Shane Ward is a candidate for the MA in Security Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. His work and research focus on mitigating existential risk in national security, with a particular focus on the transatlantic region. He sits on the leadership team of International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP), where he facilitates and engages in Track II dialogues and co-leads the group’s flagship project on the Third Nuclear Age, exploring threats at the cross-section of nuclear weapons, strategic non-nuclear weapons, climate change, and emerging technology. Shane has published multiple times in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and Nukes of Hazard and has spoken about the US-UK security relationship at CSIS's Project on Nuclear Issues. Alongside his roles with ISYP, he is part of BASIC’s Emerging Voices Network as well as the European Leadership Network’s Next-Gen NPT Advisory Committee and inaugural New European Voices on Existential Risk.

Most recently, Shane worked as a public relations associate at Kekst CNC in London, across a broad mandate of FTSE 100 and Global 500 companies in energy, science & innovation, cybersecurity, and public affairs. Prior to that, he worked as a transatlantic business development consultant at a boutique firm in New York, and as a policy and marketing consultant to the Department of Energy-funded National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium. Originally from the UK, Shane is a first-generation student. He holds a BA, cum laude, from Bates College and is a member of the Southern Maine chapter of Sigma Xi.