Voices

06 August 2024

Reflecting on the Executive Public Leaders Programme

How does our Executive Public Leaders Programme enhances leadership skills, decision-making, and ethical standards? Ambassador Eglantina Gjermeni, Permanent Representative of Albania to the International Organisations in Vienna and 2024 participant, shares her reflections.

Eglantina Gjermeni

The School

Featured

Photo of the Mexican flag blowing in the wind against a blue sky

Blog

08 August 2024

Mexico's reform of the judiciary: A threat to democracy and regional stability

Mariana De Lucio, a Mexican lawyer specialising in human rights and an MPP student, argues that there is a crisis of democracy unfolding in Mexico, setting a "dangerous precedent" for the region.

Mariana De Lucio Perez

Democracy and politics

Law

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Mexico

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

Photo of flags leading up to the United Nations building

Blog

08 March 2024

Strengthening democracy by reducing threats to women in politics

Hannah Phillips publishes a new report on threats to women in politics around the world, with Agostina Bergia and Rosario Grimà Algora, with recommendations on what we can do about it.

Hannah Phillips

Democracy and politics

Latest articles

Blog

14 October 2024

Tackling Female Genital Mutilation in Colombia

MPP student María Emilia Gouffray spent her Summer Project in Colombia working on a proposal to tackle FGM

María Emilia Gouffray

Colombia

Blog

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

The School

João Pedro Caleiro speaks at a CONASS panel

Blog

23 September 2024

“Value for money and value for many”: a push for better G20 health systems in a post-pandemic world

João Pedro Caleiro, writer-researcher at the Lemann Foundation Programme and former MPP student, explains how ideas about “value” can help us create stronger, more resilient health systems.

João Pedro Caleiro

Brazil

Blog

08 August 2024

Mexico's reform of the judiciary: A threat to democracy and regional stability

Mariana De Lucio, a Mexican lawyer specialising in human rights and an MPP student, argues that there is a crisis of democracy unfolding in Mexico, setting a "dangerous precedent" for the region.

Mariana De Lucio Perez

Democracy and politics

Law

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Mexico

Blog

06 August 2024

Reflecting on the Executive Public Leaders Programme

Eglantina Gjermeni

The School

Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London

Blog

26 July 2024

Accountability, transparency and smart cross-sector partnerships can steer Starmer through challenges ahead

In the wake of a series of National Audit Office reports about the state of public services, Jess Reedy argues that to build the trust of the electorate, a Labour government should focus on improving accountability, transparency and building cross-sector partnerships.

Jessica Reedy

Public sector

Government Outcomes Lab

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United Kingdom (UK)

Focus on: AI governance

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

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

Blog

31 May 2023

How should government and business manage risks emerging from AI systems?

MPP student Bálint Pataki sets out the strategies needed to manage risks from artificial intelligence.

Bálint Árpád Pataki

Focus on: Climate crisis

Sticking to the science: A vision for COP28

Mirte Boot (MPP 2020) is co-organising the University of Oxford’s official side-event at COP28 on 6^th December, “What does Net Zero Emissions need to mean to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement?”. Here, she reflects on two key goals for discussions this year and tells us how she thinks universities can lay the foundations for progress.

Mirte Boot

Climate and environment

Blog

04 September 2023

How Africa can leverage trade and investment for a just transition

Kennedy Mbeva and Cherono Sego take us through how Africa could become a major hub for climate action.

Kennedy Mbeva

Cherono Sego

Climate and environment

Trade

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Africa

Blog

24 January 2023

Climate and legitimacy: Who is right in the Anthropocene?

Following the arrest of Greta Thunberg at a climate protest in Germany, MPP student Baudouin De Hemptinne asks if the climate crisis is forcing us to reimagine the legitimacy of actions by both state actors and protestors.

Baudouin de Hemptinne

Climate and environment

Europe

Blog

01 July 2022

More mining cooperation, not less, would be needed in the run up to carbon neutrality

Though phasing down the role of global mining industries may seem like a logical step in the journey to carbon neutrality, MPP alumnus Yanzhu Zhang argues that more mining cooperation will be needed in the first instance to produce the technology and capacity required for the clean energy transition.

Yanzhu Zhang

Global cooperation

Climate and environment