Hufton + Crow CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 3 TABLE of CONTENTS RESEARCH with IMPACT 24 Research Programmes 27

2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Photo by: Hufton + Crow CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS RESEARCH WITH IMPACT 24 Research programmes 27

New faculty research grants 28

DPhil in Public Policy 31 CHAPTER 1 WELCOME FROM THE DEAN 3 Featured awards and publications 33 Our vision and strategy 4

Year in review 5 CHAPTER 4 ENGAGING WITH GOVERNMENTS AND PRACTITIONERS 34 Governance of the School 6 Short courses 35 International Advisory Board 7 Oxford’s first MOOC 37 Academic Advisory Board 8 The Challenges of Government Conference 38 Our faculty 9 The Kyoto Prize at Oxford 40

Visiting Practitioners 41 CHAPTER 2 TEACHING TO ADDRESS POLICY CHALLENGES 11 The MPP year 12 CHAPTER 5 DEVELOPING THE SCHOOL 42 Innovations in teaching on the Master of Public Policy 14 Finance 43 Summer Project 16 Thanking our supporters 44 MPP Student Recruitment 18 Events 45 Alumni 20 Press and Media 47

Web and social media 49

2 more fully developed. New research projects and At this year’s Challenges of Government WELCOME FROM THE grants are underway. Conference we enjoyed provocative and stimulating discussion around our theme ‘Bridging DEAN We’ve had fantastic global feedback from our the Gap’. Our guests explored how to renovate launch of Oxford’s first MOOC (Massive Open politics so as to bridge the gap between citizens and Online Course entitled “From Poverty to those who claim to represent them; how to shape Prosperity”) which brought Paul Collier’s expertise economies so as to reduce rapidly growing in Economic Development to over 44,000 inequality; and how to innovate in the delivery of learners from all regions of the world. Many public services so as to reduce the gap e.g. between students and learners just thrilled to seize a slice of the health needs of an ageing population and what an Oxford education. government can aford. In May, we celebrated a new partnership with the Each year brings fresh challenges and opportunities Inamori Foundation which brings the Kyoto Prize for the School and I am delighted by our Laureates to the Blavatnik School each year and achievements in teaching, research and has provided the School with a generous engagement. Our successes in contributing to a This has been an astonishing year of politics in the benefaction which we have recognized in the world better led, better served and better governed United Kingdom, the USA, and elsewhere, naming of the Inamori Forum. are testament to the hard work of our faculty, underscoring the importance of our mission and We are delighted to be taking forward a five-year researchers, staf and students and the generosity setting us many new challenges. partnership with the Africa Initiative for and support of our partners and friends. This year the new building has filled up with Governance (AIG) which we launched at a public Ngaire Woods, Dean activities, people, and new research projects. The event with former UN Secretary General Kofi public have flooded in to participate in debates Annan last June. This partnership supports a about Brexit, US politics, the refugee crisis, and Distinguished AIG Fellow each year and 5 AIG others. We have our largest ever cohort of MPP scholarships for successful MPP candidates from students – 124 students from 70 diferent West Africa. countries, and 15 DPhil students. Our alumni continue to achieve great successes in The new senior faculty members who joined us last their post-MPP careers – from being the first year have enabled us to drive forward the next female cabinet minister in the UAE; to serving as phase of the School’s development. A advisor to the Finance Minister of South Sudan; to comprehensive 5-year review of the MPP has been becoming Director of a Chilean Law School; to launched and yet more innovative teaching is being named one of Germany’s 100 smartest springing up. The doctoral program is now being innovators.

3 Combining the most powerful insights from a range multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral and we use our OUR VISION AND of academic disciplines our three core convening power to bring people together to share STRATEGY objectives are to deliver: knowledge, exchange ideas and create solutions.

1. TEACHING TO ADDRESS POLICY Our human, financial and physical resources are CHALLENGES key to supporting the delivery of our programmes Our aim is to deliver education that combines deep and mission: expertise with analytical thinking and practical 4. DEVELOPING THE SCHOOL skills. Through the Master of Public Policy (MPP), we educate leaders who can learn from and teach We pursue the recruitment and retention of each other, and build coalitions to get difcult jobs outstanding staf and faculty who are committed to done. The objective is to enable participants to the School’s vision, and who will contribute to the develop the academic knowledge and professional goal of making it the best in the world. Financially skills required to address some of this century’s our objective is to manage finances and steward most complex public policy challenges. resources to support the long-term success of the School and to raise and generate new funding to Our vision is of a world better led, better served and better governed. We believe the Blavatnik 2. RESEARCH WITH IMPACT support the School’s goals. Our new building provides us with up-to-date facilities that enable School of Government can improve the quality of We take steps to inspire research excellence and staf, students and visitors to work together government and public policy-making worldwide, facilitate its application to address practical policy efectively. Externally, we are developing and so that citizens can live more secure and more challenges. Through the research of our faculty, promoting the School’s reputation in Oxford, the fulfilled lives. researchers and DPhil students, the School seeks UK and globally so that it is recognized as a place of to take on the real-world problems which confront Our goal is to make the Blavatnik School excellence and influence in public policy. governments, provide well-researched answers and distinctive, impactful and excellent in all that it propose solutions. does. Our approach is unique in its emphasis on three attributes: 3. ENGAGEMENT WITH GOVERNMENTS • Global – deriving lessons for better government AND PRACTITIONERS from countries around the world Through our engagement with governmental and • Focused on practice – with a particular emphasis non-governmental organisations, policymakers, on implementation and delivery alumni and expert practitioners, we work to create • Multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral – drawing and support global networks to generate solutions lessons from public, private and third sectors and share best practice. The School’s approach to improving government is collaborative,

4 YEAR IN REVIEW

5 NEW 44,000 ONLINE 37% GROWTH IN RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS LEARNERS FROM INCOME PER YEAR FOR WEST ALMOST EVERY AFRICA THROUGH COUNTRY ENROLLED FROM £1.57M IN 2015/16 TO NEARLY 4,000 IN THE MOOC £2.15M IN 2016/17 AIG PARTNERSHIP APPLICATIONS (FOR MPP AND DPHIL) ACROSS THE LIFE OF THE SCHOOL 120 SHORT ALL PUBLIC LECTURES COURSE LIVESTREAMED PARTICIPANTS GO LAB DIRECTOR FROM ALL REGIONS NEARLY 20% AND RECORDED OF THE WORLD INCREASE IN APPOINTED RESEARCHERS THE IGC COMMISSION ON INAUGURAL KYOTO STATE FRAGILITY, GROWTH 22% PRIZE AT OXFORD 124 MPP STUDENTS – AND DEVELOPMENT INCREASE IN OUR LARGEST EVER ESTABLISHED WITH FORMER UK PM MPP APPLICATIONS COHORT DAVID CAMERON 27 BOOKS AND PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES PUBLISHED NEW FULL 12+ BY OUR FACULTY 19 NEW SCHOLARSHIPS CONFIRMED COUNTRIES FOR 2017/18 REPRESENTED ON THE MPP 500% PROFESSIONAL INCREASE IN 293 MEMBERS OF VIEWS OF OUR THE ALUMNI SKILLS PROGRAMME VIDEOS OF PUBLIC COMMUNITY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE EVENTS AND A WATCH TIME CASE STUDIES CAREER CLUSTERS, UK PUBLIC INCREASE OF ALMOST APPROACH POLICY SERIES AND LEADERSHIP 3000% USED IN CORE MPP OVER 9,000 DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM ATTENDEES AT SCHOOL EVENTS

