Research programmes

The Blavatnik School of Government co-hosts globally impactful and collaborative research programmes that operate across multiple sectors. The programmes conduct and foster research and debate, influencing both public and private sector policy. 

Current programmes

Alfred Landecker Programme

The Alfred Landecker Programme aims to support the goals of the Alfred Landecker Foundation, by drawing on lessons from the Holocaust and the collapse of European civilisation in the 1930‘s, and applying them to leadership today.
Centre for the Study of African Economies

The home of much of the research and policy work on African economic development issues at the University of Oxford, aiming to improve economic and social conditions in the poorest societies
DeliverEd

Research on how to deliver education reforms, exploring what structures, processes, and practices governments are establishing to more effectively achieve desired education policy goals.
Global Economic Governance Programme

Fostering research and debate into how global markets and institutions can better serve the needs of people in developing countries
Government Outcomes Lab

Finding new ways for the public sector to commission services while achieving better social outcomes, and aligning the interests of local authorities, social investors and charities
Home Win and Place-Based Renewal

A national team of experts pioneering successful place-based renewal to address the challenges facing towns and cities in left-behind regions of the United Kingdom.
International Growth Centre

Promoting sustainable growth in developing countries, focusing on what the centre has identified as the four key drivers of growth: state effectiveness, productive firms, liveable cities and reliable energy access
The Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford

The Lemann Foundation Programme is a comparative research programme with an emphasis on Brazil, which generates and disseminates knowledge to improve the public sector and its associated institutions.
Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict

An interdisciplinary research programme that aims to strengthen law, norms and institutions to restrain, regulate and prevent armed conflict
People in government lab

Putting people at the centre of government transformation.
Research on Improving Systems of Education

A £43m project to understand how to improve education systems to deliver better learning for all in developing countries
Social Macroeconomics

Understanding the role of human sociality within macroeconomic activity

Archived programmes

Research programmes that have been successfully delivered.

Digital Pathways at Oxford

Digital Pathways at Oxford explored the strengths and weaknesses of emerging practice around policy and regulation of digital technologies in developing nations, and provided concrete proposals to improve them, including the Digital Economy Toolkit.
Pathways for Prosperity

Examining how to turn the potential risks of technological change into opportunities for inclusive development