Postgraduate students, fellows, staff and faculty from any discipline are welcome. This group aims to foster frequent interdisciplinary critical dialogue across Oxford and beyond about the political impacts of emerging technologies. Please contact Elisabeth Siegel at elisabeth.siegel@politics.ox.ac.uk or Brian Kot at brian.kot@politics.ox.ac.uk in advance to participate or with any questions. Remote attendance is possible, but in-person attendance is prioritized (and provided refreshment).

About the speaker: Karuna Nandkumar is the Head of Policy Programmes at the Oxford China Policy Lab. Her research focuses on Chinese foreign policy and diplomacy.

Prior to OCPL, she worked on Indo-Pacific policy at the US Department of Defense in D.C. and coordinated US-China Track II dialogues with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Beijing.

She speaks Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. She received her MA in Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University and her BA in Public Policy from the University of Michigan.