5 GOVERNANCE OF THE SCHOOL

Management Board Responsibilities: To govern, manage, and regulate the School’s strategy, budgets and senior appointments Members include: Dean, Heads of Divisions, Heads of Departments Meeting frequency: Three times a year in Oxford

Strategy and Resources Group Responsibilities: Responsible for strategy and key resourcing Academic Advisory Board Responsibilities: Advise on all decisions of the School aspects of the School’s academic Membership: Dean, Vice-Dean, Senior Faculty Representatives, International Advisory Board activities, including programmes, COO, Head of Finance & HR, Director of External Relations Responsibilities: Advise on the student engagement, faculty Meeting frequency: Minimum of 8 per year strategy and priorities of the School recruitment and development, and Membership: Globally renowned academic life Senior Management Team leaders from all parts of the world Membership: Deans/Presidents/ Responsibilities: Delegated decision-making responsibility for Meeting frequency: Annual meeting in Oxford, and ad hoc Heads of School from prominent operational and urgent decisions in light of the direction set by SRG requests from the Dean for advice public policy institutions around the Membership: Dean, Vice-Dean, COO, Senior Professor, Head of world Finance & HR, Director of External Relations Meeting frequency: Termly conference calls Meeting frequency: Weekly

Admissions Academic Administrative Admissions and Funding Committee DPhil Committee Senior Administrative Team Taught Programmes Committee

6 INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Persio Arida, Former Chairman of William Jeferson Clinton, Maria Ramos, Chief Executive Asset Management, BTG Pactual 42nd President of the United Ofcer, Barclays Africa Group States, Founding Chairman of the Limited Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative

Dominic Barton, Global Managing Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Nazir Razak, Chairman, CIMB Director of McKinsey & Company Ofcer for England Group

Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Editorial Director at HT Media CEO of Axel Springer AG Google Limited

Lord John Browne of Madingley, Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman Hidehiko Yuzaki, Governor of Chairman of L1 Energy, Chair of of Blackrock Hiroshima Prefecture the International Advisory Board

Mark Carney, Governor of the Andrónico Luksic, Vice Chairman Bank of England of the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile

7 ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD

Douglas Elmendorf, Dean, Harvard Vali Nasr, Dean, John Hopkins Lan Xue, Dean, School of Public Kennedy School, USA School of Advanced International Policy & Management, Tsinghua Studies, USA University, China

Michael Ignatief, President, Enase Okonedo, Dean, Lagos Central European University, Business School, Nigeria Hungary

Frédéric Mion, President, Cecilia Rouse, Dean, Woodrow SciencesPo, France Wilson School of Public & International Afairs, Princeton University, USA

8 A full list of all of our faculty, with biographies of Harvard Kennedy School. He is the School’s DPhil OUR FACULTY all new faculty. Coordinator, and teaches on the MPP Politics of Policymaking module. Mara Airoldi Director of the Government Outcomes Lab Stefan Dercon Professor of Economic Policy Dapo Akande will join the Blavatnik School as the Thomas Elston Associate Professor in Law and Senior Research Fellow in Public Administration Public Policy on 1 April 2018. Richenda Gambles Previously, Dapo worked at MPP Tutor for Admissions (maternity leave Oxford University’s Law Faculty 2016-17) where he was Professor of Public International Law. He has held visiting professorships at Yale Law Thomas Hale School, the University of Miami School of Law, and Associate Professor in Public Policy (Global Public the Catolica Global Law School, Lisbon. Before Policy) taking up his position in Oxford in 2004, he was Miles Hewstone is Professor of Lecturer in Law at the University of Nottingham Social Psychology and Public School of Law (1998–2000) and at the University Policy, and Director of the of Durham (2000–2004). Oxford Centre for the Study of Eric Beinhocker Intergroup Conflict. He joined Senior Research Fellow, Executive Director of the the Blavatnik School in October Institute for New Economic Thinking 2016. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2002, and served as its Vice- Paul Collier President (Social Sciences) 2007–9. He was Professor of Economics and Public Policy elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Pepper Culpepper joined the Psychological Society in 2003, and is Professor Blavatnik School as Professor of Extraordinary at Stellenbosch University. Politics and Public Policy in July Emily Jones 2016. His research focuses on Associate Professor in Public Policy (Global the intersection between Economic Governance) capitalism and democracy, both in Photo by: John Cairns politics and in public policy. Previously he taught at the European University Institute and at the

9 Peter Kemp after nearly a decade on the Martin Williams is an Associate Vice-Dean for Academic Afairs and Professor of faculty of Harvard Business Professor in Public Public Policy (sabbatical 2017) School. His scholarship Management, who joined the explores the role of business School in May 2016 from Nikolas Kirby Departmental Lecturer in Philosophy and Public leadership in shaping the basic University College London where Policy rules that govern capital-market he was a Postdoctoral Research societies. As well as directing the programme this Fellow. His research, which is largely focused on Julien Labonne is an Associate year, he has introduced the Harvard case method Africa, is on management, policy implementation, Professor in Economics and as part of his Leadership Development Workshop and political economy. He co-convenes the MPP Public Policy, who joined the series. Policy Evaluation module. Blavatnik School in August 2016 from the Social Sciences Adam Ritchie Ngaire Woods Departmental Lecturer in Science and Public Dean and Professor of Global Economic Division at Yale-NUS College in Policy, MPP Tutor for Admissions (acting) Governance Singapore, where he was an Assistant Professor. His research is focused on issues of clientelism, Bo Rothstein Jonathan Wolf, who joined the electoral politics and social networks. He co- Professor of Government and Public Policy school in September 2016 as convenes the MPP Policy Evaluation module. the Blavatnik Chair in Public Tom Simpson Policy in association with Jody LaPorte Associate Professor of Philosophy and Public Departmental Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy Policy Wolfson College, was formerly Professor of Clare Leaver Maya Tudor Philosophy and Dean of Arts and Humanities at Associate Professor of Economics and Public Associate Professor of Government and Public UCL. He is a political philosopher who works on Policy Policy questions of equality, disadvantage and social Anandi Mani Adam Webster, Departmental justice, and he co-convenes the Foundations Professor of Behavioural Economics and Public Lecturer in Law and Public module. Policy Policy, joined the Blavatnik Stewart Wood School in November 2016 from Ingo Outes Fellow of Practice Departmental Lecturer in Economics and Public the Law School at the University Policy of Adelaide, Australia, where he was a lecturer. He has a particular interest in how public law afects Karthik Ramanna, Professor of Business & Public and shapes contemporary legal problems, and he Policy, and Director of the Master of Public Policy teaches on the Law and Public Policy module. Programme, joined the School in September 2016

10 CHAPTER 2 TEACHING TO ADDRESS POLICY CHALLENGES: MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY

Class of 2016 Master of Public Policy students on their first day. Informal

Welcome Hilary Term Supper Major Programme Management AP Events with Private Finance AP colleges The Politics of Policymaking

INDUCTION Matriculation Law and Public Policy HILARY TERM (2 WEEKS) Policy Evaluation (9 WEEKS) Politics of Policymaking simulations Communications AP Decision Analysis AP 17 Introductory Policy Evaluation activities – assessment Policy Challenge UK Public Policy series Mentoring programme Report writing workshops MPP STUDENT EXPERIENCE 2016 Michaelmas Term

First Foundations day of t erm Economics for Public Policy Negotiations Applied Winter Soirée Policy (AP)

Class of 2016 Gala Foundations essay ) Dinner

Faculty-student MICHAELMAS (

MPP Programme lunches WEEKS 10 TERM 3 WEEKS ( VACATION Highlights from CHRISTMAS Professional Skills ) W Programme in

t er S oirée Highlights of staf-student events

Highlights of student Student events English MICHAELMAS Government language classes Elections TERM 121 Coaching in Friday social presentation skills (10 WEEKS) events Management and leadership case study programme Visitor programme Dean’s Forums Icons made by Freepik and Daniel Bruce from flaticon.com from Bruce and Daniel made by Freepik Icons

