2023 theme announced for the John Porter Diplomacy Centre

8 December 2022

The John Porter Diplomacy Centre’s 2023 theme will be The Peace Processes of the Future.

Our Research Associates will be working on a series of projects, drawing on huge experience and expertise. These include:

Kathrin Bachleitner (Oxford academic working on healing the wounds of history)

Lam Joar (Sudanese activist working on peace with local communities, and Oxford as a better neighbour)

Jonathan McClory  (Founder of the Soft Power Index, working on the future of soft power)

Noah Raford (Founding executive of the Museum of the Future: Gaming, Social Movements and Conflict Prevention)

Sara Rahim  (Oxford alumna who worked on development policy in Afghanistan, now based in the UK)

Tiril Rahn  (Founder of Oxford Diplomacy Society, working on women and peace making)

Athol Williams (Founder of the Institute of Social and Corporate Ethics, working on the role of business in shaping better societies)

 

Scholarships and Life Skills

The John Porter Diplomacy Centre will be supporting graduate scholarships for students working on displacement or who are themselves displaced. It will also host the innovative ‘Head, Hand and Hertford’ programme to develop life skills among students.

 

Please keep an eye on the John Porter Diplomacy Centre page on our website for dates of future lectures and events.