life or research/studies;
Talk and Draw c) a way you would like to dare to be different in your life; or
Clive Cole & Jeraldene Lovell-Cole d) any other subject loosely related to the theme or conference.
Clive & Jeraldene are the directors of Talk The final presentation could, for example, include:
and Draw, a strategic facilitation and a) extension or application of a concept from the conference to delegates' own lives;
illustration company that is going to be b) agreement or disagreement with some of the arguments presented at the
charting the exciting ideas, debates, and conference;
dialogues of GSS 2013. Clive is a versatile c) an idea for how delegates might be able to work together after the conference; or
Management Consultant with extensive d) thoughts on the ‘Dare to Differ’ theme in light of the conference.
experience designing and implementing On the final day of the Global Scholars Symposium, members of small groups will be
creative solutions for both people issues asked to offer a final 3-4 minute reflection on the content of the weekend.
and business opportunities in the UK,
Middle East, Africa, and the United States.
Jeraldene has spent the past 30 years as
professional facilitator, counsellor, coach
and teacher with a deep passion for
Small Group Facilitators
drawing and listening to people. Together
they’re offering an interactive session for Anasstassia Baichorova Josh Carpenter
scholars to learn the fundamentals of Anasstassia Baichorova is an anti-racist A former secondary school teacher and
Strategic Illustration. activist and non-profit worker. She gained coach in rural Alabama, Josh is no
her experience in facilitation through stranger to handling unruly classroom
organizing with Occupy Boston and behaviour. More seriously, Josh is pursuing
leading diversity conversations for the last a DPhil in Politics at Oxford where he
10 years. focuses on issues surrounding the political
economy of the Southern US. He served on
the leadership team of GSS last year and
has led discussions in a number of other
forums on education, civic engagement,
and political action.

SMALL GROUP SESSIONS ENGAGING WITH OXFORD
AND PRESENTATIONS COMMUNITY AND SKILLS WORKSHOPS
Andrew Grey ranging from immigration to LGBT equality Saturday May 17, 11am - 12.30pm
for over 10 years, and is the organizer of
Andy is an MPhil Candidate in Theology, These workshops are interactive in nature, and will last approximately 1.5 hours.
the Oxford Pan-Afrikan Forum.
specialising in Christian Ethics, and Chair
of the Oxford Living Wage Campaign. He
Cory Rodgers OxfordHub Community Cases FELLOW
facilitates discussions every week in
campaign meetings, and has also chaired Cory is a member of the Executive This workshop is designed to support Caitlin Farrar
committees as an undergraduate student Committee responsible for establishing the students in applying innovative Beit Room
representative. As Graduate Representative Global Scholars Network, as well as approaches to tackling thorny social
FELLOW provides free
of Oxford University’s Undergraduate Coordinator for the Oxford Food Security problems. Community organisations will
English lessons for recent
Theology Society, the C H Dodd Society, he Forum. He is currently pursuing his studies present a problem or challenge they have
immigrants, refugees,
has hosted speakers and chaired in Medical Anthropology at Oxford and faced. Delegates will work in small teams
foreign workers and students in a safe,
subsequent discussion. He has also conducting research as a Rhodes Scholar to analyse how they would respond
friendly and informal environment. They
managed discussions of other kinds of on health interventions among nomadic before taking turns to present their solution
currently attract 50 students to their classes,
groups, including as an English teacher to pastoralists. to the community organisation and the
held three-four times a week. Delegates will
homeless and unemployed adults and as other participants.
work with them on how to expand the
a Primary School Teaching Assistant. Julia Spelman
capacity of these classes.
Julia is a lawyer from New Zealand where Oxgrow Talk
Ronan Harrington she helped to set up the youth-led justice OxGrow | Madeleine Ellis-Petersen Food Justice
Ronan Harrington is a student at the advocacy group, JustSpeak. She has also Scholars’ Room A
been a board member of a community Brittany Bear
Blavatnik School of Government. Also a OxGrow provides an edible community
recent graduate of Schumacher College, housing organisation and has experience Jameson Room
garden, where students and the local
Ronan has experience facilitating political facilitating discussions on feminist and Food Justice helps deliver food that would
community can come together to learn,
discussion groups - and has hosted a radio criminal justice issues. She holds a otherwise go to waste to local charities, and
demonstrate and experiment with
show in addition to participating in various BA/LLB(Hons.) degree and is currently raises awareness about the issue of food
sustainable cultivation techniques and
innovation labs. In the past he has worked working as a criminal defence lawyer in waste amongst the student population.
crops. Since 2011, they have been
for the Foreign Office, in strategy and Oxford. They work with the Oxford Food Bank, which
transforming two unloved tennis courts in
marketing, and on an Irish start-up. currently reallocates about £4,000 worth of
the heart of Oxford into a food garden and
Cat Stephens unsold food from supermarkets and
they are interested in how to maintain the
Mary-Dan Johnston Cat is from Melbourne, Australia and has capacity to manage the garden.
wholesalers to local charities. Delegates will
Mary-Dan is originally from Canada, and facilitated workshops on global poverty be invited to contribute to the planning of a
has been working with community groups and development, community new University-wide campaign focusing on
and social movements for several years. campaigning and leadership in Australia food waste in colleges.
She has a particular interest in critical and the Asia-Pacific region. Cat has
pedagogy, and is excited to be part of this worked as a lawyer in the education sector
weekend's discussions. and with community legal centres. Cat is
currently working as a research assistant
Brian Kwoba for Oxford Policy Management and will
commence her MSc in Criminology and
Brian Kwoba is a doctoral student in
Criminal Justice at the University of Oxford
Afrikan and Afrikan-American history. His
in October.
research focuses on the unsung "father of
Harlem radicalism" from the early 20th
century, Hubert Harrison. He has been a
facilitator in activist spaces on issues

ENGAGING WITH OXFORD ENGAGING WITH OXFORD
COMMUNITY AND SKILLS WORKSHOPS COMMUNITY AND SKILLS WORKSHOPS
Positive Masculinity Mental Health Awareness Discussion Tour of Oxford Oxford, and It Happens Here is one part of
that effort. This Consent Workshop is
Good Lad | Nik Kirby & Tom Hills It Gets Brighter | Joshua Chauvin Streetview | Anthony Ralph
designed to begin the dialogue around
Milner Hall & Samuel Galler Meet in the Rhodes House Rotunda best practice of sexual consent.
The Good Lad Workshop is an Oxford- John McCall MacBain Room Streetview Oxford is a Social Enterprise led
based effort looking at the role of men in The It Gets Brighter Project is a non-profit by local people and students. They
complex gender situations. Their campaign run entirely by Oxford student provide homeless or formerly homeless
workshops focus on issues relating to volunteers. They collect and publish short people with the skills to enable them to
consent, masculinity, peer pressure, power video testimonials documenting design and operate walking tours of the
and responsibility. Instead of casting men experiences of mental illness. By bringing local area on a commercial basis. They
as potential perpetrators who just have to people face to face with others who have have a strong social purpose which
learn to obey the law, they promote the experienced mental illness, they aim to not underpins every part of their operation.
idea of ‘positive masculinity’. While Good only combat the stigma surrounding the Anthony Ralph was born in 1963 and
Lad workshops are typically run for men, issue but also to connect people with raised in Oxford. He has had a diverse set
these are delivered after consultation with organisations who can help with mental of experiences throughout his life,
key stakeholders of all genders. Good Lad illness. This workshop will preview some including forming a rock band, and
recognises the value of having a wide video testimonials and initiate a broader working as a life guard and sailing
range of perspectives in the room and as discussion about mental health and the instructor in the Gulf of Mexico.
such, would encourage anyone interested role of awareness-raising campaigns.
in issues of gender, lad culture, and sexual Sexual Violence and Consent
Joshua and Sam are both DPhil students at
violence to attend. Workshop
Oxford. Joshua has worked as a research
Nik is undertaking a DPhil in political consultant at the Canadian Mental Health
philosophy and Tom a DPhil in Oncology.
It Happens Here | Sarah Pine
Association, and has been involved in a
Tom Hills and Nik Kirby, along with the number of anti-stigmatization campaigns
Scholars Room B
others who run Good Lad Workshops, in Windsor, ON, Canada. It Happens Here, an autonomous
have been involved in sports teams or campaign of the Oxford University Student
Sam is a member of Mind Your Head
other groups where they have Union, acknowledges that sexual violence
Oxford. He has faced depression
encountered 'lad culture'. Good Lad happens at Oxford and that through
personally and has helped many close
Workshops are their attempt to get men to education, advocacy, and outreach,
peers manage and overcome mental
engage with gender issues and to push Oxford can be a safe place for all people.
health.
back against lad culture. All genders A key component of this is creating a
welcome. This workshop will preview some video culture of enthusiastic consent, and this is
testimonials and initiate a broader developed through Consent Workshops - a
discussion about mental health and the one hour session that is designed to begin
role of awareness-raising campaigns. the dialogue around best practice of
sexual consent. Participants will be given
the opportunity to participate in a
conversation that everyone (regardless of
age, gender, marital status, or sexual
orientation) can benefit from.
Sarah Pine is the Vice President (Women)
for the Oxford University Student Union.
In standing for the role, she pledged to
improve harassment policies around

ENGAGING WITH OXFORD SOCIAL EVENTS
COMMUNITY AND SKILLS WORKSHOPS
Thursday Night Welcome @ Rhodes Friday Night Formal Dinner @
House Somerville College
Public Speaking Workshop Welcome by the Rhodes Warden, Performance by the St John’s Choir
Charles Conn The St John’s Choir consists of women and
Victor Finkel
Performance by New Zealand men, undergraduate and graduate, both
Warden’s Drawing Room from St John’s and elsewhere in the
indigenous group, Ngãti Rãnana
This workshop, led by a former debater University, who enjoy singing a varied
from the international debating circuit, will repertoire under the direction of the
explore the fundamentals of good public organ scholars. Recent tours have
speaking - both in terms of style and included the USA, Sweden and South
structure. Participants will practice Africa.
speaking themselves and receive
feedback and guidance from their peers Saturday Night Informal Dinner,
and the workshop facilitators. Entertainment & Fireside Chats
Victor is a perpetual student from Australia Fireside Chats
most recently studying for his fourth degree,
a Masters in Economics for Development at Fireside chats provide an opportunity for
Oxford. Winner of the 2011 World University delegates to have more intimate
Debating Championships, Victor has conversations with speakers, including Prof
coached debating and public speaking Joel Bakan, Dr Hannah Gay, Justice Joe
across the world. He is passionate about Williams and Phil Ball.
Ngãti Rãnana
helping people develop their skills in both Fireside Chats Map
crafting and presenting arguments and is
a strong believer in the power of these
skills... but with great power comes great
responsibility, so he requests you kindly
don't attend if you plan to use your
newfound skills for evil.