12 Photos by: Blavatnik School of Government and John Cairns Student-led panels on diplomacy, entrepreneurship, child rights Challenges of Government Service Week Conference CHALLENGES OF GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE ( HILARY TERM TRINITY TERM WEEK 1 (9 WEEKS) Trinity Term (8 WEEKS) Science and Public Policy

Options ) Public Budgeting AP

Strategy AP Kyoto Prize Capstone at Oxford Politics of Policymaking, Africa Conference Science and Options End of year party Summer Project assessments placement Students spend a Student minimum of six weeks with Government event Student ) a host organisation

Elections ( 10 WEEKS 10 or researching SUMMER Student-led talks policy issues 8 WEEKS ( HILARY TERM HILARY )

P TRINITY TERM ( o 9 WEEKS 9 l Conference ic y S i m u l a t i o

n

) Visitor

programme ( MPP @ 5 Event MONTHS 2 COURSE END OF

) K yo to Prize at Oxford ) 1 WEEK EXAMS ( Students graduate GRADUATION ( with colleges Post exam NOVEMBER EASTER picnic in the park VACATION Summer party (5 WEEKS) on the terrace Post-exam fun MPP Class of 2016 End of Course ) Foundations, celebration Economics and Law exams INNOVATIONS IN This year, innovations included: with their peers) and press release. They then Short videos were produced by small groups of reviewed each other’s presentations, and reflected TEACHING ON THE students to support learning about the ten major on how they drew upon each of the Core modules topics covered in the Foundations module. in this exercise. MASTER OF PUBLIC Peer reviews were used in the Philosophy module’s POLICY (MPP) final formative assignment to coach students to ofer constructive feedback on each other’s essays.

‘Students as experts’ - experienced lawyers in the cohort gave practical and comparative perspectives on the Law and Public Policy module.

Case studies were introduced in the Politics of Policymaking module, including Egypt's post- revolutionary constitutional crisis, America's 2010 healthcare reform, and Swiss-denominated bank loans in Romania. Practitioners working on these specific topics also attended to engage with students.

Beyond engaging students in the formal curriculum, the School has encouraged student-led initiatives to organise peer-to-peer networking and community-building activities to share their knowledge, skills and experience.

MPP Capstone Event This module in Trinity Term allowed students to draw together concepts and techniques developed on the programme and apply them in a concentrated exercise. Working in groups of 6-7, they took on the role of a government minister responding to a controversial press story to

Photo by: John Cairns produce a press statement (a conference and Q&A

14 SIMULATIONS relationship: trade, finance, freedom of movement, PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND APPLIED In Hilary Term 2017, the MPP programme and security. EXPERIENCE included simulated negotiations in three policy Following the two-day Brexit simulation students In support of our vision to equip students with areas, enabling students to learn directly from high concluded that the British Government might have practical knowledge for management and profile practitioners and academics who were more negotiating advantage than previously policymaking in the real world, we have introduced directly involved in these contemporary issues. believed. Further details can be found in our DPhil a number of new elements to the Professional Skills Each simulation exposed students to the dynamics student Ivaylo Iaydjiev’s op-ed for CapX (https:// Programme this year: of multilateral negotiations, interest group politics capx.co/can-britain-gain-the-brexit-upper-hand/). Career clusters: distinguished practitioners and the interface between domestic and discussed their careers and the hardest career- international politics. shaping decisions they have had to make with a Climate change simulation small, self-selecting group of students. Students represented a country or another interest UK public policy series: senior UK public policy group in the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the figures discussed their work and careers. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Tasks included ensuring countries’ diverse Leadership development workshops: the MPP sets of pledges to mitigate and adapt to Course Director used the Harvard case method to climate change were delivered, and devising a way help students develop judgment and skills for for the “review” component of the new regime to active-listening, empathy, and human-resource operate. management. Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade simulation Faculty research lunches: members of faculty Participants enacted the last stages of the TPP presented their latest research focus to a small, negotiations, leading up to the signing of TPP in self-selecting group of students who were invited February 2016. Grouped into teams representing to ofer comments and suggestions. TPP countries, students had a role either as a Gender awareness: a series of sessions designed to government negotiator or the representative of a develop students’ awareness of issues associated key non-state actor. with gender equality and hidden biases. Brexit simulation Students engaged in negotiations for the withdrawal of the UK from Europe, working towards a final deal containing agreements on four substantive areas for the future UK-EU

15 The Summer Project is a six-week (minimum) work Financial Services Authority SUMMER PROJECT placement with an organisation engaged in some Fundación Idea aspect of policy work. Its purpose is to enable German Federal Ministry for Economic Afairs students to bring together the core skills and GO Lab, Blavatnik School of Government learning acquired during the MPP, and Google demonstrate the ability to apply these to real-life Government of Singapore policy situations. Hong Kong Health Standards Agency ICMM The 2015 MPP class carried out placements with IFC 53 diferent hosts in 22 countries. International Growth Centre, LSE MPP SUMMER PROJECT HOSTS IN 2016 IMF Adam Smith International Indonesian Ministry of Energy Attorney General’s Ofce – Canberra Institute for Regional and International Studies at Behavioural Insights Team the American University of Iraq Boston Consulting Group Kivu International Blavatnik School of Government Louis Dreyfus Foundation Federal Government of Buenos Aires MacDonald-Laurier Institute Cabinet Ofce, UK Government McKinsey & Company Centre for International Cooperation OHCHR Migration and Human Rights Chatham House Ministry of Power, India Child Rights International Network Mitsui Clinton Health Access Initiative Mobisol UK Dalberg NRGI DECC, UK Government OECD Deloitte Organisation of American States Department of Health, UK Government OSIRG DFID, UK Government Oxford Internet Institute European Bank for Reconstruction and Oxford Strategic Consulting Development Pakistan High Commission European Foundation for Democracy Politico Europe Facebook Purefy FBI Purpose FCO, UK Government REACH

16 RISE, Blavatnik School of Government Health formulate those recommendations and Michal Sella worked for the City Government of The Sinneave Family Foundation attend the UNGA meeting in Buenos Aires in Argentina. Her project was titled Turquoise New York. The team concluded Designing an Urban Social-Integration Project Value Based Healthcare that antimicrobial resistance is a through Domestic Tourism for World Health Organisation global problem requiring multiple Villa 31 in Buenos Aires. She World Bank stakeholders to work designed a strategic plan for the World Economic Forum collaboratively towards global Ministry of Social Cohesion and World Vision solutions. the Ministry of Tourism that will WPP contribute to the process of Dinesh Kapur worked with Google's European urbanising the unofcial settlements in Buenos Policy Strategy Team on the issue of free speech Innovative new Public Policy research Aires. The main goal of her project was to opportunities: online. One aspect of the project was in relation to encourage the population of the unofcial informing Google's teams on current policies, In recognition of the diverse nature of our settlements to visit the city centre and integrate upcoming legislation, and stakeholder landscape. student cohort we have increased the scope into the city’s public spaces. Building on knowledge Furthermore, he was also asked to identify policy of Summer Project focus this year. Students, of a famous Israeli project that used the education proposals that struck a balance particularly those with substantial system to pass a message to adults through their between user rights, privacy professional experience, have been given the children, Michal’s plan focused on ofering the concerns, and freedom of opportunity to carry out a reflective or children of the settlements free tours in the city, expression while addressing the introspective research project under the and then encouraging them to bring their families problem of controversial supervision of a Blavatnik School faculty along using a vouchers system. The project is being content online. Following from member. This gives these students the implemented this year. opportunity to delve deeper into a topic of this project Dinesh went on to play a significant professional interest. role in developing and implementing Google's strategic response to a court case seeking the SUMMER PROJECT PLACEMENT global (and incorrect) expansion of the Right to be HIGHLIGHTS Forgotten. Dinesh’s report was entitled: Free speech on the “world wild web”: alternative Dorkina Myrick undertook a placement with the frameworks to think about free speech online with UK Department of Health. Her project was titled: recommendations for policymakers (EU) on how to Improving Global Surveillance of Antimicrobial deal with controversial content online. Dinesh Resistance: Recommendations for the September continues to work with Google in this important 2016 United Nations General Assembly Meeting area. (UNGA) and her role was to assist the Global Health Security team at the UK Department of

