Stephen Damianos is a former Research Assistant with ELAC while a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford. He worked under Professor Alexander Betts at the Refugee Studies Centre. His ethnographic research examined stereotype threat, criminality and the demonization of single male asylum seekers, with a phenomenological approach to masculinity, self-concept, and ethical subjectivity. His broader interests include activism, human rights, and criminal justice reform.

Prior to commencing his doctoral work, Stephen received an MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a BA in Political Science and Journalism from the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen is a 2020 Rhodes Scholar (Pennsylvania & Balliol) and a 2018 Truman Scholar.