SOCIAL EVENTS CREATIVE EXHIBITIONS
Performance by Rebecca Jenkins &

Joel Bakan | DJ & Dancing |
Documentary Screenings
Rebecca Jenkins accompanied by Joel

Bakan sings jazz standards, cool covers,
and original compositions. One of
Canada’s most beloved and
accomplished singers and film and
television stars, Rebecca burst onto the
Canadian film scene with her best actress
Genie Award winning performance as a Adolfo Arguello
1940s jazz singer in Anne Wheeler's Bye Bye
Blues. Her soulful and charismatic singing
and acting in that film launched a career
of numerous starring and award-winning
roles in film and television, alongside the
To encourage a more comprehensive exploration of the Symposium’s Dare to Differ
likes of Tim Robbins, Kevin Spacey, and
theme, this year’s GSS application included an unconventional opportunity to engage
Ellen Page.
the theme through artistic expression. These submissions compose the Creative
As a singer, Rebecca toured and recorded Exhibitions that you see featured in this year’s Delegates Handbook, and which you may
with the Parachute Club and Jane Siberry, view displayed at the site of the Symposium in Rhodes House.
and released three of her own albums –
Blue Skies (2008), Something’s Coming
(2012), and Rebecca Jenkins Live at the ‘These days, individuals, cities, regions, countries, all market themselves. The major social
Cellar (summer, 2014). Rebecca recently dynamic shaping international media is the contradiction between global networks and
received a lifetime achievement award local identities. The phenomenon of region branding evidence how new cultural
from the Chlotrudis Society for identities can shape the global arena. Via the implementation of Region Branding
Independent Film. Strategies different regions have found a way to redefine who they are and what they
have to offer within an internationally competitive environment. I am in the position to
build consensus between Chiapas’ biodiversity and culture, and develop a global
platform. This could generate advantages of branding, gaining worldwide attention to
the region (linking one of the World’s Biodiversity Corridors that goes from Mexico to
Colombia). We will not continue to be the poorest region in Mexico. The outcome will be
a world-known case of economic development. Chiapas’ success will be an opportunity
to implement this experience on a national scale’.
– Adolfo Arguello

CREATIVE EXHIBITIONS CREATIVE EXHIBITIONS
Via visual, literary, or musical creative mediums, the items included in the Creative
Exhibition reflect delegates’ interpretations of what it means to ‘Dare to Differ’.
Submissions include original essays and poetry, photography, and musical performance.
Each submission on display is accompanied by an artist’s statement: the delegate artist
explains why the submission reflects the theme in his or her own eyes. During your time at
this year’s Global Scholars Symposium, we encourage you to explore the Creative Exhibit
and read and observe the diversity of manners in which your fellow delegates interpret
the ‘Dare to Differ’ theme.
‘Truth–the government of Nepal has not formed the truth commission to investigate
incidents relating to a 10 years-long armed conflict in Nepal. Conflict victims, civil society
and the whole of Nepal demand truth - International Day for Truth (24 March 2013)’.
Rebekah Scheuerle
– Rukamanee Maharjan
‘There is a pervasive culture of
exaggerated-acclaim for disruptive but
underdeveloped breakthroughs, with a
gap in support for their translation into
‘My PhD in Physics is on DNA origami, the feasible, life-changing technology. There is
art of folding DNA into three dimensional a lack of appreciation for the clever ideas
shapes. What happens when scientists do that make the pivotal, sometimes
arts? Or when science leaves its comfort incremental changes required for a
Rukamanee Maharjan
zone and “dares to differ"? The photo launch from bench to market, and a lack
shows a paper origami model of my DNA of resources to do so. This is especially true
origami design – a small channel made for developing world contexts, whereby
from DNA. Today it is art, but tomorrow it merely tailoring an existing technology for
might help to deliver drugs or kill a resource-limited environment, quality of
malfunctioning cells’. – Kerstin Goepfrich life for a society can be revolutionized. I
dare scientists and engineers to differ, by
taking on the unpopular challenge of
innovating feasible improvements for
existing technology to reach those in
need, and dare society to recognize these
optimizers as the world-changing
innovators they truly are. I hope this image
demonstrates how a minor optimization
can majorly improve efficiency of a
common product, and inspires ideas for
increasing robustness of other existing
technologies’. – Rebekah Scheuerle
Creative Exhibitions: Please note that the views expressed in the displayed work and artist
statements do not necessarily represent the views of the Global Scholars Symposium. GSS
brings together students and speakers to engage in thought provoking dialogue
intended to challenge scholars to think in new and creative ways. This is particularly
reflected in this year’s Symposium theme, Dare to Differ. It is our hope that the Creative
Exhibitions of this year’s Symposium will further deepen the creative engagement that is
the hallmark of the Global Scholars Symposium.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Katie Hammond Max Harris Sarah St John Tracy Jennings

Commonwealth Scholarship Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes Scholarship Clarendon Scholarship
University of Cambridge University of Oxford University of Oxford University of Oxford
Katie is a Commonwealth Trust Scholar Max Harris is an MPP student at the Sarah is from British Columbia, Canada Tracy Jennings is a MPhil student in the
and Gates Cambridge Scholar alumna, Blavatnik School of Government. Max is and is currently completing her MPhil in Faculty of Classics. Tracy is studying imperial
working towards her PhD in Sociology. She especially interested in justice policy, Geography and Environment focusing on Roman history and has a particular interest
is also an Embryo Project fellow and climate change, human rights, and immigration policy. Previously she attended in the networks of connectivity in the ancient
visiting scholar at the Center for Biology progressive politics. He also enjoys Simon Fraser University and completed a world. Her Masters dissertation considers the
and Society at Arizona State University. Her dancing, playing cricket and soccer Bachelors of Science degree in Health role of individuals' origins in the Roman
research explores assisted human badly, and blogging. Sciences. Sarah’s passion for humanitarian slave system and trade.
reproduction, its resulting markets and issues and sustainability has driven both
regulation. She holds an MPhil in Gender her studies and her extra-curricular
studies (also cantab) and BA Hons in Legal activities, including her involvement with
Studies (Carleton University). Katie is the Canadian Red Cross. She is excited to
actively involved in the sphere of be on this year’s GSS committee and looks
reproduction and biomedical technology forward to bringing scholars together to
in numerous capacities, including in the learn from each other, collaborate, and
media, and as a convener of multiple challenge each other with the help of
related research forums. Katie was creative and innovative formats.
previously the 2013 GSS Social Director.
Kate Williams
Commonwealth Scholarship
University of Cambridge
Kate Williams is a PhD Student in the Department of Sociology, working in the area of
Sociology of Knowledge. Kate completed her previous studies in Western Australia. Prior
to joining the PhD program at Cambridge, she worked in the aid and development
sector in Melbourne. Her doctoral topic aims to present a sociological account of
international development as an institutional field. Her current research interests lie in the
areas of sociology of knowledge, social theory, sociology of intellectuals and the
philosophy and sociology of the social sciences.

DIRECTING COMMITTEE DIRECTING COMMITTEE
Rebekah Scheuerle (Delegates) Previously, Elizabeth worked as a special

Louis Chambers (Social) Kate Crowcroft (Media & education teacher for students with
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Rhodes Scholarship Communications) emotional/behavioural disabilities and
University of Cambridge mild-moderate cognitive disabilities. She
University of Oxford Gates Cambridge Scholarship Rebekah Scheuerle is a PhD student in the holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Urban
Louis grew up on a farm in sunny Hawke’s University of Cambridge Department of Chemical Engineering and Special Education, and an MSc in
Bay, New Zealand. Now that he is living in Kate Crowcroft is a PhD candidate in the Biotechnology. Rebekah is developing a Evidence-Based Social Intervention.
wet Oxford, he spends his time thinking Faculty of English. Her research looks at the novel medical device for oral delivery of
about long-term challenges like climate early modern medical and theological medications to breastfeeding infants, and
change and international governance. As history of the tongue and the mouth in also actively spinning out the technology
a public policy enthusiast, Louis has the Europe. Her prize-winning poems have in the start-up social enterprise JustMilk.
pleasure (or the embarrassment) of being appeared in The Best Australian Poems Rebekah is interested in using engineering
intrigued by anything and everything: this anthology, The Australian national to develop technologies targeted at
means my interests drift across topics as newspaper, and other publications. Kate solving global public health problems,
diverse as inequality and poverty; new works extensively with organizations specifically focussing on infants in
models of social organising; and future promoting literacy and numeracy in developing countries. She holds a
trends in transport and energy. disadvantaged communities. bachelor’s degree in Chemical
Engineering from The University of Texas,
and has worked at the University of
California Berkeley, MSD, and Genentech.
Elizabeth Nye (Logistics)

Clarendon Scholarship
University of Oxford Ruy Sebastian Bonilla, IT Officer
Elizabeth Nye is a DPhil (PhD) student at the Clarendon Scholarship
Centre for Evidence Based Intervention in University of Oxford
the Department of Social Policy and Sebastian is a third year DPhil in Materials
Intervention at the University of Oxford. Science doing research on solar energy
Elizabeth researches children's generation using silicon solar cells. He is
development, looking at services provided Colombian and an active member of the
in schools to support children with special Latin American Society at Oxford.
educational and mental health needs.