17 MPP STUDENT Key facts 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 RECRUITMENT Total number of applications 485 487 522 583 711

Total number of countries and territories 85 97 90 102 104

Initial number of ofers 55 98 112 185 185

Initial ofer-to-application ratio 11.3% 20.2% 21.5% 31% 26%

Acceptances 39 62 73 117 124

Accept-to-ofer ratio 70.9% 63.3% 65.2% 63.2% 67%

Our three top priorities in the recruitment of Accept-to-application ratio 8% 12.8% 14% 20% 17.4% for students our MPP programme: 1. Continue to attract the very best Total number of incoming students 38 64 75 117 124 applicants from all around the world. 2. Widen and deepen representation of Final number of countries and territories 19(20) 39 48(52) 54(59) 65(70) students from countries where we Youngest student 21 years 21 years 21 years 21 years 21 years currently have low or no applications. In 2016, we had a specific focus on Oldest student 42 years 46 years 41 years 51 years 50 years Greece, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. 3. Support and develop fundraising eforts Average (mean) age 26 years 27 years 28 years 29 years 28 years for scholarships to ensure no student is ever turned away due to lack of Largest (mode) age group 24 years 24 years 27 years 28 years 25 years financial means. This year the school launched the AIG Scholarship Scheme, Male to female ratio 19:19 32:30 38:37 66:51 65:59 as well as two endowed scholarships at University College for students from Percentage of class fully funded 50%+ 50%+ 50%+ 50%+ 50%+ the UK and Myanmar. Number of colleges 22 30 30 29 29

18 Applicant diversity Regions Gender split across all cohorts 4% The diversity of students applying to and gaining 7% 10% 10% places on the programme remains high. The MPP Class of 2016 includes 124 students from 70 13% 17% countries. 13% 15% A record 19 new countries are represented in the 44% 48% 2016 class: 8% 50% 48% 49% 15% • Austria 13% 13% • Azerbaijan • Bosnia & Herzegovina 19% 11% • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16% 15% • Burkina Faso • Dominican Republic • Honduras • Vietnam • Iraq 39% 35% 44% • Namibia 37% 56% 52% 51% 52% • Rwanda 50% • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Sierra Leone 15% 13% • Ukraine 10% 9% • Taiwan • Lesotho 2016 2015 Students Applicants 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 • Serbia Oceania Male Female • Armenia Northern America Latin America and the Caribbean Europe Asia Africa

19 ALUMNI ALUMNI : WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 2015 alumni working in each region 2015 alumni working in each sector

2% 2% 2% 14% 6% 6% 4% 30% 25%

31% 25%

19% 14% 20%

Caribbean Central America Not for profit Oceania Middle East Not yet determined/don’t know South America Africa Academia/research Not yet determined/don’t know North America Private sector Europe Asia Government and Public sector

All alumni working in each region All alumni working in each sector

1% 4% 15% 3% 7% 1% 6% 13% 30% 8%

13% 35% 22% 15% 28%

Caribbean Central America Not for profit Oceania Middle East Not yet determined/don’t know South America Africa Academia/research Not yet determined/don’t know North America Private sector Photo by: John Cairns Europe Asia Government and Public sector

20 ALUMNI REFLECTIONS ON THE MPP There are now 293 members of the School’s alumni ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS “The MPP was a one-year experience that tied community, and a further 123 Associate Alumni Irakli Kotetishvili, 33 together – like no other programme that I am aware from the School’s Executive Education courses. MPP 2013 Georgia of – theoretical, practical skills and knowledge with a A full-time Alumni Relations Founder of Smart Governance great network of people. Five years after graduating I Manager, Jo Bason, was begin to see how much I will enjoy and benefit from appointed in January 2017. Jo Solutions (Georgia) the continuing relationship with the School and its has been focusing on the “After graduating from the MPP I have moved community of staf, students and supporters.” – strategy for the community; in from public service to an international consultancy Jonathan Eckart, MPP 2012 particular, how to help the business. Since 2014 I have launched a public alumni network support each other across cohorts, policy consultancy company. I have also advised the “In covering such a broad variety of fascinating promoting the achievements of the alumni and World Bank, OSCE and DFID in several countries, topics and introducing me to such a diverse bunch of ensuring that they remain engaged with the School including, Ukraine, Moldova, Uganda, Ethiopia and interesting people…the MPP…opened up a whole as the community grows. Armenia in a private consultant capacity. My role world of possibilities.” – Heather Walker, MPP 2013 was to improve public service delivery through e- A Blavatnik School alumni card is being produced governance and increased transparency and to “The MPP has been the perfect career break: a great to foster an ongoing connection and provide access prevent corruption cases in the civil service. For opportunity to reflect on today’s world and meet to the School’s building and facilities. great people committed to making a diference. I am example, within the World Bank funded project in now back at work with a renewed energy and ideas.” Development of an online community platform is Ukraine, we helped the government to establish a – Guilherme Silva, MPP 2015 underway to help us keep in touch and to facilitate National Agency for Prevention of Corruption and global cross cohort networking. to launch an Online Asset Declaration system in “The MPP was the stepping-stone for entering the 2016.” were adulthood of my professional life… It was a blessing Alumni events in London and Hong Kong attended by 39 former MPP students. Sven Jungmann, MPP 2013, is a full-time to be in a class of like-minded individuals who were resident physician in a hospital in Berlin, drawn together by the passion for public service but MPP @ 5 Director of the Healthcare Initiative at the were so diferent in many ways: cultural background, We are celebrating the 5th anniversary of the MPP XU Exponential University of Applied seniority, professional aspirations and ideologies” – at the School in September 2017 with a day of Sciences, a freelance healthcare consultant Alexandra Nastase, MPP 2015 events and activities followed by a Gala Dinner for and a Partner for Social Innovation Advisory “If there's one word that describes the MPP, it's students, alumni, faculty, and staf. The event will at For Society Capital. In recognition of "community". I've come away with meaningful enable us to continue to engage alumni with other these many and varied accomplishments, he relationships that will last throughout my career. I activities at the School, such as mentoring, was recently named among Germany’s 100 doubt I could have had this experience anywhere Summer Projects, and development. smartest innovators. else.” – Ren Chung, MPP 2015

