2025 Fellowship
We are pleased to announce the third round of the OCPL Fellowship. The primary purpose of the fellowship is to amplify fellows’ existing work and expertise, help them create original, rigorous academic and policy outputs, connect them to key stakeholders, and increase their literacy on pressing problems at the intersection of US-China relations and artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. We aim to build a cohort spanning a range of disciplines, backgrounds, and perspectives. The role offers access to an internal fellowship community, a growing alumni group, and a broader network of experts, as well as potential publication opportunities.
The fellowship aims to support and empower impact-driven rising researchers working on issues surrounding the US-China relationship and its impact on the rest of the world. For the 2025 cohort, we are recruiting fellows whose research falls into one of three categories:
Implications, development, and governance of artificial intelligence (AI);
Critical emerging technology supply chains, digital and critical national infrastructures, economic and technological statecraft;
Other pressing problems connected to China and US-China relations, including conflict risks and forms of mitigation, as well as China-facing capabilities and talent pipelines and the role of third countries in shaping US-China relations.
Role: Research Fellow
Commitment: Up to 10 hours per week, January to June 2025
Compensation: £1,000 research support and professional development budget, with additional internal funding opportunities
Location: Oxford, UK
Application Timeline: Applications accepted until November 10, 2024 (midnight GMT).
Role Description: OCPL seeks to appoint a cohort of fellows who are motivated to produce world-class, high-impact research, bridge academic-policy divides in both US-China relations and AI development and governance, and contribute to a community of like-minded professionals. Fellows will have access to internal workshops and seminars, including guest speakers, policy engagement training, and feedback on research through internal presentations and conferences. Fellows will also have access to OCPL networking opportunities, as well as financial support for their research activities. Fellow attendance will be mandatory for a majority of the events.
Qualifications:
Current Oxford graduate student or currently affiliated with an Oxford-based research organization with graduate education in-progress or complete.
Must be located in Oxford for logistical purposes.
Who Might Thrive In This Role:
Possesses excellent judgment.
Committed to intellectual rigor and using research to make a positive impact on the world.
Clear written and verbal communicator.
Has concrete expertise (through professional and/or academic experience) in one or more of the following: international relations and political science, China studies, Internet studies, data science, economics, development studies, sociology, computer science, public policy, business.
Holds methodological research skills in either quantitative or qualitative analysis.
Has existing subject-matter expertise or policy experience in planned area of research.
Additional useful (but not strictly necessary) skills:
Language skills, especially Mandarin.
Deep area studies expertise in the Chinese-speaking world and/or other regions relevant to the applicant’s planned research.
Technical understanding of critical emerging technologies.
Experience publishing in policy-oriented outlets or academic journals (not at all expected).
We Offer:
Exposure to policy practitioners and leading academics in the field
Top-tier networking opportunities
Publication opportunities and support
Local travel expense coverage
Trainings on: US-China relations, AI and emerging technology developments and policy, professional communications, and research skills.
Please submit your application materials here. If you are unsure whether you are fully qualified for this role, we encourage you to err on the side of applying.