The people behind Oxford Global Education
Two directors, an operational team, and the academics who taught the 2026 Oxford Summer Academy.
Oxford Global Education is led by academics from Oxford and Cambridge.
All of our teaching is delivered by Oxford and Cambridge academics. We select people for the quality of their scholarship, teaching and judgement, then match them carefully to the students and questions they are best placed to develop.
Ahmad Nawaz is a University of Oxford graduate in Philosophy and Theology, and a prominent advocate for education and youth development. He has addressed the United Nations and the UK Parliament, and spoken at international forums alongside presidents, prime ministers and leading public figures. His honours include the British Empire Medal, the Diana Legacy Award and an Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University. At Oxford Global Education, Ahmad leads programme delivery.
Sebastian Bird graduated from Oxford with a Double First in Classics, achieving the highest mark in his cohort in both Philosophy and Ancient History. After completing a master’s degree at Cambridge, he returned to Oxford for a DPhil as a Clarendon Scholar. He has taught on summer programmes around the world, combining intellectual seriousness with an approachable teaching style. At Oxford Global Education, Sebastian leads our international partnerships.
A postdoctoral researcher in Computer Science at the University of Oxford. He leads the analytical work behind Delta.
A University of Cambridge alumna and founder of Constellation Group. She advises the programme’s leadership and development.
Read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford. He leads the operational delivery of the Academy.
Read Human Sciences at Oxford. She leads the residential welfare team and holds overall safeguarding responsibility.
Having studied at Oxford or Cambridge is not sufficient on its own.
The professors, lecturers and researchers who taught the 2026 cohort.
The team spans the humanities, social sciences, medicine, science and technology, with each academic teaching inside their own field.
Professor of Philosophy and a member of the academic team teaching the 2026 cohort.
Professor of Classics and a member of the academic team teaching the 2026 cohort.
Research Fellow whose work examines the emerging space economy and innovation-led industries.
Lecturer working across innovation, institutions and the decisions that shape emerging fields.
Completed doctoral research in Economics at Oxford and teaches economic reasoning at the Academy.
DPhil researcher in Women’s and Reproductive Health, combining scientific research with undergraduate teaching.
Life Design educator who teaches students to frame problems, test assumptions and build ideas through iteration.
DPhil researcher in Ancient History and a member of the Academy’s tutorial teaching team.
DPhil researcher in Clinical Medicine and a member of the Academy’s scientific teaching team.
DPhil researcher in Chemistry who teaches students to reason from evidence at molecular scale.
DPhil researcher in Engineering and a member of the Academy’s technical teaching team.
DPhil researcher in Psychology and a member of the Academy’s academic teaching team.
DPhil researcher in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, teaching students to move carefully from model to conclusion.
MPhil researcher in Political Theory and a member of the Academy’s humanities teaching team.
MBiochem graduate in Biochemistry and a member of the Academy’s scientific teaching team.
Read Jurisprudence at Oxford and teaches students to examine claims, authorities and counterarguments with precision.
Subject tutorials are led by Oxford and Cambridge academics. The Future Labs and Oxford Global Forum also bring in selected specialists where their work directly serves the question being studied. Full tutor profiles for 2027 are published to accepted students with their subject allocation.