COMMITTEE COMMITTEE
Nouran Abdelfattah Tara Cookson Eleanor Gardner

Gates Cambridge Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship Rhodes Scholarship
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge University of Oxford
Nouran Abdelfattah is an MPhil student in Tara Cookson is a PhD student in the Eleanor Gardner is an MSc student in the
the Department of Medicine. Nouran is Department of (Human) Geography. Tara Department of Social Policy and
studying the molecular pathogenesis of is researching the impacts on women of Intervention at Oxford. Eleanor is
Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Nouran is one of the world's fastest growing anti- researching education policy and the role
passionate about translating scientific poverty initiatives, conditional cash it can have in creating opportunities to
research into clinical treatment for patients. transfers, in rural Peru. She has worked as a promote social mobility in societies with
project developer for community-based historical structural inequality. Eleanor has
Evelyn V. Boettcher and international NGOs in Canada and also conducted research on racial politics.
Latin America that seek to improve quality In September, upon completion of her
of life for women and other marginalized current degree, she will commence the
University of Cambridge communities. Apart from the UK, Tara has Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik
Evelyn V. Boettcher is a PhD student in the studied and lived in Canada, Mexico, School of Government.
Department of Politics and International Argentina, Brazil and Peru and speaks
Studies. Evelyn is studying the development Spanish and Portuguese. Shea Houlihan
and practice of security engagement
Marshall Scholarship
programs in the Asia-Pacific region, with a Irina Fedorenko
particular interest in the manner in which University of Sussex
Weidenfield Scholarship Shea Houlihan is an MSc candidate in
the convergence of multiple identities
within engagement practices is University of Oxford Social Research Methods at the University
understood and addressed across diverse Irina Fedorenko is a PhD student in the of Sussex and will attend the University of
Against the Grain[s] [of Sand],
sets of forums and platforms. Evelyn has School of Geography. Irina is researching Oxford next year as a DPhil candidate in
Evelyn Boucher
experience interning and researching Green Economy in Russia and China. She Social Intervention. Originally from El Paso,
within the diplomatic and security sphere, ‘I took this photograph in the Spring of hopes to find out how civil society and Texas, he works on projects involving
and has studying multiple times in China, 2013 in the Xiang Sha Wan Desert (a young people in particular can help in experimental economics and the
most recently in Inner Mongolia. She hopes section of the Gobi Desert) in Inner shaping sustainable future in both metasynthesis of qualitative and
to serve as a U.S. diplomat in the future. Mongolia, China. Despite the bitterly cold countries. quantitative methodology of the social
temperatures, and despite the obvious sciences. Equally important, one of his
Katherine Bruce-Lockhart difficulty of climbing up a mountain of Alisha Gabriel current projects is to find the best
sand, I spotted this large group of visitors Rhodes Scholarship Vietnamese food and cycling trails along
tirelessly scaling the natural desert cliff. the southwestern coast.
University of Cambridge University of Oxford
They had chosen to challenge themselves
Katherine Bruce-Lockhart is a PhD student Alisha is from the beautiful island of Oday Kamal
that day -- very nearly swimming in the
in the Faculty of History at the University of Bermuda and did her undergraduate
grains of sand flowing downward. There
degree in medicine at The Royal College
Chevening Scholarship
Cambridge. She is researching the history
are many ways to dare to differ. The University of Oxford
of the prison in Uganda from the late of Surgeons in Ireland. Alish has done one
magnitude of such actions may be great
colonial period to the fall of Idi Amin. year of her Paediatrics residency and is Oday Kamal is an MPhil student at the
one day, but on another day may
More broadly, she is interested in the taking two years in between to complete Oriental Insitute. Oday is researching food
represent only a personal challenge.
history of crime and punishment in an MSc by research in Public Health. security in the Middle East and North
Great or small, it takes determination to
colonial and post-colonial Africa; histories Alisha's research interests are in Neonatal Africa. Oday has collaborated with the
dare to make a decision that “goes
of women's detention and incarceration and Paediatric Bioethics. Alisha enjoys Egyptian Government and Qatari Ministry
against the grain” -- and I believe that this
across the African continent; and the travelling and swimming in her spare time. of Environment to solve some of the more
photograph represents that challenge’. –
politics of reparations. pressing issues affecting food security in
Evelyn Boucher
the region.

COMMITTEE COMMITTEE
Juhi Kuchroo gondii and a specific member of its Joseph Thiel

secretory protein, as well as developing
Fulbright Scholarship Rhodes Scholarship
curative medicines against this harmful
University of Oxford pathogen. He helped create a novel drug University of Oxford
Juhi Kuchroo is a visiting student/ delivery system into active and dormant Joseph Thiel is a Master of Public Policy
researcher in the Translational parasites and published a first-author PNAS student at the Blavatnik School of
Gastroenterology Unit at John Radcliffe paper as an undergraduate. Bo Shiun is Government. Joseph is interested in higher
Hospital and the University of Oxford. Juhi is not only passionate about the basic education policy, international
studying Inflammatory Bowel Disease and sciences, but he is also interested in the development and new areas where they
researching the role of T cell receptors in applications of his research, bringing the are intersecting. He plans to pursue an
the onset of this autoimmune disease. As bench sciences to the bedside of patients. MSc in Higher Education at Oxford next
an undergraduate at Harvard College, He plans to attend medical school after year.
Juhi majored in Stem Cell and receiving his PhD and pursue a career in
Regenerative Biology and conducted translational medicine. Collin VanBuren
research in immunology at Harvard Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Medical School and Harvard School of Kelsey Murrell
University of Cambridge
Public Health. Deeply committed to global
Rhodes Scholarship Collin VanBuren is a PhD student in the
health, Juhi founded and currently serves
as Treasurer for the Advancement for
University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences. Collin is
Health and Education Foundation. This fall MSc Social Anthropology (2014), MSc researching the utility of palaeontological
Juhi will return to Boston to pursue an Refugee and Forced Migration Studies data for conservation purposes in
MD/PhD at Harvard Medical School. (2013) amphibians. He has participated in fossil
excavations ('dino digs') in Utah, USA and
Emma-Louise Lawrance Laura Pittman Alberta, Canada during his B.S. at Western
Illinois University and M.Sc. at the
Clarendon Scholarship Rhodes Scholarship
University of Toronto. Collin is generally
University of Oxford University of Oxford interested in the preservation of nature,
Emma-Louise Lawrance is a DPhil student Laura Pittman is a Masters student in the science education practices, and social
in the Department of Clinical Department of Engineering. Laura is equality rights.
Neurosciences. Emma is investigating studying Biomedical Engineering and her
individual differences in decision-making research is in the area of tissue
under uncertain conditions. Emma enjoys engineering. She is working on developing
being outdoors, dancing, science a novel scaffold to be used during spinal
communication and working with people fusion surgery.
on environmental and social justice
campaigns. She is currently volunteering Zoë Stewart
for the 'It Gets Brighter' campaign, working Gates Cambridge Scholarship
to provide hope and connection to University of Cambridge
resources for young people suffering with
mental health issues. Zoë Stewart is a PhD student in the
Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the
Bo Shiun Lai University of Cambridge. She is conducting
clinical trials to assess the potential benefit
Gates Cambridge Scholarship of the ‘artificial pancreas’ as a treatment
University of Cambridge for pregnant women with diabetes. More
Bo Shiun Lai is a PhD student in the broadly, Zoë is interested in the in the
Department of Pathology. Bo Shiun is intersection between medicine, research
investigating a parasite called Toxoplasma and policy, with a particular focus on
reproductive health and rights.

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Heba AlNasser Nurliyana Fatin Arifin Libby currently blogs for the Huffington Erica Cao
Post:http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/libby
Chevening Scholarship Chevening Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship
-blanchard/ and can be followed on
London School of Economics King's College London Twitter @blanchardlibby University of Cambridge
Heba AlNasser is a MSc student in the Fatin Arifin is a postgraduate student doing Erica is a MPhil student in the Cambridge
London School of Economics LSE. Heba is MSc in Emerging Economies and Chris Boyce Centre for Music and Science at the
studying Social Policy and Development: International Development at the Department of Music Studies. Erica is
NGOs. Heba believes in how sharing International Development Institute at researching how individuals with Autism
cultures brings people closer to eachother King's College London. Fatin is passionate
University of Cambridge perceive emotion in music. She completed
. It makes us realize how we are more about development work and heads an Chris Boyce is a PhD student in the her BA in Psychology at Princeton
similar than different. That said, Heba is NGO in Cambodia focusing on education Department of Chemical Engineering and University and plans to attend medical
interested to meet all the brilliant global and micro enterprise development. She is Biotechnology. Chris is investigating the school in the future. Erica has overarching
scholars to exchange and dare to differ. a Chevening Scholar from Brunei. fundamental science underlying fluidized interests in the arts and humanities in
beds in order to help improve their use in medicine and science.
Adolfo Arguello Felix Barber combustion of coal, natural gas and
biomass with carbon capture and
Chevening Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship
sequestration. Chris has previously started
King's College London University of Cambridge a company and obtained multiple patents
Adolfo Arguello is a MPP student in the Felix Barber is a MASt student in the related to innovations in the field of
School of Social Science and Public Policy Department of Applied Mathematics and wearable electronics. After finishing his PhD
at Kings College London. He is a Chiapas Theoretical Physics. Felix is studying this summer, Chris is looking to combine his
Volunteer Ambassador, promoting and towards Part III of Cambridge's interests, starting a career in academia
implementing innovation, planning, Mathematics tripos, with an emphasis on which bridges the gap between
evaluation, and development policies. condensed matter theory. Felix's interests fundamental research and industrial
for the future include applications of implementation of clean energy
physics techniques and principles to innovations.
biological systems and sustainability. He
will begin his PhD later this year at Harvard. Alisson Braga de Andrade
Libby Blanchard
University of Warwick Strange Bright Fruits, Erica Cao
Alisson Braga de Andrade is a MA student
University of Cambridge in International Political Economy in the
Libby Blanchard is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International ‘Strange bright fruits of art and knowledge’
Department of Geography at the University Studies at the University of Warwick. (Virginia Woolf, “George Eliot”).
of Cambridge, where she studies the ‘This flower was discovered when taking a
political economy of climate change Alma Brodersen walk with fellow scholars during the Gates
mitigation strategies. Prior to her research Cambridge Orientation trip in September,
Rhodes Scholarship
at Cambridge, Libby worked in the 2013. The natural beauty of the flower’s
specialty coffee industry for six years,
University of Oxford
bright vibrancy to “Dare to Differ” against a
where I raised over $4 million and directed Alma Brodersen is a DPhil student in the
backdrop of neutral browns and greens
projects for livelihood improvement and Faculty of Theology and Religion at the
becomes something beautiful and
conservation programs with coffee University of Oxford. Alma is working on
preserved when shared with others. It is this
producers in 11 countries. These projects historical research on biblical texts. As a
kind of joint inspiration which brings out
were featured in the Clinton Global Rhodes Scholar, Alma is interested in
the beauty of unconventional items–
Initiative, National Geographic's Wild promoting the international dimension of
whether flowers or ideas–that could easily
Chronicles series, and the Stanford Social higher education.
Adolfo Arguello otherwise go unnoticed’. – Erica Cao
Innovation Review.

