James Martin Institute

University of Oxford

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Samuel A. Evans

Education

University of Oxford New College & James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization

2004- DPhil Candidate Expected Completion: December 2008

Thesis title: Technological Ambiguity and the Wassenaar Arrangement

2003-2004 MSc in Management Research

Dissertation title: The Governance of Technology at the World Trade Organization: a cultural theory

framework

2002-2003 Visiting Student

Studied: Quantum Information Science, Philosophy/History of Science, and Cultural Theory.

St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota, USA

1998-2002 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Physics

Research Experience & Employment

Professional Development Coordinator, Sa d Business School Oct 2007 Jun 2008

Help run programmes to train graduate students to become university teachers. Organise opportunities

for graduates to develop the range of skills necessary to compete in both academic and non-academic job

markets.

Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University Jul 2006 Jun 2007

Part of the Security Studies Program in the Center for Peace and Security Studies.

Research Assistant, Policy Foresight Programme Jan 2004

Work together with Sir Crispin Tickell, former UK Ambassador to the UN, to design and run up to six

workshops a year on the interplay of science & technology, the environment, and society, pulling in key

members of government, business and industry, and civil society. Provide research assistance for other

members of the faculty of the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization. IT Representative and

Librarian for the Institute.

Young Scientist Summer Program, IIASA Jun Aug 2005

Conducted a comparative analysis of pluralistic approaches to policy analysis at the International

Institute for Applied Systems Analysis prestigious summer program in Vienna, Austria.

Tutor in International Security, University of Oxford Oct 2005 April 2006

Provided two terms of tutorials for Visiting Students on topics of International Security.

Teaching Assistant, Oxford MBA Programme Nov 2004 - Mar 2005

Worked with a team of three lecturers (Victor Seidel, Robert Pitkethley, Marc Ventresca) to design an

MBA course on Technology and Innovation Strategy. Marked weekly assignments for the course.

Copy Editor, Dr. Alan Ryan Sept 2004 Jun 2005

Reviewed a draft of the Ryan s latest book A New History of Political Thought, providing critical

commentary and technical revisions. Book to be published by Penguin, London.

Summer Scholar, NASA Langley Research Center Jun Aug 1999 - 2001

2001: (1) Worked with a team of four to design a $125 million satellite proposal for the Geostationary

Observatory for Tropospheric Air Chemistry (GeoTRACE). (2) Researched the interplay of science

and politics of NASA through interviews with employees across the Center and the Agency.

2000: Modelled the Hyper-X (X-43) airplane, the first plane to fly speeds above Mach 5, using

Computational Fluid Dynamics.

1999: Researched the Martian dust cycle to help select an appropriate time and location for the flight of

the Mars Airplane. Conducted thermal and strain testing of piezo-ceramic actuators.

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Awards

Dan Gowler Award (2004)

Awarded for the best dissertation in the Management Faculty, University of Oxford.

Eagle Scout (1994)

Highest rank in Boy Scouting, awarded by the United States President.

Publications and Presentations

You want to control technology? Fine, give me a list. It s not that easy, sir., Talk given to the James

Martin 21st Century School Advanced Research Seminar Series, University of Oxford, 16 November 2007.

International Relations, Cultural Theory, and STS: Can these children learn to play together?, Presentation

given to the James Martin Institute Work in Progress Seminar, University of Oxford, 15 May 2007.

The Wassenaar Arrangement: The unsexiest of international regimes, Invited talk given to CPASS Speaker

Series, Georgetown University, 11 April 2007.

Governing the Unknown Knowns: A reply to Jerry Ravetz, Presentation given to the James Martin Institute

Work in Progress Seminar, University of Oxford, 31 October 2006.

Defining Dual-Use: An international assessment of the discourses around technology, Talk given to the

ESRC New Directions in Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation Workshop, King s College London, 27

February 2006.

Pluralistic Tools for Policy Analysis, Talk given to the Mid-Summer YSSP Workshop, International

Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, 20 July 2005.

Bryant, R. G., S. A. Evans, E. R. Long Jr., R. L. Fox (2000) Thermal and Mechanical Characterization of

NASA High Displacement Actuators For Satellite Instrumentation. Smart Structures and Materials 2000:

Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3991.

195-200.

Professional Affiliations

Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)

Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)

Sigma Pi Sigma, the US National Physics Honor Society

Other Activities

DPhil Representative, Sa d Business School 2005 2007

Worked with the Research Committee to improve the DPhil programme. Created and maintained the

DPhil Intranet. Created the DPhil Monitor, a termly publication about DPhil life at SBS.

President, Oxford University Strategic Studies Group 2003 2005 www.oussg.org.uk

Designed and chaired seminar series in All Souls College, hosting speakers such as the Ambassadors of

Sweden and Saudi Arabia; Co-established the International Network of Strategic and Security Studies

Groups. Hosted a conference in conjunction with the Royal United Services Institute (London),

Cambridge University Centre of International Studies, and the Geneva University Strategic Studies

Group, for 200+ attendees on Private Military Companies in the Current Global Order.

Volunteer/Sport Experience

Founding Member, The Northing Group (www.northing.org); Goal Keeper, New College Football

Team (2004-2008); Lead Rower of the New College 1st Boat (2002-2003); Created the New College

Sculling School (2003); Relay for Life Cancer research fundraiser (1999-2002); Co-President of the St.

Olaf College Swing Dance Club (1999-2002); Humanitarian Mission Trip to Jamaica (July 1998).

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