Introducing our Kennedy Scholars for 2025-26

Daniel Graham

Daniel is beginning his PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the field of quantum nanotechnology, where he will be researching superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: a key technology for future quantum communication and computing systems. Raised in the Middle East and Northern Ireland, Daniel recently completed his Master of Engineering degree at the University of Cambridge, specialising in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

His academic background spans both experimental research and industry, including work in Cambridge’s Department of Physics characterising the fundamental behaviour of quantum dot devices, and contributions to the development of microcontrollers — compact computers used in appliances and industrial systems — at Raspberry Pi. His master’s research focused on the fabrication of novel semiconductor devices for wearable biosensors, and he looks forward to further refining these practical skills at MIT. Through his PhD, Daniel aims to support the realisation of quantum technologies by improving the scalability and reliability of photonic detection systems.

Elizabeth Green

Elizabeth will be studying for an LL.M. (Master of Laws) at Harvard Law School. She read History and English at Pembroke College, Oxford, before undertaking a master’s degree in nineteenth-century literature at Balliol College, University of Oxford.

She then worked for several years as an editor at the Quill Project, a research centre in the digital humanities that models the negotiation of multi-authored legal texts. There, she oversaw a project to digitise the constitutional conventions of several states in the American West.

In 2023 –24 she undertook the Graduate Diploma in Law at City St George’s, University of London.

At Harvard University, Elizabeth aims to deepen her understanding of constitutional law, as well as broadening her legal knowledge into new areas in preparation for a career at the Bar.

Dr Ian Holdroyd

Ian will pursue a Master of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focusing on quantitative methodologies that allow analysis of how economic intervention shapes health outcomes.

Ian is a Resident Doctor at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow in Health Equity at Queen Mary University of London and a Clinical Researcher at the Health Equity Evidence Centre Centre. He studied Medicine at Christ’s College Cambridge, graduating with Distinction and earning a degree in Natural Sciences, where he achieved Double First-Class Honours.

Alongside his full-time clinical role, Ian leads academic work generating evidence-based policy recommendations to improve population health and reduce health inequalities.

Robbie MacPherson

Robbie will undertake a special studentship at Harvard University where he aims to deepen his understanding of climate finance, energy geopolitics and environmental litigation

Robbie recently completed a Churchill Fellowship in Denmark and Colombia. His project gained insights on both countries experiences of working to phase out oil and gas production to support the UK in managing its own declining North Sea fossil fuel reserves. Before this he led the Climate APPG at Uplift advising UK parliamentarians on delivering a just energy transition and climate diplomacy. He previously worked at the environmental think-tank Green Alliance, where he helped lead the Environment APPG, and in the campaigns team at UK:100.

Robbie graduated from The University of Sheffield with a First Class BA in Politics and Sociology. As part of his degree programme he spent a year working at climate charity Hope for the Future, where he later served as a Trustee.

Ben Mays

Ben will undertake the LLM (Master of Laws) at Harvard Law School, focusing particularly on property and private law, in service of his long-term goal to work at the Commercial Bar and in law reform.

Ben is a recent graduate in Law from the University of Cambridge, where he won a number of academic prizes, including two Pemberton Prizes for Trinity College’s most distinguished performance in any subject, and topped his cohort across the university

Having developed a strong doctrinal conception of the law at Cambridge, and with experience of its social justice implications gained during an internship at pro bono charity Advocate, Ben will seek a more complete understanding of its social impact through Harvard’s unique expertise in, and emphasis on, interdisciplinary approaches. He is particularly interested, in this vein, by American research in the field of Law and Economics. He will also seek to strengthen his practical legal skills, through the more hands-on approach taken at Harvard’s ‘clinic’ courses.

George Oyebode

George will undertake a special studentship at Harvard University, to explore how entrepreneurship, innovation and humanity can address social and community challenges. He will build on his learnings from a MPhil in Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and is particularly interested in impact investment and public leadership.

In 2018, he co-founded The Soulstice Collective with his brother, a social venture with a simple mission: “use the arts for good”. Since then, they’ve hosted festivals and events nationwide, launched Soulstice Risers (a youth arts programme), partnered with Glastonbury Festival, all while raising nearly £15,000 for charity.

George built Soulstice alongside starting his career at the UN World Food Programme, then joining the Civil Service Fast Stream. Over three years, he worked on international climate and social welfare issues and then transferred to the Metropolitan Police to be Strategy Lead in a Director’s Private Office. During these roles, George dedicated time to lead departmental race equity groups.

Fee Robinson

Fee will undertake the LLM (Master of Laws) at Harvard Law School, where she will further explore topics related to due process and civil rights, providing her with new angles with which to explore English criminal law and policy.

Fee graduated in 2024 with a first-class degree in law from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), winning the Dean’s Medal for third best overall performance, and achieving three entries on the Dean’s List. She recently completed a MPhil in Criminology at the University of Cambridge, where she is also the President of King’s College, Cambridge MCR.

Fee’s published work primarily relates to sentencing law, and her article on the sentencing of David Carrick and Wayne Couzens won LSE Law Review’s prize for Best Notes Article 2024. She has worked as a research assistant on a wide range of topics from Qatari culture to terrorism. Fee founded and organised the LSE Sixth Form Mooting Competition, as well as delivering classes on the legal system at High Schools.

Dylan Rogers

Dylan will undertake a special studentship at Harvard University and plans to conduct research on the geopolitics of emerging technologies and the challenge of scaling state capacity. He plans to capitalise on Harvard’s interdisciplinary degree structure to take courses across computer science, international relations and public policy.

Dylan is a Senior Policy Advisor at the UK AI Security Institute, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, where he leads projects on the international governance of advanced AI. Dylan was part of the team that established the AI Security Institute in 2023 as the first state-backed organisation dedicated to ensuring that advanced AI is safe and beneficial. He has since worked on three international summits aimed at solving coordination challenges in AI governance.

Before joining the UK government, Dylan worked in consultancy and at the United Nations in Geneva. He also led open-source investigations into human rights abuses for Amnesty International.