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Rebekah Carpio Guilhem Chalancon detoxification. Christina is a United States Nang Kyi Phyu Aung Cho
Presidential Scholar, a Goldwater Scholar,
Fulbright Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship Chevening Scholarship
and an alumna of the Research Science
Guildhall School of Music and University of Cambridge Institute. Her ultimate career goal is to Oxford Brookes University
Drama Guilhem Chalancon is a PhD student at the address the global energy crisis through Nang Kyi Phyu Aung Cho is a master level
Rebekah Carpio is a Fulbright Scholar MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in scientific research and public post graduate student, specialisation in
studying at the Guildhall School of Music Cambridge. His research is at the interface engagement. Education Leadership and Management
and Drama in London, UK. Here she is between molecular biology, systems at Oxford Brookes University. Nang is
taking part in the inaugural year of their biology, statistics and data visualisation, Marlen de la Chaux researching "The Impact of Continuing
Orchestral Artistry Programme, working and aims at understanding how cells Professional Development in Education" for
with the London Symphony Orchestra and orchestrate gene expression. Guilhem her dissertation. She has been working as
believes that innovative R&D in modern
University of Cambridge a teacher, teacher trainer and women
pursuing her passions for musical outreach
and musician wellness. Before coming to statistics and big data analytics will play Marlen de la Chaux is a PhD student at rights trainer in Burma/ Myanmar since
the UK she graduated with High Distinction key roles in handling the most critical Cambridge Judge Business School. Marlen 1996. Nang is keenly interested in leading
from the Eastman School of Music with a challenges of the decades to come. is studying the creation of entrepreneurial changes and managing people in
BM in Clarinet Performance and the ecosystems in challenging environments. education. She holds a BA (Hons:) in
prestigious Arts Leadership Program Ceasor Chanaka She is interested in understanding how English, MA in English Language Teaching
Certificate. She has performed as principal young businesses navigate fragmented (Assumption University), a certificate in
in various Eastman ensembles as well as and ambiguous contexts. In the past, she Qualification in Language Teaching (World
throughout various communities and in Ceasor Chanaka is a Masters student in the has worked with female entrepreneurs in Learning, School for International Training,
numerous music festivals around America. department of health and community Burkina Faso and refugee entrepreneurs USA), a certificate in Youth Leadership
As an avid Lord of the Rings and J.R.R. sciences of School of health and life across the world. (Northern Illinois University, USA) and the
Tolkien fan, it has been a dream come true sciences studying Msc Public Health Cambridge CELTA.
for Rebekah to study in the UK, and reviewing the effectiveness of a public Jia Chen
especially to get to visit Oxford! health intervention following mass Musa P.M. Chunge
distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito
nets at community level in Sub-Saharan Loughborough University Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Joanne Cave University of Cambridge
Africa. Ceasor is interested in malaria Jia Chen is an MBA student in the business
Rhodes Scholarship prevention and control, the use of social school of Loughborough University. Jia is Musa Chunge is an MPhil Student at the
University of Oxford enterprise as a means of empowering the studying micro lending mechanism. Jia Cambridge University Engineering
Joanne Cave is an MSc student in community to take charge of the social worked as an operational risk manager in Department. Musa is investigating the use
Comparative Social Policy at Oxford's determinants of health. Experienced in China Merchants Bank for 4 years, both in of distributed fibre optics in building and
Department of Social Policy and malaria operational research supervision corporate and personal banking area. infrastructure monitoring. The objective is
Intervention. Joanne is researching the and qualified in Food science and to see into our structures and improve our
process of social impact bond (SIB) technology (BFST). Nicholas Chesterley understanding of their behaviour.
adoption in the United States and United Clarendon Scholarship
Kingdom and the relationship between Christina Chang Adam Cooper
SIBs, social service privatization and Marshall Scholarship Commonwealth Scholarship
climates of austerity. Joanne is originally Nick Chesterley is a DPhil student in the
University of Cambridge Department of Economics. Nick researches University of Cambridge
from Edmonton, Alberta and an alumna of
the University of Toronto. She is particularly Christina Chang is an MPhil student in the the implications of temptation and self- Adam Cooper is a split-site PhD student in
passionate about feminist organizing and Department of Chemistry. Christina is control for economic policy. Nick also the faculty of Education at the University of
issues affecting the sustainability of the developing a new energy technology that completed the MPhil in Economics at Cambridge and Stellenbosch University
non-profit sector (i.e. funding reform, uses sunlight to synthesise chemical fuels. Oxford, and has research interests in public South Africa studying how young people
barriers to effective policy advocacy). While at Princeton as an undergraduate, policy, behavioural economics, and from one low-income neighbourhood
she conducted research on a range of development economics, having both learn through dialogue in different places.
energy topics, including flexible next- worked at an economics think tank on Adam’s interests include urban youth and
generation solar cells, energy-efficent environmental policy and with microcredit education- as well as how these relate to
smart windows, and catalysts for water lending in Tanzania. inequality and subjectivity, gender and

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masculinities and forms of new media and includes serving as a Junior Bridge Wan Muhammad Djawad Wan Victor Finkel
communication. Adam has worked at a Engineer at the Ontario Ministry of Dzahanurin Rhodes Scholarship
number of different research institutes in Transportation as well as a Construction
Cape Town, researching youth involvement Inspection for the City of St. Catharines. Chevening Scholarship University of Oxford
in organised armed violence, xenophobic University of Sheffield Victor Finkel is an MSc Economics for
violence towards foreign nationals in South Santi Dharmawan Wan Muhammad Djawad Wan Dzahanurin Development student in the Oxford
Africa and participatory research is an MSc student in the Department of Department for International
methodologies. He also worked as a Civil & Structural Engineering at The Development. Victor has spent too long at
King's College London university and has previously studied
researcher for an NGO in Cape Town for University of Sheffield. Wan Djawad is
four years, the Extra-Mural Education Santi Dharmawan is a Chevening Scholar studying Steel Construction with a public policy, aerospace engineering and
Project, a project that partnered with forty for a Masters program in the International concentration on Modular Construction. music performance.
township schools starting out of class time Development Institute (IDI) Department of Wan Djawad is an avid speaker and non-
activities for young people and their King's College London. Santi is studying profit activist emphasizing on graduate Brendan Fong
families. Political Economy of Emerging Markets employability where he works through his Clarendon Scholarship
with particular interests in the politics of capacity as the founder of his non-profit
reform and development especially in University of Oxford
Alex Davies youth project as well as an Associate
emerging economies. Santi also has years Member of The Institution of Mechanical Brendan Fong is a DPhil student in the
Gates Cambridge Scholarship of experiences working with non- Department of Computer Science at
Engineers in Malaysia. His experience of
University of Cambridge governmental organizations and Oxford University, through which he studies
managing his own structural engineering
Alex Davies is a PhD student in the international aid agencies in Indonesia. consultation firm in Malaysia was used to diagrammatic languages across applied
Department of Engineering. Alex is assist fresh graduates in terms of sciences, with the aim of unifying them
researching improved machine learning Brianna Doherty professional development. from an algebraic perspective. This work is
for big data and is interested in applying strongly informed by an undergraduate
Rhodes Scholarship
machine learning to real-world problems. Elizabeth Dzeng degree in pure mathematics from the
University of Oxford Australian National University and National
He has previously worked at Google and
Amazon and appeared on the BBC as an Originally from California, Ms. Brianna Gates Cambridge Scholarship University of Singapore, as well as by a
"emoticon expert". Doherty is currently a PhD student at University of Cambridge more general interest in information
Oxford University studying neuroscience Elizabeth Dzeng is a PhD candidate visualisation, language, and effective
Giuseppe Marcantonio Del Gobbo on a Rhodes scholarship. Her primary conducting research at the intersection of communication.
research interest is looking at atypical medical sociology, clinical medicine and
Clarendon Scholarship attention in autism spectrum disorders medical ethics at the University of Peter Forbes
University of Oxford (ASD) and other related Cambridge. She is also a practising doctor Clarendon Scholarship
Giuseppe Del Gobbo is a PhD student in neurodevelopmental disorders. She hopes and a fellow in General Internal Medicine
the Department of Engineering Science at to understand how atypical attention University of Oxford
at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
the University of Oxford. Giuseppe is could affect learning and memory in Her research explores medical decision Peter Forbes is a DPhil student in statistics at
researching the seismic performance of everyday situations. Ms. Doherty is also making at the end of life comparing the University of Oxford. Peter is
non-structural systems in buildings. He is interested in advocacy work for families hospitals in the US and the UK. researching how to quantify the strength of
seeking to create an economical solution affected by ASD as well as science forensic fingerprint evidence using an
which will minimize disruptions from communication. Ms. Doherty earned her Sherif Elnegahy hierarchical Bayesian model.
earthquakes and allow for communities to MSc in neuroscience at Oxford University
be more resilient to seismic events. and her B.S. in cognitive neuroscience Chevening Scholarship Assaf Frances
Giuseppe’s interests include structural from Brown University. Strathclyde University
engineering, business management and
University College London
finance. Giuseppe completed a Bachelor
of Civil Engineering and Management at Assaf Frances is a Masters student in the
McMaster University where he earned the Bartlett School of Planning at UCL. Assaf is
Chancellor’s Gold Medal as the university’s studying Urban Regeneration and
top graduate in 2013. His professional researching the effects of 'smart cities
experience in structural engineering agendas on civic engagement'. Assaf is

