Dr Richard Davis

richard.davis@pmb.ox.ac.uk

Richard Davis is a Distinguished Research Fellow for the Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre at Oxford. His research focus is on Artificial Intelligence, influence operations, intergroup conflict, and the Great Power competition. He is also a Founding Fellow at the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the university.

Davis serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Fellow at Artis International, a field-based scientific institute conducting field research in conflict areas and developing Artificial Intelligence tools for public and private sector clients on six-continents.

Davis served at The White House as the Director of Prevention (terrorism) Policy. Prior, he served as an advisor to two different Secretaries at the United States Department of Homeland Security. He has authored publications on energy, international security, information operations, political violence and terrorism, including the book, Hamas, Popular Support & War in the Middle East.

Davis has a PhD from the London School of Economics; an MPA from Harvard; an MA from the Naval War College; and an MA from Azusa Pacific. He holds BA degrees in Finance and Social Science from Hope International.