Professor Jo Wolff, the inaugural Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, first joined the School in 2016. Almost a decade later, the School is marking his retirement with an event and celebration of his career.

Higher immigration tends to increase welfare spending, but its overall fiscal impact is usually small and can be positive, according to Isabel Ruiz and colleagues in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. Meanwhile, public attitudes toward taxation and welfare redistribution are closely tied to perceptions and feelings about immigration.

Jen Easterly, former Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Special Assistant to President Obama, joins the School as a Visiting Fellow of Practice with the Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy, as part of its expanded drive to tackle the major challenges of the digital age.

The Inamori Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2025 Kyoto Prize, which will be hosted by the School in Oxford next year, recognising transformative achievements in the sciences, arts and philosophy.

Professor Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at the Blavatnik School of Government, has been awarded a Social Sciences Division Teaching Excellence Award.

The Blavatnik School of Government has released its Annual Report, covering the period from April 2024 to March 2025, a snapshot of teaching, research and engagement highlights across the year.

The South African Government has this week launched a Digital Transformation Roadmap, setting out a vision to improve public services and drive inclusive economic growth, with contributions from alumni, faculty and researchers at the School.

We mourn the loss of Professor Joseph Nye who was a Visiting Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government and has been so much more, to the School and the University.

The School hosted the 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureates, celebrating their groundbreaking work, and and achievements.

A new study, led by Dr Anders Bach-Mortensen and Dr Ben Goodair at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government, finds that for-profit care homes are more likely to receive poor inspection ratings when higher numbers of residents are state-funded, while charity- and council-run homes provide more consistent quality care regardless of residents’ ability to pay.