Professor Ajit Jaokar (University of Oxford) will deliver the lecture on “The Influence of A.I. on the International Relations” on Saturday January 17th, 2026 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ajit Joakar is a researcher and teacher of Applied Artificial intelligence at the University of Oxford. Currently, he serves as the Course Director for several AI programs at the University of Oxford – ranging from AI Engineering, Low code AI and AI in Cyber security and Risk. He is also a Visiting Fellow for AI in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford. His work is rooted in the interdisciplinary aspects of AI. Over the past 15 years, in the policy space, he has presented at the Capitol Hill / White house – The G7 summit, the World Economic Forum and the European Parliament on AI – working with Members of Congress and members of European Parliament. Ajit’s applied research and consulting activities include areas such as AI in Cyber security/Risk management – Human AI collaboration – Data governance for AI agents – AI for Engineering Sciences. These areas are also related to his teaching. He works globally in a consulting and advisory capacity. Ajit is passionate about reskilling for AI and democratising the teaching and learning of AI using large language models and is doing some pioneering work in this area at the University of Oxford. Ajit was until recently (Nov 25) also a fellow at the Justice AI Unit at the Ministry of Justice for the UK Government – working across Government on a range of complex AI issues on the rollout of large scale AI – covering mainly the OpenAI and the Microsoft 365 platforms. At the MOJ, Ajit primarily works with the use of AI in Cyber and Risk management working with the senior leadership in the Risk space at the Government. He is currently writing a book aimed at teaching AI through mathematical foundations at the high school level. Ajit resides in London, UK, and holds British citizenship. He is actively engaged in advancing AI education and innovation both locally and globally. He is neurodiverse – being on the high functioning autism spectrum. Sample Consulting clients: UK Ministry of Justice, Verizon USA, Nvidia, Microsoft, European Internet Foundation. [read more]