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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

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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

Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy

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United Kingdom (UK)

Margrethe Vestager speaking during a discussion at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. She is gesturing with her hands while seated. A blurred audience co-panelist holding a cup held is visible in the foreground.

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08 August 2025

Margrethe Vestager on mentoring future public leaders

We spoke to Margrethe Vestager, World Leaders Fellow, about her move out of high public office, following a distinguished career in domestic and European politics.

Omnia Ibrahim Hafez El Omrani

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24 November 2025

Keeping dignity at the heart of global development

Flavia Galvani, Co-Director of the Master of Public Policy, reflects on the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha and considers what its reaffirmed but limited commitments reveal about the state of global social progress.

Flavia Galvani

Development

Blog

21 November 2025

Twenty-three years later, Colombia ratifies the UN Protocol against torture

Laura Quiza Ortiz, current Master of Public Policy student, explains what Colombia’s recent ratification means for the country.

Blog

Lessons from Azerbaijan’s constitutional evolution

Master of Public Policy alumna Shabnam Taghiyeva reflects on how Azerbaijan’s evolving constitutional framework continues to shape the country’s understanding of sovereignty.

Shabnam Taghiyeva

Democracy and politics

Azerbaijan

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13 November 2025

Why do children need to be put at the centre of climate change policy?

Omnia El Omrani, MPP 2024, spent the summer working with the Children and Climate Initiative to introduce early childhood health into conversations at COP30. She explains why this is so important and what she learnt from the process.

Children and Climate Initiative

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13 November 2025

A win for children at COP30

Professor Alan Stein, director of the Children and Climate Initiative at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, responds to the release of the Belém Health Action Plan at COP30, and explains why children need greater consideration in global climate policy discourse.

Alan Stein

Children and Climate Initiative

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Blog

12 November 2025

Studying geopolitics through the global chip wars

As countries compete for control over the technologies that power the modern world, the global semiconductor industry has become a focal point of economic and geopolitical tension. At the Blavatnik School, students are encouraged to look beyond the headlines of this “chip war” to understand the deeper forces shaping it.

Sarah McAra

Case Centre on Public Leadership

Focus on: AI governance

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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

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

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

Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy

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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

Law

Focus on: Climate crisis

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.

Eric Ehigie

Europe

Blog

17 December 2024

Climate change needs everyone's attention. Here's what the Blavatnik School did in 2024.

Billions felt the direct effects of a warming planet during the year. Inside the School, work on climate continued to grow.

Ruth Collier

Blog

21 November 2024

Climate finance and embracing renewables: Azerbaijan’s role at COP29

MPP student Shabnam Taghiyeva, a lawyer from Azerbaijan with a bachelor’s degree in political administration, reflects on Azerbaijan’s dual role at COP29: as an advocate for climate finance and as a nation demonstrating its commitment to renewable energy progress.

Shabnam Taghiyeva

Azerbaijan

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09 October 2024

Climate policy through the MPP

MPP student Steph Barker shares advice on carving out a focus on climate and environmental policy during the MPP.

Steph Barker