21 Rose Macharia, 30 diplomatic success. We make sure that Kenya's Promoting transparency while limiting MPP 2015 national interests, particularly the welfare of her opportunities for corruption in the extractive Kenya people, remains positively engaged and protected.” sector is critical to maximizing revenue generation PA & Advisor to Ambassador Mir Javid, 45 and I am closely involved in curtailing corrupt (Dr) Amina C. Mohamed, MPP 2013 practices at all levels, both through a tighter Cabinet Secretary (Minister), MFA, KE Afghanistan regulatory framework and the restructuring of Ministry of Foreign Afairs, Republic of Kenya Deputy Minister for Policy and business processes.” “Taking the MPP was a critical step in my career. I Programmes, Ministry of Mines had worked in Government for three years and in and Petroleum, Afghanistan Rafael Pastor, MPP 2014, was appointed Director of Universidad Central’s Law School private practice for two years and needed skills to “Studying for the MPP gave me the opportunity to in Santiago, Chile, where he will be delve deeper into public service. The MPP have an Oxford education, which I value so much, responsible for implementing the School’s presented several things: the theory of governance, and to study with the best in the world. It was a new strategic plan. the practical application drawn from an array of top very rewarding year that substantially broadened level professionals, peer learning and an my knowledge of public policy at an international environment structured for academic and 'network' level as well as providing a wide-ranging network of Yulia Taranova, 28 excellency. new colleagues. MPP 2012 Everything about the MPP has influenced my Russia My studies at the Blavatnik School gave me fresh personal and professional lives. Most critical Research Manager for Forum vision and insight into the potential development of however is the fact that I now understand the Analytical Centre the public sector at a critical time in Afghanistan, mechanisms of bureaucracy in a democracy. I “Undertaking the MPP at and particularly how I might make a more targeted understand my philosophical biases and am able to Oxford was a significant step towards becoming a contribution. interrogate my approaches to solutions from a globally recognized specialist in my sphere. It theoretical, and empirical perspective. Evidence is Within the Government, I am playing a leading role means more options for expression as a now a huge part of my thinking and advisory role. I in the transformation of extractive industry professional, now or later in life, and hence more also value and understand people more and am able governance in Afghanistan. As Deputy Minister for freedom. It influenced my career and life firstly to derive understanding even in difcult situations. Policy and Programmes I am heading the formation through teaching a can-do approach to complex This latter influence is perhaps drawn from my and implementation of a stable and transparent problems and relevant intellectual instruments, and cohort's influence. legal, fiscal and regulatory framework for the secondly through developing a professional and Currently, I serve under one of the most efective extractive industries, with the aim of providing a academic network. Ministers in the Kenyan Government. She is a firm foundation for increasing investment in My current role involves bringing expert voices to superior implementer and mentor. Therefore under extraction and extractive-related industrial the policymaking process in Russia to help inform her leadership, I can claim a small part of Kenya's development. government decisions. The Forum Analytical

22 Centre is a think-tank behind the ‘Open At the Bank of England, I initiated and now lead Erdene Elbegdorj, 27 Government’ initiative of the Russian Prime our work on international political risk. MPP 2015 Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Over the past years we Appreciating current complex, changing politics Mongolia have advised state agencies on: competition policy not only deepens our understanding of the drivers Representative and Leader, and public services provision (project for the afecting monetary & financial stability policy, but Citizens' Representative Federal Anti-Trust Agency); foreign trade also enhances the Bank’s engagement strategy with Parliament of Bayanzurkh strategies in the Asia Pacific (project for the our international partners.” District, Mongolia Ministry of Economic Development) and the Mohamed Al Qadhi, 30 “Taking the MPP truly changed the way I see the internet economy (project curated by the Deputy MPP 2014 world. One key aspect that has influenced my Prime Minister), among other issues.” United Arab Emirates career is that it has shaped my approach to Seth Thomas, 47 Director General, Sandooq addressing problems and challenges. When I MPP 2012 Al Watan propose solutions, I do not just look at the economic and social benefits of the decision UK “The MPP was a life altering but also try to stress it is the right decision morally. Policy & Strategy Advisor, experience that helped me develop into a senior The MPP also taught me that no issue is genuinely International Directorate, policy maker. The diversity of the classroom was new. When you talk to enough people from diverse Bank of England integral to understanding the world of policy and backgrounds like I did on the MPP, you learn that “The MPP was a chance to lay the intellectual the environment in which it is conducted. I got to similar issues do exist. This enabled for better foundations of policy-making, enabling me to understand what works and what doesn't by understanding of the problem and also the best switch from a private sector career advising factoring in local conditions, culture, and global practices that are available for addressing it. governments, to public service within a leading trends. policy institution. Currently, I am working as a representative at the I am currently in charge of setting up and running a local parliament of Bayanzurkh District located in The Blavatnik School of Government broadened new multi-billion United Arab Emirates dirham the capital of Mongolia. Not only do I have a say in my approach to public policy. One micro example foundation that aims to turn the UAE's oil- the policy decisions of the local government that is when I subsequently sat on an advisory panel for dependent economy into a diversified, knowledge impact thousands of people, but I am also trying to the Welsh Government related to setting up a new based economy through a range of policies and increase citizen participation in the policymaking public development bank. I was able to apply Paul programs. This will help my country grow and process. I have been working closely with the youth Collier’s “Investing in investment” dictum – using a prosper further and face its biggest challenges” of my district to build their confidence and enable public bank to invest not just in business today, but them to push for positive change in their local in longer-term economic support for tomorrow. communities.” That bank is launching this year.

23 CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH WITH IMPACT

Launch of the Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development – an initiative of the Oxford-LSE International Growth Centre (IGC) based at the Blavatnik School of Government. Photo by: Nigel Stead, LSE highlighting critical areas of knowledge missing and practitioners to develop a policy-oriented RESEARCH about economic growth in fragile and conflict synthesis of knowledge to facilitate better policy PROGRAMMES situations. decisions on urban development in lower- and middle-income countries. The commission, which will run until June 2018, is chaired by David Cameron. Donald Kaberuka and The initiative draws on and strengthens the IGC’s Adnan Khan (IGC/LSE) serve as co-chairs, and relationships with researchers and policymakers in Tim Besley (LSE) and Paul Collier (Oxford) serve developing a committed ‘network’ of individuals as its academic directors. who can put this knowledge into practice. Cities that Work has been formally invited by the The main outputs of the Commission will include a Kampala Capital City Authority to provide final report on building growth and resilience in Through our research programmes we aim to tackle knowledge and research support to the East and fragile situations detailing the Commission’s key some of the world’s most pressing problems Central Africa Cities Development Forum, a findings and policy recommendations, a series of through world class academic research and knowledge-sharing platform set up by and for evidence sessions bringing together key players and practitioner engagement. African city managers. experts from a wide range of fields, and a series of THE INTERNATIONAL GROWTH CENTRE AT country reports that provide a diagnostic of key The initiative is led by a Council, whose members THE BLAVATNIK SCHOOL OF constraints to building state legitimacy and state include Paul Collier, that provides knowledge GOVERNMENT capacity. leadership as well as ensuring that the initiative makes a distinctive, positive and significant impact The International Growth Centre (IGC), and LSE- The public evidence sessions running throughout on policy. Oxford partnership, has recently launched two 2017 will cover five key dimensions of fragility: new initiatives based at the Blavatnik School of building legitimate government; generating Academic Directors: Tim Besley (LSE) and Paul Government. efective state capacity; promoting private sector Collier (Oxford) development; establishing security and reducing Initiative 1: Commission on State Fragility, Funded primarily by: UK Department for conflict; and building resilience to shocks. Growth and Development International Development 65 million people are currently either refugees or Initiative 2: Cities that Work THE GOVERNMENT OUTCOMES LAB internally displaced, the highest number since Policymakers across the developing world are at a 1945. This reflects a widespread and persistent critical juncture, where well-implemented, phenomenon: many states are fragile, and evidence-based urban policies have the potential to periodically some melt down into violent disorder. unlock a process of sustainable economic growth The goal of the LSE-Oxford Commission on State that can rapidly lift millions out of poverty. Cities Like many countries the UK faces a plethora of Fragility, Growth and Development is to both that Work brings together cutting-edge urban social issues. Family breakdown, youth guide policy and encourage new research by research and the practical insights of policymakers unemployment, the social care crisis, homelessness,

