With ransomware and AI-driven cyberattacks on the rise, the need for a safe and secure cyberspace has never been more important. To help governments navigate the cyber frontier and encourage the responsible of adoption of emerging technologies, the Blavatnik School is establishing the Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy.

The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP joins Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government as a member of the World Leaders Circle and a Distinguished Fellow.

The School remembers the loss of a colleague and friend, Professor Christopher Hood, who passed away in January 2025.

Professor Tom Simpson has been appointed as the second holder of the Alfred Landecker Professorship of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. 

Faculty and students reflect on a partnership driven by a shared commitment to ensuring that exceptional individuals from all backgrounds have equal access to educational opportunities that enable them to develop, succeed and give back to their communities. 

As we move towards the end of a year of elections which has put the workings of government in the spotlight, the new Blavatnik Index of Public Administration aims to start a data-led conversation about how civil services can improve their performance and learn from each other.

The Blavatnik School of Government today announced that Margrethe Vestager, former Vice President of the European Commission, is to be one of the inaugural Blavatnik World Leaders Fellow.

Outsourcing adult social care services in England to the private sector since the 1980s has led to worse care and should be rolled back, argue researchers from the Blavatnik School of Government and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University, in The British Medical Journal today. They suggest that removing the profit motive would help improve quality and reduce inequities. 

Freshta Karim (MPP 2016) had the honour of receiving the Library of Congress Literacy Award on behalf of Charmaghz, a Kabul based NGO with the aim to instill the joy of reading in Afghan children through Mobile Libraries.

As countries meet at COP29 in Baku, a new study provides the most detailed view yet of how key economic rules globally are aligning – or not – to climate goals.