Germany and COVID vaccines: too cautious?
Many wonder why Germany didn’t weigh the harms of vaccine delay more heavily before limiting use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. What frameworks from moral philosophy are relevant?
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Faculty, Governance, cooperation and law
Nine recommendations on digital trade policy for the UK government
The UK government has identified digital trade as one of the main sources of growth that will catapult us out of the doldrums of the pandemic. And now that we’ve left the EU, the government also wants the UK to play a leading role in setting the international standards and regulations that govern the global digital economy.
Faculty, Health, welfare and well-being
With a fourth wave looming, many US states are dropping pandemic policy measures
March was a big month for COVID-19 policies in the US. The one-year anniversary of the pandemic was marked by vaccination rollouts, the settling in of new federal leadership, and—in some states—the dramatic loosening of COVID-19 restrictions. More than ten states announced the lifting of various existing restrictions in the […]
Faculty, Governance, cooperation and law, Health, welfare and well-being
The green shoots of COVID solidarity
Rich-country governments must now donate COVID-19 vaccines immediately to vulnerable countries, contribute more to international initiatives to ensure a genuinely global rollout, and work with pharmaceutical firms to deliver more transparent, non-exclusive licensing deals. Only this level of solidarity can restore global growth. In a recent letter to her G20 […]
Faculty, Governance, cooperation and law, Health, welfare and well-being
What we learned from tracking every COVID-19 policy in the world
In March 2020, as COVID-19 swept around the globe, my colleagues and I began debating the bewildering new measures popping up around the world with our master’s students in a politics of policymaking class at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. We had a lot of questions. Why […]
Admissions and Life at the School, Faculty, Health, welfare and well-being
Learning from a real-life, real-time situation: COVID-19 briefings
When the coronavirus pandemic changed everyone’s lives one year ago (March 2020), the Blavatnik School acted quickly to recreate the Master of Public Policy (MPP)’s interactive, personalised teaching style in the virtual classroom. A collaborative effort across the whole School enabled our 124 MPP students (the MPP class of 2019) […]
Admissions and Life at the School, Students
Reapplying to the MPP: a success story from the class of 2020
Each year between January and March, the Admissions team at the Blavatnik School of Government are tasked with sorting through hundreds of applications for the Master of Public Policy (MPP). While reading inspiring accounts of commitment to public service from across the globe is undoubtedly a benefit of the job, […]
Alumni, Governance, cooperation and law, Health, welfare and well-being
“No room for cynicism”: MPP alumnus interviews leading human rights defender Hina Jilani
Advocate Hina Jilani is a pioneering lawyer who has dedicated her career to fighting for the vulnerable, minorities and political prisoners. She established the first all-women’s law firm (1981) and first legal aid centre in Pakistan (1986) and was awarded the Millennium Peace Prize for Women in 2001 for her […]