Staff and consultantsThe Executive Director and four permanent part-time consultants provide the leading expertise for our programmes of work. They are supported by office-based staff who also undertake research and develop projects. The amount of work achieved relative to the size of the organisation reflects the dedication of this team and the trust built up between them over time. We are also assisted in our work by temporary graduate interns who work alongside us for periods of between 3-6 months.
Hamit Dardagan became ORG's Consultant on Civilian Casualties in War in March 2007. He is co-founder and principal researcher at Iraq Body Count, where he has made an in-depth study of the research methods of Professor Marc Herold, who pioneered a media-based methodology for estimating civilian deaths in the Afghan war during 2001-02. He has written for Counterpunch, and has undertaken research for a number of organisations, including Greenpeace. He has been chair of Kalayaan a human rights campaign for overseas domestic workers in the UK, which led to significant enhancement in their legal rights.
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John Sloboda has been Executive Director
of Oxford Research Group since January 2004. He is also Professor
of Psychology at the University of Keele, and an honorary research
fellow in Keele’s School of Politics, International Relations
and the Environment. His research interests include the psychological
factors motivating the UK anti-war movement. In 1999-2000 he worked
with the Committee for Peace in the Balkans, and researched effects
on the civilian population of the NATO bombing campaign. In 2003 he
co-founded 
Paul Rogers is Professor of Peace Studies at the University
of Bradford, and Global Security Consultant to Oxford
Research Group. Professor Rogers has worked in the field of international
security, arms control and political violence for over 30 years. He
lectures at universities and defence colleges in several countries
and has written 20 books, including 'Losing Control: Global Security
in the Early 21st Century' (Pluto Press, 2000; 2nd Edition, 2002)
and most recently 'A War Too Far: Iraq, Iran and the New American
Century' (Pluto Press, 2006). He writes monthly briefings analysing
the international security situation for the Oxford Research Group
website and since October 2001 has written a series of ORG Briefing
Papers on international security and the 'war on terror', including
'Endless War: The Global War on Terror and the New Bush Administration'
(March 2005) and 'Iran: Consequences of a War' (February
2006). Paul is also a regular commentator on global security issues
in both the national and international media, and is 
Frank Barnaby is Nuclear Issues Consultant
to Oxford Research Group, and is ORG’s longest-serving consultant.
He is a nuclear physicist by training and worked at the Atomic Weapons
Research Establishment, Aldermaston between 1951-57. He was on the senior
scientific staff of the Medical Research Council when a university lecturer
at University College London (1957-67). He was Executive Secretary of
the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affaires in the late 1960s
and Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
(SIPRI) from 1971-81. He was a Professor at the Free University, Amsterdam
(1981-85) and Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota in 1985.
He is now a freelance defence analyst, and is a prolific author on military
technology. His books include: Man and the Atom (Thames and
Hudson, 1971), The Nuclear Age (MIT Press, 1974), The Automated
Battlefield (Sidgwik and Jackson, 1987), The Invisible Bomb
(Tauris, 1989), How Nuclear Weapons Spread (Routledge, 1993),
Instruments of Terror (Vision Books, 1996), and How to
Make a Nuclear Weapon and other Weapons of Mass Destruction (Granta,
2004).
Gabrielle Rifkind is Human Security Consultant
to Oxford Research Group. She is a group analyst and specialist in
conflict resolution and is convener and founder of the Middle East
Policy Initiative Forum (MEPIF). She has initiated and facilitated
a number of Track II roundtables and hosts the media 'Liddite' Conversations
with ORG. She is currently leading ORG's contributions to several
projects, including a NATO-funded initiative to examine the links
between the military and the human security agenda, and an EU-supported
project 
Malcolm Savidge has been Parliamentary Consultant
on on Global Security and Non-proliferation to ORG since
August 2005. Malcolm was MP for Aberdeen North from 1997-2005 and
Convener of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and
Non-Proliferation, as well as Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary
Group on World Government and a Member of the Parliamentary Labour
Party Back-Bench Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and International
Development. In Parliament, he put down an Early Day Motion on the
risks of nuclear war between India and Pakistan that was signed by
502 MPs, an all-time Parliamentary record. Active in Parliament and
beyond, particularly on international relations, strategic issues
and conflict resolution, he has published articles in a number of
journals and has regularly featured in national and international
media. Malcolm is also Vice-President of the United Nations Association
(UK) and the One World Trust, an Honorary Fellow at Robert Gordon
University in Aberdeen, and on the Board of the British American Security
Information Council (BASIC).
Husam Zomlot is ORG’s Middle East Consultant.