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interested in the urban environment and Heloise Greeff Gayathiri Jambulingam Andrea A. Joseph
the way it engages with people and
Rhodes Scholarship Chevening Scholarship Fulbright Scholarship
influences their behaviour and choices.
Working formerly as the civic engagement University of Oxford London School of Economics University of London
coordinator for the youth department in Tel Heloise Greeff is an MSc student at the Gayathiri Jambulingam is an MSc Human Andrea Joseph, is a PhD student at the
Aviv Yafo, Assaf's experience includes Institute of Biomedical Engineering in Rights student at LSE. Gaya will be doing University of Pittsburgh-School of Social
creating platforms for creative minds to Oxford. Heloise trained as a Mechatronics her dissertation on the challenges of Work in the United States. She is currently
change their city for the better, managing Engineer (UCT) in South Africa and is equality and rights in Malaysia. Gaya on a Fulbright Scholarship studying an MA
community participation events and more. currently part of a team at the Oxford previously worked on advocacy and in Social Justice Education at University of
Center for Affordable Healthcare training in international women's human London - Institute of Education. Her
Shambhobi Ghosh Technology developing Smart Water rights using UN's human rights frameworks. research focuses on collaborative efforts in
Systems for use in handpumps in rural Gaya looks forward to focusing on education and social work to develop
Kenya. She has also read for a Masters development and rights, migrant and strategies that address the
King's College London degree in Inclusive Innovation (UCT GSB) refugee issues way forward. disproportionate exclusion rates that
Shambhobi Ghosh is a Masters student in as a Bertha Scholar. Passionate about the impact BME youth.
the Depart of English at King's College role of engineers in social development, Aneil Jaswal
London. She is studying a course on Heloise is a founding member of Engineers Han-Rog Kang
Rhodes Scholarship
English:1850-Present. Her creative works Without Borders South Africa, an NPO that
University of Oxford Clarendon Scholarship
have found places in a number of aims to create a platform for socially
anthologies as well as national and Aneil Jaswal is a DPhil student in the University of Oxford
conscious engineers. Heloise hopes to find
international print and e-journals for ways to merge low-cost technology and Nuffield Department of Population Health Han-Rog Kang is D.Phil. student in Oriental
poetry, such as Muse India, and Reach complex medical systems to address the at the University of Oxford. Aneil is Insitute of the University of Oxford. As a
Poetry, UK. Currently she is the associate current gap in healthcare delivery in low- exploring how income-related inequality research student, Han-Rog is researching
editor of tinpahar.com, a website and resource settings. in use of healthcare in low- and middle- the epidemic and medical history of East
archive for creative writing, music and art, income countries. He is interested in health Asia, focusing on China, Japan and Korea.
created by students from her former Dr Mishana Hosseinioun policy, philosophy, and new Also as an academic professional Han-
university Visva Bharati, India. ways of making public policy coherent Rog is teaching medical humanities for
Clarendon Scholarship across sectors. students in leading medical schools and
Diane de Gramont University of Oxford schools of public health in South Korea.
Clarendon Scholarship Dr Mishana Hosseinioun is a Visiting Dilip Kumar Jena Finally as an social activist, Han-Rog is
Scholar at St. Antony's college at Oxford Commonwealth Scholarship working on humanitarian medicine,
University of Oxford University where she completed her MPhil focusing on refugees and illegal
Diane de Gramont is a second year MPhil University of Dundee
and DPhil in International Relations immigrant workers in East Asia. He is the
student in Comparative Government in (University college). Her doctoral Dilip Kumar Jena is a Masters student in the founder of AHI (Asia Humanitarian
the Department of Politics and dissertation was on 'The Globalisation Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Initiative), one of new rising leading
International Relations at Oxford. Diane is of Universal Human Rights and the Law and Policy at University of Dundee. medical charities in East Asia.
researching the politics of governance Middle East. Dilip is studying MSc. in Energy Studies
reform in the developing world and her (with specialisation in Energy Finance).
thesis focuses on tax and regulatory Dilip has interest in sustainable
changes in Lagos, Nigeria. Diane development of energy and mining sector
previously worked as a research in India through Public Private Partnership
assistant for the Carnegie Endowment models. Dilip has more than six years of
in Washington, DC. experience in energy & mining industry
consultancy, especially in capacity
building through PPP/contracting and
regulatory & policy interventions for sector
development. He works as manager (for
coal & mining advisory services) at
PricewaterhouseCoopers, India.

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Natalya Din-Kariuki David Kurz Devinn Lambert

Rhodes Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship
University of Oxford University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
Natalya Din-Kariuki is a MSt student in the David Kurz is an MPhil student in the Devinn Lambert is an MPhil student in the
Faculty of English at the University of Department of Zoology at Cambridge. He Department of Plant Sciences at
Oxford. Natalya is studying early modern is currently studying the effects of Cambridge University. Devinn is
English literature, with a specific focus on management practices on frog- conducting research on an RNA
seventeenth-travel writing and intellectual invertebrate food webs in oil palm regulatory element called the riboswitch
history. plantations. In general, David is interested and is developing the riboswitch as a tool
in biodiversity conservation, landscape for synthetic biology. Devinn is also
Anjul Khadria ecology, and the recovery of endangered interested in communicating science to
Clarendon Scholarship species. He is excited to work on complex the public and government. Following her
challenges that lie at the intersection of MPhil, she will be persuing her PhD at Cold
science, faith, politics, economics, food Spring Harbor Laboratory as a NSF
Anjul Khadria is a D.Phil student in Systems security, and social issues. Last year David Graduate Research Fellow.
Approached to Biomedical Sciences- interned as a Christian minister at
Industrial Doctorate Center. Princeton University. Alice Lang
Hina Khalid Rhodes Scholarship
Jennifer Lai
Chevening Scholarship Rhodes Scholarship Alice Lang is an MSc student in the
University of Sheffield University of Oxford Contemporary Chinese Studies program
Hina Khalid is a Masters student in the Jennifer Lai is reading for the MPhil in at the School of Interdisciplinary Area
Department of Journalism University of Music (performance) at the University of Studies, Oxford. Alice is studying industrial
Sheffield. Hina is studying International Oxford Music Faculty. In addition to her economics and the energy market in
Political Communication. Hina likes piano performance studies, Jennifer's China. She is interested in how people do,
meeting new people, travelling and tennis. dissertation research considers the and don't, make use of available
She considers networking and description, representation and analysis of technology, and how states govern their
collaboration essential for finding solutions human interaction in the context of music environment.
to problems in this globalized world. therapy sessions. More broadly, Jennifer is
concerned with creating coherences from Emma Findlen LeBlanc
Rachel Kolb her diverse interests, ranging from the Rhodes Scholarship
Rhodes Scholarship practical to the abstract. Her training as a
University of Oxford collaborative musician, as a biological
engineer, and her personal experiences as Emma Findlen LeBlanc is finishing her MPhil
Rachel Kolb is a MSt student in the Faculty a cancer patient and patient advocate in Social and Cultural Anthropology at
of English at the University of Oxford. Rachel lead Jennifer to walk the line between the Oxford, and will begin her DPhil research in
is studying American literature in the arts and sciences with the hope of the summer. Emma's MPhil thesis examines
twentieth century, specifically focusing on integrating disciplinary approaches in order Syria's wartime sharia committees as
authors such as William Faulkner and to develop innovative and creative solutions spaces of radical democracy. Her DPhil
Carson McCullers and the Southern Gothic. to problems in the social medical space. research will focus on customary courts in
Rachel aspires to be a writer and scholar of rural Kyrgyzstan as spaces of "morality in
literature and the humanities, as well as a the making".
public disability advocate. She is especially
interested in facilitating conversation about
disability, difference, and access through
literature and other written discourse.
Adolfo Arguello

