Join Jenny Bates, Heywood Fellow 2025-26, for this year's Heywood lecture in which she sets out a new strategy for the UK to navigate an era of global economic disruption, geopolitical uncertainty and shifting economic power.

We are delighted to be taking part in this year’s Oxford Open Doors on 12 and 13 September 2026. Members of the public are invited to take self-guided tours of the Blavatnik School of Government building from 10:00 to 15:00.

Join the Government Outcomes Lab in Oxford or online for the Social Outcomes Conference 2026, the annual convening of the world's leading researchers, policymakers and practitioners working to improve social outcomes.

Join authors Anne Stewart, Heather O’Mahen and Alan Stein, moderated by Professor Fiona Alderdice, for the launch of Postpartum Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Recovery, a new CBT manual for postnatal depression, along with the accompanying parent workbook, published as part of the Oxford University Press Treatments That Work series.

Join us for the presentation of the the results to date of FOUND and IdentIA, two initiatives addressing the crisis of disappeared persons in Mexico and Colombia, working at the intersection of technology, policy and the lived experience of searching families.

Join panelists Professor Sandra Fredman, Rawletta Barrow, Dr Lynette Okengo, and Professor Alan Stein as they discuss how international law can be shaped through participatory action and collaborative advocacy.

Join us for the European Defense Townhall bringing together high-ranking senior policymakers and security experts to discuss a series of complex issues – such as drones, cyber resilience, satellite and deep strike capabilities, political decision-making capacity, geopolitical power projection, technological sovereignty, and resource security.

Join author Catherine McKenna, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Climate and Nature Solutions, in conversation with Professor Thomas Hale, to discuss her new book Run Like A Girl.

Join us as the inaugural Women in Public Leadership Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, Elsie Addo Awadzi, in conversation with Professor Emily Jones, reflects on a year of pause, reflection, unlearning, and renewal after years spent leading through overlapping economic and financial crises.

Join Professor Vikram Patel, in conversation with Professor Alan Stein, as he describes the goals, approaches and findings of this ambitious Lancet Commission which identifies the contemporary challenges to realising universal health coverage in India and the critical reforms needed to address them.

Join us for a panel discussion to mark the 50th anniversary of the Tun Razak Foundation. We will reflect on the legacy of Tun Abdul Razak Hussein and explore how leadership under conditions of uncertainty, diversity, and geopolitical tension continues to shape global governance today.

Join Professor Matthew Liao in conversation with Professor Janina Dill as they explore what’s at stake in regulating AI within digital governance.