Voices

18 December 2025

What Brazilian favelas can teach the world about governance and resilience

Master of Public Policy student Valter Manuel Gomes Neto draws on lived experience and policy practice to show how Brazilian favelas offer lessons on governance beyond the state.

Valter Gomes Neto

Democracy and politics

Brazil

Featured

Blog

23 September 2025

What stood out to me studying the MPP at Oxford – and what stayed with me

Saubhagya Raizada, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Public Policy programme, reflects on the experiences and habits that shaped his time at Oxford and continue to influence his work today.

Saubhagya Raizada

The School

Blog

25 September 2025

Indifference is never an option, and justice must prevail: MPP alumnus interviews the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean

The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, former Governor General of Canada and the first to hold the office of Haitian heritage, sat down with Shoaib Rizvi, MPP alumnus and Canadian social innovator, at her Ottawa office to mark the 20th anniversary of her installation on September 27, 2005, and discussed leadership, public service, and advancing social justice.

Syed Shoaib Hasan Rizvi

Global cooperation

Canada

Computer screen lit up with a diagram of a network

Blog

15 September 2025

Jaguar Land Rover to M&S: our cyber policy blind spot

In the wake of a cyber attack that has halted Jaguar Land Rover’s computer systems and production lines, Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, argues that global cyber policy tends to prioritise data protection over safeguarding service provision – despite the greater threat to public safety.

Ciaran Martin

Digital, Cyber and AI

Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy

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United Kingdom (UK)

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Blog

19 January 2026

China as a “near-peer”: what the US 2025 National Security Strategy really signals

Master of Public Policy student Yuebing Gu, a former international journalist of Southern Weekly, examines the US’s 2025 Security Strategy and what this means for the future of US-China competition, Taiwan and the American alliances in the Indo-Pacific.

Yuebing Gu

China

Blog

18 December 2025

What Brazilian favelas can teach the world about governance and resilience

Master of Public Policy student Valter Manuel Gomes Neto draws on lived experience and policy practice to show how Brazilian favelas offer lessons on governance beyond the state.

Valter Gomes Neto

Democracy and politics

Brazil

A homeless person sleeps on the street in London

Blog

10 December 2025

Homelessness isn’t just about housing – it’s about who gets to belong

Nate Jo, 2024 Master of Public Policy alumnus, argues that restoring belonging is essential to achieving lasting homelessness solutions.

Nathanael Jo

Blog

08 December 2025

“Wir schaffen das noch!”: against the deportation of Syrian refugees in Europe

Jackson Sandler-Bussey, current MPP student, argues against repatriation of Syrian refugees who fled civil war and found a new home in Europe.

Jackson Sandler-Bussey

Democracy and politics

Syria

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Europe

Blog

05 December 2025

Kurdistan’s strength is Iraq’s opportunity: lessons for national reform after the 2025 elections

Tara Shwani, 2025 Master of Public Policy student, explains why the Kurdistan Region’s stability, reform agenda and regional diplomacy make it a vital asset for Iraq.

Tara Shwani

Democracy and politics

Iraq

Blog

27 November 2025

The Blavatnik School of Government responds to COP30 in Belém

COP30 in Belém saw limited progress in efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions but did demonstrate a continued commitment to multilateral negotiations. Professors Rachel Kyte, Thomas Hale and Alan Stein reflect on the summit.

Thomas Hale

Rachel Kyte

Alan Stein

Climate and environment

Children and Climate Initiative

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Climate Policy Hub

Focus on: AI governance

Abstract image showing interconnected padlock icons symbolising cybersecurity, overlaid on a blue-toned cityscape with silhouettes of people and binary code.

Blog

09 June 2025

The Digital Security Equilibrium – does it hold under AI?

Cyberspace has been full of harm, but despite predictions, the much-predicted global catastrophes have failed to materialise. Does this uneasy balance hold as AI-based technology rapidly advances?

Ciaran Martin

Digital, Cyber and AI

Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy

Blog

07 June 2024

Navigating the cyber frontier: trends and challenges

Brian Kot, an MPhil in International Relations, highlights four broad themes critical for policymakers as they navigate the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Brian Kot

Digital, Cyber and AI

Blog

06 November 2023

Optimists, doomers and securo-pragmatists: Reflections on the UK’s AI safety summit

For all the carping, the Prime Minister’s Bletchley Park jamboree moved the world forward on AI safety.

Ciaran Martin

Digital, Cyber and AI

Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy

Neural network AI Artificial Intelligence illustration

Blog

04 October 2023

Charting the path to global AI governance: potential and ethics

Paola Galvez Callirgos (MPP 2022) sets out her vision for the effective global governance of Artificial Intelligence.

Paola Galvez Callirgos

Digital, Cyber and AI

Law

Focus on: Climate crisis

The Blavatnik School of Government responds to COP30 in Belém

Thomas Hale

Rachel Kyte

Alan Stein

Climate and environment

Children and Climate Initiative

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Climate Policy Hub

Blog

19 May 2025

Europe at a crossroads: The quiet retreat from sustainability

Eric Ehigie Master of Public Policy student and George Moore scholar, explores the recent rollback of sustainability regulation in the European Union and what it reveals about the EU’s shifting priorities.