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Jerry Lee Sherly Li adequacy of the institutional framework for Rukamanee Maharjan
initiating and supporting squatter
Gates Cambridge Scholarship Commonwealth Scholarship Chevening Scholarship
settlements upgrading in Zambia. Alice has
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge various qualifications which include Rukamanee Maharjan is a LL.M. Student in
Jerry Lee is an MPhil student in the Sherly is a PhD student in the MRC Bachelor of Science in Building Science the School of Law. Rukamanee is studying
Department of Public Health and Primary Epidemiology Unit. Sherly is investigating from the Copperbelt University, Zambia; a human rights and humanitarian law.
Care. Jerry studies cardiovascular the nutrient-gene interactions involved in Postgraduate Diploma in Construction Rukamanee has been working with various
epidemiology, in particular smoking Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and obesity. Sherly Management from the University of Zambia; groups of Nepal including youths, rural
cessation and its association with heart is a registered dietitian with research a Postgraduate Diploma in Environment women and conflict victims and their
and vascular diseases. He also researches interest in nutritional genomics. Protection from the University of Warsaw, rights. She believes in power to make
stem cells as a means to regenerate blood Poland; and a Master of Science in change and setting up examples in
vessels and cardiac tissue, and plans to Hong-Sheng Lim International Development: Environment society through right advocacy and
return to the USA to pursue an MD/PhD in Clarendon Scholarship and Development from the University of participation of all walk of people.
the field of cardiovascular regenerative University of Oxford Manchester, United Kingdom. She has also
medicine. worked in both private organisations and Sophia Malandraki-Miller
Hong-Sheng Lim is a DPhil candidate at the
quasi-government. Alice has served as Clarendon Scholarship
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in the
senior Quantity Surveyor for Mwitumwa and University of Oxford
University of Oxford. His research interests
Associates; Director of Engineering Services
include the molecular mechanisms of Sophia Malandraki-Miller is a DPhil
for Chipata Municipal Council; and
immune recognition in infectious and student in the Dept. of Physiology,
Lecturer and Head of Department
cancerous scenarios. Hong-Sheng is a Anatomy & Genetics of University of
Construction Economics and Management,
keen traveller and enjoys cooking and Oxford. Sophia is focusing on
in the School of the Built Environment at the
long-distance cycling in his free time. After understanding the adult, endogenous
Copperbelt University, Zambia.
his DPhil training, he aims to forge a career cardiac stem cells. The utmost aim of her
focusing on public health and scientific project is to optimise cell therapy for post-
Yazan Madi
policies. Hong-Sheng was also the co- myocardial infarction treatment. Sophia is
executive director for the 2013 Global Chevening Scholarship additionally involved in entrepreneurship
Jerry Lee Scholars Symposium. University of Leeds and science communication.
Yazan Madi is a Masters student in the
‘Death into life: an a’e fern, Hawai’i Julio de Matos Lima Institute for Transport Studies at the Charles Masaki
Volcanoes National Park. Life emerges Chevening Scholarship University of Leeds. Yazan is investigating
from endless flows of hardened lava. I took
Rhodes Scholarship
University of London policies and innovative solutions to University of Oxford
this photo while hiking Crater Rim Road improving transport for the good of the
along the Chain of Craters, following the Julio Lima is a MA student in Media and Charles Masaki is a PhD student in the
individual, society, the environment and
lava tubes until it drained into the ocean. Communication, at Goldsmiths, University Department of Psychiatry. Charles'
the economy. Yazan's interests include
Around me were miles and miles of black of London. Julio is researching public research focuses on understanding the
transport appraisal, strategy
fields – a once-vibrant display of greenery, service broadcasting and they challenges neurobiology of bipolar disorder, by
implementation and project management.
lush vegetation, and wildlife, now on the 21th century. combining techniques for drug discovery,
deadened by the eruption of Pu‘u ‘O‘o. Yet Mr. Madi has over 6 years international work brain imaging and psychological testing.
in the midst of all this black rock and sulfur, Alice Lungu experience with CH2M HILL the global
there a fern grew, just a simple splash of leader in engineering consultancy and Madalitso Mbendera
Commonwealth Scholarship program management and completed a
green in a world otherwise cast in gray. Heriot-Watt University Masters in Project Management from the Commonwealth Scholarship
The audacity of that plant – its tendrils
reaching toward the sun, not waiting for a Alice Lungu is a PhD student in the Institute University of Manchester in addition to his Madalitso Mbendera is a Masters Student
dream to be deferred but to be realized – of Housing, Urban and Real Estate Research undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. in the Department of Media, Arts and
and in its very own existence a defiance (IHURER), School of the Built Environment at Design. Madalitso is studying Media and
and rage against the structures in which it Heriot-Watt University. Alice's research topic Development with a research interest in
grows, it dares to differ: daring to dream, is titled 'Squatter Settlements Upgrading in using social media as a development tool.
daring to hope, daring to live’. – Jerry Lee Zambia' whose main aim is to examine the Madalitso's specialist focus is

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Communications for Development with 4 a non-profit organization, Lead Us Today, Sarah Mummah Toby Norman
years of experience in Development work. which trains high school students in
Gates Cambridge Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Professional experience includes working Zimbabwe on leadership and
for an International NGO in drafting entrepreneurship. University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
communications strategies, monitoring Sarah Mummah is a PhD student in the Toby Norman is a PhD in Management at
and evaluating Community Based Paige Morrow Department of Public Health and Primary Cambridge University. His work focuses on
Organisations and championing for Care. Sarah is investigating ways in which the application of management science
women’s land rights. mobile technology can be used to to solving global poverty challenges,
London School of Economics promote healthier eating and physical specifically researching how motivation
Rebecca Merkley Paige Morrow is currently a Chevening activity. Previously, Sarah received a drives performance in front-line nonprofit
Scholar in the Masters of Law programme Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research workers in Bangladesh.
Clarendon Scholarship at LSE. She is also a researcher at the LSE on health behaviour change interventions
University of Oxford Centre for the Study of Human Rights, in Mexico. She also is the founder and Opio Richard Ongom
Rebecca Merkley is a DPhil student in the examining responsible business practices board president of DreamCatchers, an Commonwealth Scholarship
Department of Experimental Psychology at and international regulation of afterschool program to improve the
Oxford. Rebecca is investigating investment. Paige's research interests academic and health outcomes of low- Opio Richard Ongom is an MSc Public
relationships between pre-schoolers' include business and human rights, CSR income middle school students. After Health student [School of Health and Life
attention and early mathematical skills. and strategic litigation. Previously, she finishing her doctoral studies, Sarah aims to Sciences/ Department of Health and
She hopes to contribute to the emerging practiced human rights, employment and apply her understanding of intervention Community Sciences]. Richard is
field of educational neuroscience through commercial law as a litigator at a design, research, and evaluation, to build researching on Access to HIV and AIDS
her current and future research with the national Canadian law firm. She holds scalable models for influencing human care and Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa:
eventual aim of better understanding degrees in law and international behavior, in order to promote greater An exploratory study of the experiences of
learning and teaching. development from the University of British social justice. recently arrived African diaspora living in
Columbia, Faculty of Law (JD, 2009) and Glasgow City (UK). He has experiences in
Corey Metzman McGill University (BA (Hons), 2006). She is a Nor Azim Hakim Norazmi Community HIV/AIDS Programming. He has
member of the Law Society of British interests in finding low cost and sustainable
Marshall Scholarship Chevening Scholarship approaches in ensuring and monitoring
Columbia. Connect on Twitter:
University of Oxford Cranfield University proper HIV treatment adherence in
@paigemorrowlaw.
Corey Metzman is an MSc student at Nor Azim Hakim Norazmi is one of the disadvantaged communities.
Oxford studying Law and Finance. Last Alan Msosa 2013/2014 Malaysian BAE Systems
year, he also completed an MSc in Chevening Scholar doing MSc in Aerospace Tara Paterson
International Development at LSE. When
Vehicle Design in Cranfield University. Prior Rhodes Scholarship
not in class, he enjoys flying on the University of Essex doing his MSc, Azim used to work as a University of Oxford
trapeze, playing squash, and searching for Alan Msosa is a PhD student at the Human Design & Project Engineer in Spirit
the best burger in London. Rights Centre at the University of Essex. He is AeroSystems Malaysia for 3 years. In Spirit Tara Paterson is an MPP student at the
researching on Human Rights for LGBTI AeroSystems Malaysia, Azim was technically Blavatnik School of Government. Tara is
Dalumuzi Mhlanga people in Malawi. Alan has passion and involved in the design and developments of studying public policy and is interested
experience in the protection of minority the wing components for the latest, state-of- in gender, social movements, and
Rhodes Scholarship climate justice.
and marginalised persons. Alan has the-art Airbus A350XWB. Azim is a young
previously worked for a constitutional passionate engineer who determines to
Dalumuzi Mhlanga is an MSc. African human rights/governance institution in revolutionize the aerospace industry in his Katrin Pfeil
Studies student at the University of Oxford. Malawi, a SADC regional network on country. He dreamt of having his own Gates Cambridge Scholarship
He is currently researching the informal human rights and HIV/AIDS, an airlines one day as he hopes to unravel the University of Cambridge
foreign currency market that emerged at intergovermental agency focusing on future travelling needs of decades to come.
the height of Zimbabwe's economic crisis democracy and elections, and also been Katrin Pfeil is a PhD student in the Institute
in the period 2005-2009. Dalumuzi is attached to the UK Parliamentary and of Criminology. Katrin is researching a new
broadly interested at the intersection of Health Service Ombudsman. investigative interviewing tool designed to
social sciences and social improve witnesses' testimony and
entrepreneurship. To that end, he founded identification performance. Furthermore,

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she has recently completed fieldwork for a Syed Ali Asad Rizvi a Ph.D. in Physics at MIT, where he intends to Anup Kumar Saha
study on wildlife crime in South Africa, for study how nonlinear optical phenomena
Rhodes Scholarship Commonwealth Scholarship
which she has interviewed a wide array of can be used to measure electrical activity
people involved in anti-poaching University of Oxford in the living brain with high spatial and Durham University
strategies and decision-making. Ali Rizvi is a DPhil Student in Machine temporal resolution. Besides his interests in
Learning in the Department of neuroscience, he is also interested in Farhan Samanani
Maria Punina Engineering. Ali is researching the uses of quantum computation, the study of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Artificial Intelligence for big-data. He is origins of life, and broad topics in the University of Cambridge
interested in developing techniques for foundations of physics and probability
University of Warwick accelerated human learning and in
Farhan Samanani is a PhD student in the
theory.
Maria Punina is a Master student in the School of Social Anthropology. Farhan is
formulating an ethics for artificial minds.
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies of the Joanna K. Rozpedowski researching how peoples' sense of
University of Warwick. Maria is investigating Ann Robbins political investment and obligation arises
Fulbright Scholarship out of everyday experience. He hopes to
the Museums of Contemporary Art, the
Gates Cambridge Scholarship University of Liverpool put his research to use in developing
participatory practices, interplay between
the arts, society and politics. Maria was University of Cambridge Joanna K. Rozpedowski is a PhD policy tools that speak more effectively to
working as a curator and radio journalist Ann Robbins is a PhD student in the Candidate in the Department of people's own experiences, meanings and
for several years in Moscow after Department of Clinical Biochemistry. Ann is Government and International Affairs at values. Beyond his research, Farhan enjoys
graduation with specialist degree in researching genetic causes of lipodystrophy. the University of South Florida and a learning about social entrepreneurship,
Theory and History of Theatre. Ann also plays badminton for Homerton Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar at the hiking and climbing, photography, nature
College, attempts to dance salsa, and University of Liverpool School of Law. documentaries, fantasy novels and over-
Karthigayan Ramakrishnan recently completed her third half-marathon. Joanna's current research interests focus thinking pop culture.
on the normative dimensions of law and
Chevening Scholarship Christina Schweitzer
Cory Rodgers politics and the impact and purpose of
University of Sheffield cosmopolitan jurisprudence in
Rhodes Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Karthigayan Ramakrishnan is a MA international relations. University of Cambridge
Governance and Public Policy student at University of Oxford
At the University of South Florida, Joanna Christina Schweitzer is a PhD student at the
the University of Sheffield, Department of Cory Rodgers is an MPhil student at Oxford's teaches courses on Political Theory and
Politics. Karthigayan is interested in Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
International Relations and has has been (LMB) at the University of Cambridge.
studying and researching on migration Cory is exploring how medical and public invited to guest lecture on topics as diverse
issues in Singapore and hopes to be health interventions serve as sites of power Christina is an immunologist, researching
as environmental policy, political antibody mediated intracellular immunity.
involved in the formulation of public and resistance between Turkana pastoralists sociology of citizenship, modern political
policies upon the completion of his and the various authorities operating in the Christina is interested in the intersection
thought, and international law. between science, medicine and policy,
masters studies. In the long-term, he looks region. Cory
forward to engage on more levels with the and helps organize the Cambridge
Carrie Ryan Science and Policy Exchange. She is also a
youth from his ethnic community through Samuel G. Rodriques
available community projects. Rhodes Scholarship fledgling writer, and is looking to expand
Churchill Scholarship
University of Oxford her writing on issues that connect science,
University of Cambridge medicine and policy.
Shaimaa Riyad-Saleh Carrie Ryan is a MPhil student in the
Samuel Rodriques is an M.Phil. student in
Chevening Scholarship the Computational and Biological Learning Department of Social and Cultural Tenzin Seldon
University of Sheffield lab in the Department of Engineering at Anthropology. Carrie is studying end
of life care strategies and ethics in Rhodes Scholarship
I am Shaymaa Reyad, female from Egypt, Cambridge University. Sam is studying the
algorithms that the motor systems in the America. Broadly, she has interests in University of Oxford
working as Political Researcher in the community organizing, interfaith projects
Egyptian Cabinet. I am doing Master of human brain use when learning to interact Tenzin Seldon is a MPhil student in the
with and control new objects. Previously, and social justice. Department of Social Policy and
Governance and public Policy at University
of Sheffield. My main area of interest is Sam studied physics as an undergraduate Intervention at Oxford University. Tenzin is
community engagement practices in the and did theoretical research in quantum studying gender-based violence around
developing countries and governance. information theory. Next year, he will begin the world, specifically in South Africa and

