As various aspects of life go online, digital public infrastructure, such as data exchange mechanisms and payment platforms, is essential for people to access services. A new programme will investigate its effects on inclusion and wellbeing. 

A new report from a council co-chaired by the Blavatnik School’s Aaron Maniam recommends policies to ensure that technology improves rather than erodes human welfare. Case studies from around the world illustrate how the opportunities technology brings can be maximised and the risks managed. 

Last week the Blavatnik School hosted HE President Irfaan Ali of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana along with former President Iván Duque of Colombia for an interactive case study session, moderated by Professor Karthik Ramanna.

Senior UK civil servant Lucy Smith has been appointed as the third Heywood Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government and Hertford College. The Fellowship was created by the Heywood Foundation in memory of Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary from 2012 to 2018

The Blavatnik School's Dr Aaron Maniam is to sit on a new UK government advisory panel to shape the creation of a new digital centre of government. 

Today a new cohort of 156 Master of Public Policy students arrive in Oxford, hailing from a record 61 different countries around the globe. They bring with them a wealth of expertise and experience, ready to take the next step in their journey to becoming dynamic public sector leaders. 

Rachel Kyte, Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, has been appointed as the new UK climate envoy by David Lammy, Foreign Secretary, and Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. 

As the climate crisis accelerates, the annual Net Zero Stocktake 2024, co-led by the Blavatnik School’s Thomas Hale, highlights the lack of net zero commitments from a significant proportion of companies, cities and regions.

An analysis of 50 countries by two Blavatnik School faculty members, highlighted today in Nature Human Behaviour, reveals that failures of policy implementation are a key reason for the learning crisis in low- and middle-income countries.

Dr Emily Jones, Associate Professor in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, this week hosts United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai, President Biden’s trade advisor, negotiator and spokesperson. 

David Lammy, Britain's Foreign Secretary, has appointed Ngaire Woods, Founding Dean of Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government, to lead a review on the UK’s global impact.