25 and drug and alcohol abuse are just a few. All are government, providers of public services and climate governance, and posits ideas about how highly complex, pressing challenges that require academics to explore emerging commissioning global cooperation can lead to a better future, with bold and innovative solutions underpinned by a practices in areas such as children’s services, social a particular focus on the needs of those in robust evidence base leveraging the experience of care for older people, and public health. developing countries. countries around the world. The Government International Social Impact Bonds Conference Recent highlights: Outcomes Lab (GOLab) has been established in (September 2017): The GO Lab will co-host the collaboration with the UK Government to be a Emily Jones’s work on trade negotiations, including second edition of the International Social Impact centre of academic excellence for innovative public hosting public debates on Brexit, writing op-eds for Bonds Conference, drawing together academic and sector commissioning, in order to improve social the BBC, New Statesman, and Reaction, and practitioner voices from various disciplines to outcomes in Britain and help build a more inclusive running an executive training programme for senior inform and progress the debate around Social and fair society. Indonesian government ofcials. Impact Bonds. The event is jointly hosted by Recent highlights: Newcastle University Business School, Policy The publication of Carolyn Deere’s ‘ultimate guide’ to the World Intellectual Property Organisation GO Lab launch event (July 2016): We welcomed Innovation Research Unit, London School of (Edward Elgar, 2016). top civil servants, academics and leading Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, RAND Europe, practitioners to discuss the strategic direction and and the Government Outcomes Lab. Thomas Hale’s pioneering work to support cities, priorities of the GO Lab. Lead Researcher: Mara Airoldi companies and other non-state actors to contribute to the UNFCCC Global Economic Inaugural meeting of the Fellows of Practice Funded by: The UK Government and the Blavatnik Governance Process to tackle climate change. (February 2017): The Fellows of Practice are School distinguished experts in public policy and outcome In September 2016, GEG welcomed three new based commissioning, who work closely with the THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellows (GLFs) GO Lab to help achieve our mission and contribute PROGRAMME from Pakistan, China, and Vietnam. These scholars to the development of the knowledge base through work on policy-relevant research on transnational the creation of case studies, practical guidance and politics and international relations, the financial policy briefs, and designing and implementing the sector in economic development, and labour executive education programme. commitments in Free Trade Agreements.

Appointment of the GO Lab Director (March Lead Researcher: Dr Emily Jones 2017): Dr Mara Airoldi, an Associate Professor at Power in the global economy is shifting fast and Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council/ the Blavatnik School of Government, was democratic volatility is rife. The Global Economic Department for International Development (DFID- appointed as Director of the GO Lab. Governance Programme (GEG) leads research into the core economic issues facing our world, ESRC Growth Research Programme); University Symposium series (ongoing): We hosted senior including trade negotiations and transnational College Old Members decision makers from local and national

26 THE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN opportunity for discussion and feedback on ongoing Recent highlights: ECONOMIES (CSAE) research related to issues of African political The Australian government ofcially signed a The economic and economy. contract to provide funding of AUD9.85m for an social conditions in the Workshop on ‘The Psychological Challenges of additional Country Research Team. poorest societies across Poverty’ in Washington, D.C. (April, 2017), which The two-day RISE Annual Conference took place the developing world brought together a small, inter-disciplinary working at the Blavatnik School of Government in June pose a grave challenge. group of researchers to promote and coordinate 2016 with more than 100 attendees and 25 session The Centre for the research on the topic with a view to developing an speakers. Study of African Economies (CSAE) carries out efective tool-kit of approaches to tackle them. research on a broad range of these development India, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Vietnam were challenges in Africa and elsewhere. Using unique Lead Researcher: Professor Stefan Dercon announced as RISE research countries and teams data and innovative research techniques, it is Funded by: The Gates Foundation, Open Philanthropy were contracted in 2016. committed to producing research of the highest and Fell Fund. The research teams began the systems diagnostics quality, with a strong focus on impact and in their respective countries with results expected policy influence. THE RISE PROGRAMME by late 2017. This year, the Centre for the Study of African Two additional Country Research Teams were Economies (CSAE) research centre at the selected through an extensive bidding process and Blavatnik School of Government launched a large are currently in the contracting phase with formal scale Randomised Control Trial (8,200 households announcements expected by mid-2017. from 416 villages, four arms cluster randomisation) in rural areas of Western Kenya. The project aims The world faces a learning crisis. Despite recent Since its launch in 2015, the Programme has to alter poor people’s understanding of their significant growth in those enrolled in formal published 11 working papers with over 567 opportunities during a crucial stage in their lives: education, many students continue to lack basic downloads, has accumulated nearly 27,000 when they receive large unconditional cash literacy and numeracy skills. There is an urgent website visitors, and gained 893 Twitter followers transfers by the dynamic partner organisation need for audacious solutions that go beyond (and these numbers continue to increase). GiveDirectly (1,000 USD per household; current norms and incremental improvements. Lead Researcher: Dr Clare Leaver cumulative amount of nearly 9 million USD in the RISE (Research on Improving Systems of study area). Education) researches holistic, practical solutions Programme Co-Director: Calum Miller Recent highlights: to improve learning outcomes and achieve Funded by: UK Government’s Department for significant innovations within education systems South East England Working Group on African International Development (DFID); Australian worldwide. Political Economy (March, 2017), which provided Government’s Department of Foreign Afairs and Trade (DFAT)

27 Finance and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income from developing countries; NGOs working in fair- NEW FACULTY Countries: The Impact of Global Banking trade and ethical sourcing, and government ofcials RESEARCH GRANTS Regulation from DFID, to discuss these issues and the way This project is amongst the very first to look at how forward. political institutions and processes – at both the Lead Researcher: Dr Emily Jones domestic and global levels – shape the impact of global banking initiatives on LICs and their ability to Funded by: ESRC Impact Acceleration Awards harness financial flows for inclusive growth. The History of the Role of HM Treasury in the research team includes researchers from a range of Planning and Control of UK Public Expenditure developing countries and is working closely with 1993–2015 senior government practitioners. How well public spending control works is arguably Lead Researchers: Dr Emily Jones; Professor Ngaire the biggest challenge for coordination among Woods politicians and bureaucracies.

Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council/ This project will describe, compare, assess and Department for International Development (DFID- explain what changed and what stayed the same in ESRC Growth Research Programme) the UK’s system of planning and control of public spending from 1993 to 2015, a period of fiscal Making UK Trade Work for Development Post- squeeze and fiscal expansionism, single-party and Brexit coalition government, and before and after major The UK is an important trading partner for many changes such as devolution and new systems of developing countries. Brexit risks disrupting these accounting and control. trade relationships, which are important for the livelihoods of many citizens in developing countries Lead Researchers: Professor Christopher Hood; who work in sectors that export to the UK. Yet Professor Iain McLean (Nufeld College) Brexit also provides an opportunity. In developing Funded by: Nufeld Foundation/ESRC and negotiating new arrangements to govern trade with developing countries, the UK has an Empowering the Poor: The Behavioural and Social opportunity to make some significant Foundations of Poverty Reduction, and Evolving improvements to ensure that UK trade better the Role of Multilateral Responses supports development. This project will bring This three-year project will support innovative together: leading academics on trade and analysis on how to incorporate behavioural science Photo by: Fisher Studio development; leading UK businesses that import in the design of poverty reduction interventions, with a focus on women and girls, as well as increase

