Paul Rogers is Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, and Global Security Consultant to Oxford Research Group. Professor Rogers has worked in the field of international security, arms control and political violence for over 30 years. He lectures at universities and defence colleges in several countries and has written or edited 26 books, including Global Security and the War on Terror: Elite Power and the Illusion of Control (Routledge, 2008) and Why We're Losing the War on Terror (Polity, 2008). He writes monthly briefings analysing the international security situation for the Oxford Research Group website and since October 2001 has written a series of ORG Briefing Papers on international security and the 'war on terror', including Endless War: The Global War on Terror and the New Bush Administration (March 2005) and Iran: Consequences of a War (February 2006). Paul is also a regular commentator on global security issues in both the national and international media, and is openDemocracy’s International Security Editor. 

Rosemary Forest joined ORG as an Intern in October 2009, working primarily on the Recording Casualties of Armed Conflict project. Rosemary is a recent graduate of the University of Bradford, where she obtained her MA in Conflict Resolution. During the course of her study, she spent time in Sri Lanka on a study trip and undertook research in the West Bank for her dissertation. Prior to this, Rosemary worked as a research assistant at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation. In addition to her MA, she holds a BA in Development Studies from the University of Sussex.

Refqa Abu-Remaileh is Project Manager for ORG's Human Security in the Middle East Programme and is a PhD candidate in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford.  She grew up in Jordan of Palestinian-Syrian origin and is a fluent Arabic speaker.

Ben Zala is the Manager (from 11 Jan 2010) of the Sustainable Security Programme at ORG. He is also a PhD candidate in International Relations and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Birmingham and holds a Bachelor of International Relations with first class honours from La Trobe University, Melbourne. He has previously worked at Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) in the Energy, Environment and Development Programme and the La Trobe University Centre for Dialogue where he was also the editorial assistant for the scholarly journal Global Change, Peace and Security.  He has also previously worked for the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia). He has worked on security issues for a number of years and has published and spoken at conferences on issues of nuclear proliferation, arms control and disarmament and multilateral institutions.

Frank Barnaby is Emeritus Consultant to Oxford Research Group. He is a nuclear physicist by training and worked at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston between 1951-57. He was on the senior scientific staff of the Medical Research Council when a university lecturer at University College London (1957-67). He was Executive Secretary of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs in the late 1960s and Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) from 1971-81. He was a Professor at the Free University, Amsterdam (1981-85) and Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota in 1985. From 1982-2007, he was the Nuclear Issues Consultant for Oxford Research Group. He is now a freelance defence analyst, and a prolific author on military technology.