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Highlights

Margarita Gómez of the People in Government Lab Event
Event
PeopleGov international conference

The PeopleGov Lab brings together policymakers, academics, and practitioners, from the public and private sectors for its first international conference to discuss the future of public service in the twenty-first century.
MPP class of 2021 Blog
Blog
Reflections from a year at the Blavatnik School of Government

As teaching comes to an end for the MPP class of 2021, David Morrow reflects upon the Blavatnik School's culture and why this has made his year on the course particularly special.
Clare Leaver presenting an online course Research update
Research update
Clare Leaver receives Teaching Excellence Award

Clare Leaver, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, is one of the recipients of an individual Teaching Excellence Award from the Social Sciences Division.
Dapo Akande Research update
Research update
Dapo Akande appointed to Ukraine working group

Professor Dapo Akande has been appointed to a working group to develop a legal obligation towards compensation for damage caused to Ukraine by Russia.
Executive programme participants News
News
Annual Report 2021–22

Our annual report is published today, featuring highlights from the work of our research teams, faculty, students and alumni over the past year.

In the media

Portrait of Jonathan Wolff
Writers' Mosaic -
On Assimilation

Jonathan Wolff's piece on what it is like to be an assimilated, secular Jew in England in the current times.
Jonathan Wolff
Ngaire Woods
Project Syndicate -
The US front in the global war on women

Ngaire Woods writes about the mounting evidence from around the world that the liberty of women is under attack, including in proud democracies. 
Ngaire Woods
Ciaran Martin
Channel 4 News -
Is Scotland heading for UK exit after new independence vote plan?

Ciaran Martin comments on Scotland's first minister's plans for a new referendum on independence and on constitutional matters (05:00 on clock).
Ciaran Martin
Ciaran Martin
The Scotsman -
Analysis: Nicola Sturgeon’s last roll of the dice risks her career and the independence movement

Ciaran Martin is extensively quoted and says that the process towards independence is a political question rather than a legal question and that the only way forward for Scotland to become independent is with the cooperation of the UK government.
Ciaran Martin

The school

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The Blavatnik School of Government teaches and convenes current and future leaders, through degree and executive programmes. Our diverse community covers over 120 countries. We are united by a mission: to build trust, to bridge divides, and to forge more effective institutions.

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Our research

We bring applied research to the big challenges facing governments and citizens. Our research takes multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches to identify and develop practical strategies for the issues facing policymakers. We draw on extensive intellectual networks both within Oxford and internationally to ensure we stay on the cutting edge.

Our research
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About us

Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide. We pursue this through research, teaching and engagement that is led by the needs of governments and the people they serve.

About the school
Workshop at the 2018 Challenges of Government conference

Voices

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Anna Petherick at the Lemann Foundation Programme launch event

Building integrity and challenging polarisation during a global pandemic

Director of The Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford Anna Petherick outlines the programme's initial research and knowledge exchange priorities and why these matter to Brazil and many other countries across the Global South.

Anna Petherick

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Freya Paulucci Couldrick

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Public sector Integrity
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COVID-19
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Towards a green trade strategy for Africa

The future of trade is green, and the future of trade is African. But with the global economy increasingly shaped by geopolitical and climate imperatives, how can the continent best advance its development goals?

Thomas Hale

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Kennedy Mbeva

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Global cooperation
Vera Monteiro teaching a workshop to Blavatnik School students

Why public managers in Brazil are feeling paralysed

Vera Monteiro, Lemann Foundation Programmme Visiting Fellow and a professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Brazil, studies the consequences of the overreach of control bodies on the public service.
Public sector
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A global influence

Helping countries learn from other countries

Our network of policymakers, government leaders, public officials and practitioners reaches worldwide.

Our research looks at solutions wherever they are found, adding to the growing body of knowledge on what contributes to good government. We teach and partner with those who want to bring solutions to their own communities.

1000+

Our worldwide alumni and executive alumni

120+

Nationalities of students we have educated since the founding of the School