28 the efectiveness of multilateral financing Thin Political Markets and on the Organisation of Funded by: The British Academy institutions in targeting the poorest and most Capitalism in Society Malaysian Study of Attitudes and Ethno-Religious vulnerable populations. This project is a This project examines the phenomenon of “thin Integration: Recognising and Maximising the collaboration with the Department of Economics political markets”, where corporate special interests Promise of Multicultural Malaysia and run through the Centre for the Study of are largely unopposed because of both their tacit Malaysia is a country with considerable ethno- African Economies. subject-matter expertise and the general public’s religious diversity. It is essential for its long-term low awareness of the issues. This enables the special Lead Researcher: Professor Stefan Dercon stability and economic success that people from its interests to engineer the “rules of the game” in many ethnic groups live and work peacefully and Funded by: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation self-serving ways. This project seeks to identify how successfully together. This project examines why widespread this phenomenon is, what institutional interethnic tensions persist in Malaysia and how mechanisms and contextual circumstances mitigate they could be addressed. or exacerbate the likelihood of thin political markets, and what is the harm to society? Lead Researcher: Miles Hewstone

Lead Researcher: Professor Karthik Ramanna Funded by: CIMB Foundation

Funded by: Charles Koch Foundation The Efect of Shared Service Centres on Administrative Intensity in English Local Establishing State Legitimacy and Efectiveness in Government Fragile and Conflict-Afected Societies Following the global financial crisis, many When a society collapses into disorder it is a governments need to cut costs. In this project, we tragedy for its citizens and sometimes a global undertake one of the first systematic evaluations of nightmare. The project focuses on fragile and a widespread but little-understood cost-saving conflict afected states and will explore the role of measure – the ‘shared service centre’. This popular norms, values, and narratives in establishing state but so-far untested reform aims to reduce the cost legitimacy and the efective functioning of state of administrative support functions (like HR and organisations. This research is a partnership with accounts) by generating scale economies through the London School of Economics and the interorganisational collaboration. International Growth Centre and partially supports the Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Lead Researchers: Dr Thomas Elston and Dr Ruth Development. Dixon

Lead Researchers: Professor Paul Collier; Professor Funded by: The British Academy Photo by: John Cairns Monica Toft

29 Structural Transformation Africa Programme Amsterdam, and the Centre for Economic the representative of developing country concerns This policy research project aims to reset the Research in Pakistan. in the global forums of financial regulation. This project analyses the political economy of China’s agenda of governments, the private sector, and Lead Researchers: Professor Paul Collier; Dr Karlijn stance in current global financial regulatory researchers, on the scope and opportunities for Morsink industrialisation and structural transformation in debates. It assesses the direction and degree of developing countries. As well as documenting the Funded by: ESRC/DFID Poverty Alleviation China’s influence in the institutions of global current state of knowledge on the topic, the Programme financial governance and its consequences for the project will critically assess the relevance of range of financial policy options available to Building Integrity Programme historical experience and lessons to present-day developing countries. Public trust in leadership is at an all-time low and Africa and other regions, as well as critically many leaders now see the need for dramatic and Lead Researcher: Dr Peter Knaack assessing prevailing policy discourse, practice, rapid reform. Eforts focused directly on anti- advice and initiatives on the topic. Funded by: John Fell Fund corruption have been disappointing and Lead Researcher: Professor Stefan Dercon unintentional drivers of disafection. That is why the School has chosen to focus instead on the Funded by: Stephen Peel positive aim, Building Integrity – which, an Women Empowerment, Social Norms, and emerging body of evidence suggests, is a more Violence Against Women and Girls efective path to tackling corruption. Our goal is to This project aims to better understand “what bring rigorous applied research to the question of works” when designing interventions aimed at integrity in governance, to engage with senior reducing Violence Against Women and Girls leaders and to create strong networks between (VAWG). VAWG has serious economic partners allowing them to share not only best consequences and is strongly associated with practice in vital areas of government but high multidimensional measures of structural poverty. professional standards to rebuild public trust. With this project, we evaluate diferent types of Lead Researchers: Professor Bo Rothstein; Professor VAWG interventions in 120 villages in Pakistan, to Jo Wolf; Dr Nik Kirby (Project Co-ordinator); Dr understand which are most efective, and we Jody LaPorte undertake experimental work to determine how these interventions influence household Funded by: Amersi Foundation cooperation. This project is a collaboration with Global Financial Regulatory Governance and Oxfam Novib, Oxfam Pakistan and their Emerging Market Economies: The Case of China implementing partners, Free University China now plays an increasingly central role in the policy area of global finance, and it self-identifies as

30 There are now 15 students from 10 diferent study, using the seminar to provide an intellectual DPHIL IN PUBLIC POLICY countries across the 3 years of the DPhil in Public structure for integrating students from diferent Policy programme, with a further 5–6 new DPhil disciplines into the shared research challenges students to be admitted in 2017. Our 4 third-year facing scholars interested in improving government students will be moving towards writing up and and public policy. The RDS also provides a submitting their theses this year. constructive forum for the first-year DPhil students to develop their own research proposals Research contributions with feedback from their colleagues and scholars all DPhil students participate in, and on occasion also across the school. This new structure has deepened present their work at, the School’s weekly Faculty the ‘esprit de corps’ of the students as well as Research Seminars and we continue to work on allowing them to hone their thesis ideas. integrating them more deeply into the research life of the school.

Connecting across the student community Connections between DPhil students in the diferent years have strengthened as a result of a larger doctoral student body, and student reps support this by organising social events and encouraging discussion of research questions amongst the group. Our DPhil students also play an active role in the school’s teaching mission, acting as MPP seminar leaders, Summer Project advisors and teaching assistants. We hope to ofer more opportunities next year to teach on the MPP, and to encourage students on the two programmes to learn from each other.

Developments in the DPhil Programme This year we reorganised the year-long core course of the doctoral programme, the Research Development Seminar (RDS). After consultation with the existing DPhil students, we focused the Photo by: John Cairns RDS on the needs of those in the first year of

31 DPHIL CLASS OF 2016 Ji Baek jointly with the Government of Rwanda and the Noam Angrist The big picture question that World Bank to evaluate the impact of a gender- based violence prevention program. Noam is conducting his DPhil motivates Ji’s research is how does human agency lead to research on the science of how Zahra Mansoor lasting changes in a regime? to best transport causal Zahra’s research aims to Most acts of dissent fail to result estimates of program efcacy understand how to improve public in immediate or permanent changes to a political across contexts and models. The sector performance in the system. However, in some cases, ordinary men and goal is to facilitate knowledge of what can work at developing world with a particular women decided to make the first moves to scale and across countries and time. focus on the performance of frontline workers such challenge their authoritarian system, and their first as teachers, health workers, or agriculture moves have changed the course of human history. extension workers. Her research also looks at how She will research this question by looking at cases non-monetary incentives such as awards and in South Korea, North Korea, and possibly recognition and other non-monetary motivators Myanmar. such as autonomy and self-efcacy can be used as Helen Baxendale tools for bolstering motivation. Helen works on the Yeajin Yoon contemporary politics of K-12 Yeajin is the first MPP alumna to education policy in the United continue on to the DPhil at States. Her thesis research Blavatnik School of Government. focuses on the political Her current research investigates conditions that permitted the dramatic growth of the dynamics of cooperation and the Teach for America model of teacher conflict among China, Japan, and Korea with the recruitment and training in the early years of the aim of providing practical insights for policymakers 21st century. seeking to strengthen regional cooperation and Claire Cullen security. Claire is focusing her research on understanding the causes of intimate partner violence, primarily in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She will undertake the main part of her research

32 his work with Professor Alexander Betts (Director, in Botswana and other African countries about sex FEATURED AWARDS Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford) on innovative education and HIV. approaches to the refugee crisis. In their new book AND PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS on this work, Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee

