John Sloboda is executive director of the Oxford Research Group, where he directs the Recording Casualties in Armed Conflict programme and chairs its international advisory group. He is a co-founder of the Iraq Body Count project. He is also emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Keele, and an honorary professor in the school of politics and international relations at Royal Holloway, University of London 

Recent articles

A precise record of the individual victims of war and conflict worldwide is emerging as a key objective of humanitarian work, says John Sloboda.

A US call to spare Saddam from the gallows could restore America's reputation for justice, and be a powerful gesture of reconciliation for the middle east, says John Sloboda.

The British prime minister is in a state of wilful denial about Iraq, says John Sloboda of Iraq Body Count.

The obsession of major world powers with terrorism is consuming resources that should be devoted to solving far more dangerous planetary threats, says John Sloboda of the Oxford Research Group.

Britain’s prime minister has justified wars over Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq by reference to humane motives rather than military interests. Five years since Tony Blair proposed the new doctrine of humanitarian intervention, how do his words and deeds compare?