Max Migden
DPhil Candidate
Thesis Title: ‘Blood Relations’: Investigating the Behavioural Mechanisms behind Honour Killing in India
Supervisor: Dr Ozan Aksoy
Max Josef Migden is a DPhil candidate in Sociology at Nuffield College. His work explores honour norms and honour killings with a specific focus on India. In shedding light on both the effects of exogenous intervention and endogenous decision making – how family and clan-based councils assess the costs and benefits of corrective action – he aims to elucidate ways in which these honour norms are operationalised and may possibly be challenged.
Max is the 2026 recipient of the Oxford-Chelly Halsey Scholarship.
Research Interests: Social norms, analytical sociology, game theory, experimental design
Previous Education: BSc Social Sciences, University College London; MSc Sociology, University of Oxford