Research

The findings of a UN taskforce on net zero that drew on Blavatnik School expertise and projects were launched today at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 

Freshta Karim (MPP 2016) had the honour of receiving the Library of Congress Literacy Award on behalf of Charmaghz, a Kabul based NGO with the aim to instill the joy of reading in Afghan children through Mobile Libraries.

Outsourcing adult social care services in England to the private sector since the 1980s has led to worse care and should be rolled back, argue researchers from the Blavatnik School of Government and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University, in The British Medical Journal today. They suggest that removing the profit motive would help improve quality and reduce inequities. 

As countries meet at COP29 in Baku, a new study provides the most detailed view yet of how key economic rules globally are aligning – or not – to climate goals.

The Blavatnik Index of Public Administration will be published on 4 December 2024, towards the end of a year of elections which have put the workings of government firmly in the spotlight. Building on the success of the Index for Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE), this refreshed version of the project will broaden its perspective, aiming to be useful to a wider range of governments.

Advancing net zero regulation and policy that is effective, rigorous and equitable, through the Climate Policy Monitor; research on key dilemmas holding back effective regulation for net zero; collaboration with governments; and education and capacity-building.

Whether they are heads of governments or of businesses, leaders everywhere have to grapple with the outrage that characterises our modern times, according to a new book by Karthik Ramanna, inspired by his teaching on the Blavatnik School’s Master of Public Policy.

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.