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India. Tenzin's interests range from undertaking her Masters, she was an Scientifically, Jun-Han is interested in aid in remedying global problems, either
domestic and international policy, social economist and investment research bridging the gap between quantitative and in industry or through his own enterprise.
welfare, women's issues and human rights. analyst for a large investment fund. biological sciences, focusing specifically
on fundamental biomedical questions with Jasmyin Petrinna Sue Lin Tay
Erfan Soliman Rishi Sooknanan translational potential. Jun-Han holds a MD Chevening Scholarship
Clarendon Scholarship Chevening Scholarship and BSc in Physics from the National Taiwan
University of Reading
University and will be starting a PhD in
University of Oxford University of Cambridge Jasmyin Tay is a MSc student in the
Engineering and Physical Biology at
Erfan Soliman is DPhil student in the Rishi Sooknanan is an MFin student at Harvard University this coming fall. Graduate Institute of International
department of engineering. Erfan is Judge Business School, University of Development and Applied Economics in
investigating the possibility of creating Cambridge. Currently he is studying Geoffrey Swenson the University of Reading. Jasmyin is
junctions between neurons and muscle Finance and his interests include Risk studying Environment and Development
fibers outside the body, applications of Management & Hedging, Private Equity in
Clarendon Scholarship and is investigating the suitability of
which include better understanding Africa and Credit Spreads & Economic University of Oxford implementing an Extended Producer
diseases like ALS or innervating artificially Cycles. Rishi has worked for three years in Geoffrey Swenson is a International Responsibility programme to manage the
grown muscle fibres to control muscle Sales & Trading at Citigroup in the Relations DPhil candidate in the electronics waste industry in Malaysia. Her
contractions. Erfan is also very passionate Caribbean. Prior to that he had a stint in Department of Politics and International first degree was in Economics and she is
about international relations and world healthcare working in Project Relations. Geoffrey researches finishing her professional qualification with
energy issues; he is currently working on Management. Rishi received the Bsc. international state-building efforts the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and
developing a startup that promotes (Hons) in Management Studies in 2010 designed to strengthen the rule of law in Supply. She was formerly employed in the
cleaner energy use. from The University of The West Indies. post-conflict countries with high levels of oil and gas industry as a contract
legal pluralism. Previously, Geoffrey was the specialist and have developed very strong
Inass Sombol Richard Stebbing Law Program Manager for The Asia environmental interest since. Her interest
Chevening Scholarship Rhodes Scholarship Foundation in Timor-Leste and Country ranges from sustainable procurement to
University of Oxford Director for Stanford Law School's Timor- effective management of industrial and
University of Sheffield
Leste Legal Education Project. Geoffrey household waste.
Inass Sombol is a Masters student in the Richard Stebbing is a DPhil student in the
holds a BA from Grinnell College, a MA
School of Health and Related Research, Department of Engineering Science at Cameron Taylor
from Queen's University Belfast as a
University of Sheffield. Inass is studying Oxford University. Richard is researching
George Mitchell Scholar, and a JD from Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Public Health (Management and algorithms to recover dynamic structural
Stanford Law School.
Leadership). Inass has been working in properties of the heart from 3D cardiac University of Cambridge
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety ultrasound images (echocardiography). Jason Tabachnik Cameron Taylor is a PhD student in the
management and has a special interest in Richard trained as an electrical engineer Department of Italian. Cameron is writing a
health services management. in Auckland, New Zealand before coming Gates Cambridge Scholarship grammar of a dialect spoken in Southern
to Oxford and has a broad interest in University of Cambridge Calabria, Italy. In addition to linguistics,
Saovanee Chan Somchit machine learning, computer vision and Jason Tabachnik is an MPhil student in the Cameron is interested in contemplative
general computer science research. Department of Physics at the University of science and compassion research. He is
Cambridge. He is currently involved in working on the first stage preparation for
King's College London Jun-Han Su several projects in materials science, the Dalai Lama's next visit to Cambridge,
Saovanee Chan Somchit is a Masters Chevening Scholarship investigating phenomena such as proposed for 2015.
student in the International Development University of Cambridge electrical percolation in nanostructured
Institute at King's College London. She is composites as well as thermal Megan Tennant
studying the political economy of Jun-Han Su is a MPhil student in the Master's
conductance of carbon nanotubes. Jason Commonwealth Scholarship
emerging markets and writing her in Bioscience (MBE) Programme, an
is interested in the modelling and
dissertation on sovereign investment interdisciplinary biotechnology and business University of London
simulation of new-age smart materials for
patterns in emerging Asia and Africa. She course at the University of Cambridge. Jun- Megan Tennant is a Masters student in
uses in energy generation, civil
is also interested in issues around Han is interested in fostering collaboration London Studies in the Department of
engineering, and beyond. Ultimately he
entrepreneurship, state-society relations, between academia, industry, and the public Geography at Queen Mary, University of
hopes to produce technologies that can
and corporate governance. Prior to sector to drive innovation in life sciences.

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London. Megan is studying personal Claudia Vadeboncoeur architectural intern at various U.S. firms, as Halliki Voolma
associations of spaces in London. She has well as research experience from the
Clarendon Scholarship Gates Cambridge Scholarship
a background in English literature and Green Scale Research Project at the
film studies and is interested in the University of Oxford University of Notre Dame. With the University of Cambridge
creative treatment of cities and their Claudia Vadeboncoeur is a PhD student in knowledge gained from her research at Halliki Voolma is a PhD student at the
everyday processes. the Department of Population Health. Cambridge, she hopes to return to practice Centre for Gender Studies at the University
Claudia is researching on the topic of and encourage further innovation in of Cambridge. Halliki is studying the
Yee Mun Thum obesity and more specifically, in university sustainable design practices by bridging problem of intimate partner violence
students. Before coming to Oxford, Claudia the gap between research and practice. against immigrant women in the UK and
obtained a Master of Public Health from Sweden. Halliki is interested in research and
King's College London McGill University and has held over 5 Vilija Velyvyte policy on gender equality, immigration
Yee Mun Thum is an MA student in the international intern positions, notably with and human rights. She has worked for UN
Department of Digital Humanities at King's
Weidenfield Scholarship
the United Nations. She is involved in the Women and is an academic advisor for the
College London, studying digital culture community and is now the Secretary of the
University of Oxford EU's Public Engagement with Research and
and its profound effects on the society we Clarendon Scholarship Student Council Vilija Velyvyte is a DPhil in Law student at Research Engagement with Society 7th
live in. Having worked in Malaysia as a Oxford University. Her research focuses on framework project.
builder of digital-led businesses, she is Petra Vaiglova EU law.
particularly interested in the issues Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Clarendon Scholarship Divya Venkatesh
surrounding intellectual property in our
University of Oxford Gates Cambridge Scholarship
digital age, the value and Gates Cambridge Scholarship
commoditisation of immaterial digital University of Cambridge
Matthijs Vákár University of Cambridge Ilana Walder-Biesanz in an MPhil student in
labour, and the development of healthy
ecosystems that support the growth of Clarendon Scholarship Divya Venkatesh is a PhD student in the European Literature. She is currently
digital businesses in Asia. #startups University of Oxford Department of Pathology at the University studying gender and sexuality in Mozart's
#entrepreneurship #innovation of Cambridge. She is studying cell and 'La Clemenza di Tito'. Ilana holds an
Matthijs Vákár is a DPhil student in the evolutionary biology in the parasite
#contentstrategy #cyberpolicy undergraduate degree in Systems
Department of Comptuter Science. Matthijs Trypanosome. Divya is interested in media Engineering from Olin College, but she is
is currently developing a new flavour of and policy issues in science, and in the
Jacob Tzegaegbe not sure what to do with it now that she
logic and is investigating it from various challenges, issues and possibilities in spends all day reading books in foreign
Marshall Scholarship points of view: theoretical computer emerging economies and their societies. languages. In her spare time, Ilana acts
University College London science, game theory, pure mathematics,
and sings at venues around Cambridge,
Jacob Tzegaegbe is an MSc student in the and quantum physics. Overall, Matthijs has Léticia Villeneuve including the ADC Theatre. She also writes
Bartlett School of Planning at University a keen interest in multifaceted questions,
Rhodes Scholarship opera-related articles and reviews for
College London. Jacob is Mega especially the ones that require input from
University of Oxford magazines and websites.
Infrastructure Planning, Appraisal, and both the sciences and the humanities. As a
Delivery with research interests in major well-rounded mathematician, he is always Léticia Villeneuve is a DPhil Student in the Steven Wang
urban transport policy schemes. He is a looking to take part in indisciplinary Department of Politics and International
projects. Relations at the University of Oxford. Rhodes Scholarship
first-generation American with roots in
Nigeria and Israel. After completing his Léticia's research is looking at the University of Oxford
PhD in Urban Planning, Jacob hopes to Kaitlin Veenstra challenges posed by soft law instruments Steven Wang is a Master of Public Policy
apply his transport expertise and Gates Cambridge Scholarship in international law and the way they are student at the Blavatnik School of
experience to developing infrastructure in University of Cambridge used by states and non-state actors. Her Government in Oxford. Steven has studied
West African countries. research interests also include broader international relations in Toronto, Paris, and
Kaitlin Veenstra is a MPhil student in the issues in international politics, human rights Jerusalem. He has worked on
Department of Architecture at the University and constitutional law. development projects in east Africa and
of Cambridge. Kaitlin is investigating
legal aid programs for migrant workers in
sustainable development options through
Beijing. Steven is interested in rule of law
energy efficiency retrofit strategies. Kaitlin
reform in China, developing cooperative
has professional experience as an

