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 report gives a window into Professor Janina Dill’s inaugural lecture on global security and a spotlight on the School’s work on climate policy, amongst other topics. It includes interviews with Margrethe Vestager, former Executive Vice President of the EU Commission who joined the School as an inaugural World Leader Fellow, Dr Flavia Galvani, who was appointed co-director of the MPP and Dr Thomas Elston, around his work on government efficiency.
It celebrates the depth and breadth of the School community, as former prime ministers Jacinda Ardern and Rishi Sunak were welcomed as Distinguished Fellows and members of our World Leaders Circle. It highlights the achievements of our alumni, including Pádraig Rice (MPP 2014, Public Service Scholar) who was successfully elected as a member of parliament for Cork South Central in Ireland, Florian Zarnetta (MPP 2022) who ran in the German federal elections, and Keir Mather (MPP 2020, Political Leadership Scholar) who won a seat in the UK general election and was named on the Times Young Power List for 2024.
Thanks to philanthropic support, 87% of this year’s Master of Public Policy (MPP) cohort received full or partial scholarships, strengthening the School’s mission to build the next generation of talented public leaders, regardless of financial means.
Our founding Dean Ngaire Woods reflects on another year at the Blavatnik School:
“As we navigate this emerging world order, now more than ever, we need public leaders who can steer with agility and wisdom, cooperating where they can, and seizing new opportunities to advance the lives of their population. I am inspired every day watching our community doing this – whether as teachers, researchers, students, or alumni public leaders – doing their part for a world better led, better served and better governed.”
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