Next Horizons draws on the expertise of a network of current and former University of Oxford faculty and others, who deliver occasional seminars, lectures, tutorials, or act as academic advisers. Our team includes:

Akande Dapo

Professor Dapo Akande

Dapo is Professor of Public International Law at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. He is also a member of the UN’s International Law Commission, and a Rhodes Trustee.

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Cameron Hepburn

Professor Cameron Hepburn

Cameron is Director and Professor of Environmental Economics at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford.

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Hermione Lee

Professor Dame Hermione Lee

An award-winning biographer, Dame Hermione is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, and former President of Wolfson College.

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Janina Ramirez

Dr Janina Ramirez

Janina is Research Fellow in the History of Art at Harris Manchester College. She has published several books - most recently Femina in 2022 which was a Sunday Times Bestseller - and is a prolific broadcaster for the BBC.

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Alan Rusbridger

Alan Rusbridger

Alan is editor of Prospect magazine, and was for 20 years editor of the Guardian newspaper.  Within Oxford, he is Chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and a former Principal of Lady Margaret Hall.

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Professor Harrison Steel

Harrison is Associate Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow and Tutor of Harris Manchester College.

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