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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

Featured

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)

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.

Blog

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.

The School

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti - Allegory of good government- artwork

Blog

10 October 2025

Why trust is essential for democracy, and how we can build it

Baudouin de Hemptinne, MPP class of 2022, explains why trust is so crucial for maintaining healthy democracies and how grassroots communities are where we should invest to rebuild our trust in one another.

Baudouin de Hemptinne

Democracy and politics

Human behaviour

Blog

02 October 2025

Can GovTech handle Africa’s fragmented governance?

Prince Forghab, Master of Public Policy student and Mastercard Foundation scholar (AfOx) explores whether digital innovation can overcome the political hurdles of public service delivery in diverse African societies.

Prince Donald Forghab

Digital, Cyber and AI

Africa

Blog

02 October 2025

3 big questions to prepare leaders for the age of artificial intelligence

Daniel Shin Un Kang is an MPP graduate of the Blavatnik School of Government, author of The Super Upside Factor (Wiley, 2025), a former Y-Combinator founder and SoftBank investor. He draws on his experience at the intersection of technology and policy to reflect on how universities can prepare leaders for the age of artificial intelligence.

Daniel Shin Un Kang

Digital, Cyber and AI

A group of people sat on chairs spaced out in a museum, looking out a window.

Blog

30 September 2025

From temples to commons: giving museums back to the people

Master of Public Policy (2015) alumnus Sergi Pérez reflects on how museums can evolve from exclusive cultural temples into civic spaces for inclusion, justice and sustainable development.

Sergi Pérez Serrano

Inclusion

Blog

25 September 2025

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

Syed Shoaib Hasan Rizvi

Global cooperation

Canada

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

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

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

Climate and environment

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

Climate and environment

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.