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relations between east and west, and markets. Before moving to London on the Nina Yancy worked for Nigerian oil refinery operations
addressing the governance and Marshall Scholarship, Nick investigated to pursue her interest in energy, sustainable
institutional challenges facing this century. complex financial crimes in the Major
Rhodes Scholarship
development, and emerging markets.
Economic Crimes Bureau of the Manhattan University of Oxford Cynthia aspires to be an influential figure
Nat Ware District Attorney's Office in New York City. An Nina Yancy is a master's student in the in fight for women’s empowerment, gender
Rhodes Scholarship advocate of financial market reform, his Department of Politics and International equality, and poverty alleviation.
research has spanned epistemology of Relations at the University of Oxford.
economics & risk management, philosophy Currently completing the MPhil in Politics: Karine T. Yuki
Nat Ware is a DPhil student in International of science, and financial crime. As an Comparative Government, Nina is
Development at Oxford, having previously undergrad, Nick studied physics and interested in political communication and
completed an MBA and MSc in modern critical philosophy at Brown participation, particularly as the Internet is University of Oxford
Development Economics. His research University in Providence, RI. In September, changing the ways people learn about Karine T. Yuki is an MPhil student in the
focusses on innovative ways to better Nick will be taking up the MSc risk and and engage with politics. Nina's other Department of International Development
provide protection to vulnerable people in finance course at The LSE. interests include US politics, public health, at the Oxford University. Karine is currently
developing countries. Nat has a strong and healthcare and education policy. She studying the interplay between
interest in social entrepreneurship and is Catherine Bingchan Xie has engaged with these issue areas entrepreneurship, self-employment and
the Founder and CEO of 180 Degrees through time spent in social service, media, unemployment in urban centers in Africa.
Consulting, which is the world's largest
and government, and she is looking Karine has previously interned at the
university-based consultancy with University of Cambridge
forward to idea-sharing at GSS 2014! Harvard Belfer Center for Science and
branches in 19 countries. Catherine Bingchan Xie is a MPhil International Affairs, at Mexico's National
Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Victor Yang Institute for Nuclear Investigation, at the
Thomas Watson student in the Department of Medicine at World Bank's International Finance
the University of Cambridge. Catherine is
Rhodes Scholarship
Clarendon Scholarship Corporation and at the Boston Consulting
researching novel mechanisms and University of Oxford
University of Oxford Group. Prior to Oxford, she double majored
selective therapies for treating Victor Yang is a DPhil student in the in Physics and in Political Science at the
hypertension caused by aldosterone Department of Politics and International Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Megan Clare Webber
producing adenomas of the adrenal Relations at the University of Oxford. Victor is
Commonwealth Scholarship glands. Catherine's overall interests lie in researching the politics of race and Zhe Zhao
University of Hertfordshire bridging the gap between the lab and inclusivity among grassroots activist groups
clinic through translational medical in the U.S. AIDS movement. He grew up as a
Megan Webber is a PhD student in History University of Oxford
at the University of Hertfordshire. She is research and practice. child of Chinese immigrants, an experience
investigating how poor Londoners used that has led him to explore questions of
charitable resources in the early
Xinzhe Xu identity, migration, and culture in his day-to-
nineteenth century. Megan is interested in Chevening Scholarship day life. Victor also enjoys pretending to
issues of poverty, welfare, and education. know how to cook, zipping through city
University of Westminster
She is involved in public history projects streets on bike, and laughing so hard it hurts.
Jessy Xu is an Masters student in the Media
which aim to bring academic research to
Department of University of Westminster. Cynthia Yoon
a wider audience.
Jessy is studying about Media Management
for her career in broadcasting and
Nick Werle University of Oxford
television back home. Jessy is now doing a
Marshall Scholarship project on social media studies, and her Cynthia Yoon is a MSc. student in the
University College London dissertation topic is about the new Department of International Development.
Nick Werle is an MSc student in the investment in China's film industry. Cynthia is investigating marriage
Department of Economics at University emigration of Vietnamese women to South
College London. Nick is studying economic Korea. Cynthia has worked for various
policy, with a focus on the structure, NGOs and governmental organizations
supervision, and stability of financial that deal with integration of marriage
migrants in South Korea. She has also

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must be worn at all times.
Rhodes House was built by the Trustees to serve as a memorial to Cecil Rhodes, to
provide a central headquarters for the Rhodes Trust, a residence for the Warden of
Rhodes House, and to support education. It was completed in 1928.
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Delegate Tenzin Seldon:

‘I produced and edited a documentary, “State of Control”, which is a first-hand account
of Tibetan, Nepalese, and Indian activists who are risking their lives to peacefully protest
against the oppression of the Chinese police state.
The film explores the ways technology is used both to advance and suppress human
rights – by the Chinese government for censorship and surveillance, and by citizens to
communicate and build a movement toward peace. Ultimately, the film highlights
solutions to these problems, via rare dialogues between Chinese and Tibetans.
The compassion and the strategic action from the hearts of all of us who care about
these problems is ultimately what will help heal the wounds of the region.
Human rights violations and Internet abuses affect all of us. Our thoughtful responses to
these abuses set a precedent for humanity’s collective future.
We think it is crucial to get this film out to the world as soon as possible. As we sit in front of
our computers – activists, monks, scholars, and artists are being detained and thrown
into Chinese prisons. Abuses in the region are getting much worse. People risking
everything to speak up for human rights need our support, now more than ever.
State of Control is not a typical documentary with interviews about history – it is a journey
inside the lives of people who are making history. Therefore, it ties into the theme of this
year's conference to showcase the courage of many who have risked their lives for a
cause’. – Tenzin Seldon

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over the course of the conference. Please consider sharing your final written outputs from
Small Group Sessions on the Global Scholars Symposium Blog, or submitting them for
consideration in the post-conference publication.
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Buren are the Welfare Representatives for
the Symposium. Please do not hesitate to
speak to them if you have social or
personal concerns that arise over the
course of the weekend. First Aid kits are
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NOTES NOTES

NOTES NOTES

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Event Time Location

Friday 16th May
Introduction 8.30 Milner Hall
Justice Joe Williams, Jennifer Robinson 8.45 Milner Hall
Morning Tea 10.00 Marquee
Laura Bates, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown 10.30 Milner Hall
Small Group Session 11.55 Various Rooms
Lunch 13.25 Marquee
Daniela Papi, Gina Din-Kariuki 14.30 Milner Hall
Afternoon Tea 16.00 Marquee
Formal Dinner 19.00 Somerville College
Saturday 17th May

Joel Bakan, Jacob Weisberg 9.00 Milner Hall
Engaging with Oxford: Community and Skills Workshops 11.00 Various Rooms
Lunch 12.25 Marquee
Panel Sessions 13.30 Various Rooms
Open Spaces: Design your own Session 15.10 Various Rooms
Afternoon Tea 16.30 Marquee
Fireside Chats 18.15 Various Locations
Dinner 19.30 Marquee
Evening Social Activities 21.30 Rhodes House

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Social From 23.30 Maxwell’s
Sunday 18th May

John McCall MacBain Video: ‘Risk’ 9.40 Milner Hall
David Suzuki 10.00 Milner Hall
Winona LaDuke 11.20 Marquee
Lunch 12.20 Marquee
Hannah Gay, Toby Ord, Karen Cannard 13.10 Milner Hall
Closing Session 16.30 Milner Hall
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Rhodes House Oxford, May 15 - 18

THEME: DARE TO DIFFER 6

Katie Max Tracy Sarah Kate SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 78

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Small Group Sessions

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May 15 - 18, 2014 Friday 16th May

Time Activity Location

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Friday 16th May (continued) Saturday 17th May

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14:20 Delegates to move to Milner Hall

12:25 Lunch Rhodes House

13:20 Delegates to move to panels sessions

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Saturday 17th May (continued) Sunday 18th May

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working with political prisoners and (1997), as well as textbooks, edited

Justice Joseph Williams Jennifer Robinson

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Laura Bates Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

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Phil Ball Isaac Holeman Toby Ord Karen Cannard

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Performance by Rebecca Jenkins &

Rebecca Jenkins accompanied by Joel

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Katie Hammond Max Harris Sarah St John Tracy Jennings

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Rebekah Scheuerle (Delegates) Previously, Elizabeth worked as a special

Elizabeth Nye (Logistics)

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Nouran Abdelfattah Tara Cookson Eleanor Gardner

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Juhi Kuchroo gondii and a specific member of its Joseph Thiel

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Delegate Tenzin Seldon: