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Celia McDowall 

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Spring 2025 Fellow
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Issues
Psychological dynamics of nuclear posturing, signaling, decision-making, and nonproliferation and disarmament.
Education
Te Herenga Waka / Victoria University of Wellington,
Masters in Strategic Studies, 2024
Victoria University of Wellington, BA International Relations and Psychology, 2022
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Spring 2025 Fellow
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Celia McDowall is the Spring 2025 Scoville Fellow for the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Celia graduated with a Masters in Strategic Studies in 2024 from Te Herenga Waka / the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She received her BA in International Relations and Psychology, with a minor in French, in 2022 from the Victoria University of Wellington. Her research primarily concerns the psychological dynamics of nuclear posturing, signaling, decision-making, and nonproliferation and disarmament. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking and drawing!