ARUN DAWSON
PhD Candidate in War Studies
Freeman Air & Space Institute | Centre for Grand Strategy
Department of War Studies, King's College London
I am a PhD candidate at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, having also been the 2023 Guggenheim Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Spanning the disciplines of political economy and strategic studies, my thesis uses RAF fighter procurement to offer an original analysis of British grand strategy post-Suez. This research feeds into a broader interest concerning how the development, production and diffusion of military technology interacts with international relations.
I received my Masters from the same department with a dissertation examining the political economy of American defence procurement in the 1990s. Prior to King’s, I read engineering (aeronautics) at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and interned at NATO (in the Defence Investment Division).
Outside academia, I am an advisory associate at Oxford Analytica working on the $1bn VAPOR political risk programme, and tutor GCSE and A-level students in physics and mathematics.
Current Research
PhD Research
Policy Papers
Journal Articles
Guest Lectures & Conference Presentations
Book Project
Research Assistantships
Teaching
For the 2024/5 academic year, I will be teaching on the BA in International Relations at King's College and at the Defence Academy on the Intermediate Officer Development Course in the Royal Air Force Division.
I also tutor ambitious students in mathematics (including further mathematics) and physics at GCSE and A-Level. I have also taught the engineering programme at Oxford Royale Academy and have experience preparing students for elite universities in the UK and abroad. I have taught pupils at ACS International, City of London Freemen's, Eton, Kingston Grammar, Surbiton High, Sutton Grammar, Tiffin Girls', Wallington County Grammar, Westminster, Whitgift and other leading schools. Nationalities include China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Korea, Lebanon, Spain, Sri Lanka, and the UAE. Please get in touch if this is of interest.
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