He also works as political advisor to the Palestinian diplomatic mission
to the UK. Husam is specialist on Middle East affairs. He holds a
BA in economics and political science, an MSc in Development Studies
and wrote a PhD thesis on international peacebuilding and postconflict
reconstruction aid programmes. Hussam’s previous work experience
includes the United Nation, the London School of Economics and the
Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute. He lectured international
economics at the University of London, co-authored several UN reports,
participated in various research projects and international and regional
conferences and contributed to published books. His most recent contribution
was published in a book entitled State Formation in Palestine: Viability
and Governance during a Social Transformation. Husam is regularly
interviewed by mainstream British and international media. His areas
of expertise include: Arab/Israeli conflict, Palestinian and Arab
politics, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction, transitional
economies, state formation and institution building. He gained extensive
experience in bilateral and multilateral negotiations. 
Ahmed Badawi is the Project Director (Israel/Palestine)
for ORG’s 
Rana Obeid joined ORG in February 2008 as a part-time Coordinator in Palestine working on the 
Rosie Houldsworth has been ORG's Honorary Archivist
and Historian since September 2007, but has been associated
with ORG since its foundation in 1982. She has played a leading role
in developing and maintaining ORG's strong network of nuclear decision-makers
and international experts. Trained as a linguist and in the humanities,
she is particularly interested in the human relationship aspect of
political change, and has been involved in developing and supporting
ORG's work to facilitate face-to-face 
Chris Abbott is the Programme Coordinator and Researcher
at Oxford Research Group and an Honorary Research Fellow of the 
Fiona Harrison is ORG’s Fundraiser.
She has worked in the international human rights and development sector
since 1992, most recently as Deputy Director and Head of Fundraising
at Minority Rights Group International. Previously she has been Executive
Director of Women’s Health as well as Director of the Europe
Programme at ARTICLE 19, the Global Campaign for Free Expression.
She also works as a consultant to the international human rights sector
providing strategy development, fundraising and management consultancy
for clients such as the Council of Europe, the Open Society Institute,
the AIRE Centre, Minority Rights Group International and the disability
charity, Leonard Cheshire. Fiona has an LLM in International Human
Rights Law from the University of Essex and a BA in French, German
and Linguistics. She joined ORG in March 2007. 
Kayte
Rath is ORG’s Communications and Advocacy
Coordinator. She joined ORG in June 2007 having previously
worked in Parliament for 2 years. She was Parliamentary Researcher
to Ben Chapman MP and Coordinator of the All Party Parliamentary China
Group, the second largest APPG in Parliament. Kayte graduated with
a BA (Hons.) in Philosophy from the University of Leeds in 2003 and
gained a distinction in her MSc. International Public Policy in 2005
from University College London. Her dissertation examining the EU
arms embargo to China was subsequently published in the International
Public Policy Review in June 2006. Kayte has worked abroad in China
as an English teacher and travelled extensively throughout Asia. 
Andy Roberts is ORG’s Office Administrator.
He has a degree in Social & Political Science, an M.Phil in Town
Planning, and a Certificate in Industrial Relations & Trade Union
Studies. He has worked for a range of local and national civil society
organisations over 25 years, including Socialist Environment &
Resources Association, London Hazards Centre, Waterloo Community Development
Group, European Nuclear Disarmament, New Economics Foundation, Helsinki
Citizens Assembly, Consumers International, and European Dialogue.
He has worked extensively in Central & Eastern Europe and the
Balkans. He is also active in campaigning on local community issues.
His interests include the role of civil society in bringing about
progressive social and economic change; minority rights; and corporate
social responsibility.
Charlotte Bellsham-Revell joined ORG as an Intern in March 2008 and is working primarily on our Counting the Casualties project. She graduated from Southampton University in 2006 with a BA in Modern History and Politics with Philosophy and then from King’s College London with an MA in International Conflict Studies. She is especially interested in Russian history, human rights and the personal experience of conflict and is a keen reader of war poetry. Her passion for these issues is equalled only by her love of music, film and literature and her commitment to animal rights.
Stephanie Shankland joined ORG as an Intern in April 2008 and is working primarily on our sustainable security project. She graduated from St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford with a BA in PPE, where she won various prizes for her writing including the ‘Nancy-Burton Prize for PPE’ for her article Explaining Catalan Nationalism. After two years lecturing on British and American Government and Culture in Henghui College, China and travelling around Asia she completed an MSc in State, Society and Development in Asia and Africa at SOAS. She has spent the last two years researching energy market trends and producing conferences at Platts, an international energy news and pricing provider. Her primary research interests include the alienation of youth and security in developing countries; environment, energy and development; and energy and security in international relations. She is currently looking to publish her MSc Dissertation The Crisis of Youth in Ghana: Mineral Resource Conflict and Structural Adjustment Policies.