System (Allen Lane, 2017), they set out an Making Sense of Corruption alternative vision that can empower refugees to (Cambridge University Press, 2017) help themselves, contribute to their host societies, Bo Rothstein and Aiysha Varraich and even rebuild their countries of origin. Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting 2015 Louis Brownlow Book Award and the 2016 AWARDS empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental W. J. M. Mackenzie Award efects on society. Bo Rothstein (Blavatnik School) New Generation Thinkers 2017 Christopher Hood and Ruth Dixon and Aiysha Varraich (University of Gothenburg) Tom Simpson Visiting Fellow Professor Christopher Hood and provide a systematic analysis of how our Associate Professor Tom Simpson is among Senior Research Fellow Ruth Dixon won the 2015 understanding of corruption has evolved. ten academics selected by BBC Radio 3 and the Louis Brownlow Book Award from the American Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to National Academy of Public Administration, and Dull Disasters? How Planning Ahead Will Make a be one of the New Generation Thinkers 2017. He the 2016 W. J. M. Mackenzie Award of the Diference (Oxford University Press, 2016) was chosen from a pool of hundreds of applicants Political Studies Association for their book, Daniel J Clarke and Stefan Dercon due to his groundbreaking work on trust and the Government that Worked Better and Cost Less? Stefan Dercon and co-author Daniel J Clarke ethics of war, particularly fascinating given his (Oxford University Press, 2015). argue that natural hazards need not turn into large- background as a Royal Marine. scale disasters in their book about the political This book undertakes an examination of the economy of disaster reliefs. Some of Tom’s recent work examining the rational efciency of UK Government across more than 30 relationship between trust and evidence has years, providing a comparison of UK central North Korea's Hidden Revolution: How the recently been published in a new edited volume – government with other countries, public service Information Underground is Transforming a Closed The Philosophy of Trust (Oxford University Press, delivery agencies, UK local government, and Society (Yale University Press, 2017) 2017) – where Tom and his co-editor Paul Faulkner Scottish government. Jieun Baek bring together a collection of 15 essays that reflect DPhil candidate, Jieun Baek, tells the story of on the philosophy of trust. Forbes, 30 under 30 North Korea's information underground and how it Noam Angrist inspires people to seek better lives beyond their Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers 2016 DPhil candidate, Noam Angrist, is included in country's borders. Paul Collier Forbes' "30 Under 30" list in the Social Professor Paul Collier was recognised as one of Entrepreneurs category. Noam is co-founder of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers 2016 for Young 1ove, a not-for-profit that teaches students

33 CHAPTER 4 ENGAGING WITH GOVERNMENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

Participants on the 4th annual Executive Course on Oil, Gas and Mining Governance. Photo by : John Cairns The School continues to develop its short course consecutive year, with our partner organisation, the SHORT COURSES strategy, and our current approach has three Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). strands: This intensive five-day course provides the training • Open enrolment programmes for senior and insight required for policy leaders in the public practitioners: both general ‘leadership’ and private sectors to work towards better programmes and subject-led programmes. management and governance of oil, gas or mineral • Custom programmes for a variety of clients. resources for a better future. The course builds a • Online and/or blended programmes. better understanding of the interests of the public Global participants and private sectors and facilitates dialogue and 2016 saw a marked increase in our ability to engage mutual appreciation of respective positions with government leaders and senior policymakers. between these diferent groups. The School has now educated, in Oxford, more Testimonials: than 100 senior leaders from the private and public “It is rare to find a course that ofers and, more sectors, including former prime ministers, current importantly, delivers such richness in course content ministers, C-suite executives, parliamentarians, and quality. It has been incredibly valuable to hear civil society leaders, chief economists and chiefs of the views of world class subject field experts, staf to world leaders. The School also reached policymakers and politicians from around the world 44,000 online participants through the Massive about their experiences and expectations that inform Open Online Course (MOOC) described below. their approach on resource management and the Participants to our non-degree programmes have distribution of prosperity created by their natural come from almost every country or independent resources. Coming from the private sector it helps region around the world. inform future approaches one should take in future discussions with Governments" – Participant, 2016 CONTENT SPECIFIC AND OPEN ENROLMENT PROGRAMMES “A great experience and learning opportunity. I leave Faculty members with deep expertise in a particular more informed and empowered to guide the area may ofer open courses grounded in this management of the extractive sector in my country.” specialism. – Participant, 2013

The first Executive Course on Oil, Gas and Mining Governance was held in September 2013. In September 2017 we will deliver it for a fifth Photo by: John Cairns

35 CUSTOM PROGRAMMES Executive Course on Oil, Gas and Mining Governance The Hong Kong Ofcer Professional Development • 35 course participants from 18 countries Programme is a custom eight-week programme for members of the Hong Kong Special Administrative • Participants include – Secretaries General; Regional Government. The programme has been Ministers of Natural Resources; Members tailored specifically to support future leaders in of Parliament; State Secretaries; Chief government. The School delivered this course for a Executive Ofcers, and more. third year during Trinity Term 2017. • Open to public and private sector leaders. During their time at the School, twelve Hong Kong Government Fellows frame a policy challenge as it relates to their home department, and research global methods and cases for how to solve this issue. The Fellows also take part in intensive coursework, taught by School professors, that allows them to develop a deeper understanding of public policy and administration, political economy and international relations. One of the highlights of this programme is a personalised mentorship programme, led by School faculty and expert practitioners.

Testimonial: “I fully enjoyed the Blavatnik School of Government events because they provided me with precious opportunities to hear from influential political leaders and world-class academics on the political and social developments in diferent parts of the world. These experiences broadened my horizons and encouraged me to think from a more global perspective.” – Hong Kong Fellow, 2016

Photo by: John Cairns

36 “I can use concepts and ideas for development Participants on the MOOC by region OXFORD’S FIRST MOOC activities for Myanmar and my work. As I live in a poor country, I cannot aford to apply for an Oxford 4% University course, but I can study an Oxford course 3% 5% 4% 22% thanks to you.” 5% “I have greatly enjoyed this course and will 7% recommend it to all that will listen. At a time when In February 2017, the School launched Oxford’s populism across the globe (e.g. US, UK) is leading to 7% 22% first ever Massive Open Online Course (‘MOOC’) increased xenophobia, and far less concern for our on the topic “From Poverty to Prosperity: neighbours and the disadvantaged, your message 21% Understanding Economic Development” taught by gives me hope” Professor Sir Paul Collier and delivered in USA UK Thailand partnership with edX. “I felt honored by having this opportunity and felt Unknown India Mexico such pleasure in this course. It inspired a series of Canada Pakistan Russia By the course launch date on 21st February, almost talks with friends in Brazil and I encouraged them Brazil 44,000 learners from nearly every country in the and others to come and take part.” world had enrolled in the course. A total of 2,371 Participants on the MOOC by education level individuals enrolled for the verified certificate. Participants on the MOOC by age The World Economic Forum featured the course in a short video they posted on their Facebook and 20% Twitter accounts. The MOOC also attracted high 18% 35% levels of media coverage from outlets including the 34% BBC, Times Higher Education, the Economist, the Guardian, Engadget, University World News, and the Oxford Mail.

Participant testimonials: 45% “I have consistently been studying in online learning 48% environments since 2010 and this course design and High School Diploma or less the delivery by Professor Collier by far exceeded my College Degree 25 and under 26-40 41 and over initial expectations with regards to what an online Advanced Degree mass education program would be able to convey in information and knowledge”

37 THE CHALLENGES OF THE 2016 CONFERENCE government ofcials and academics met in their On 19–20 May 2016, the School welcomed over home countries over two days for each workshop to GOVERNMENT 300 participants, including ministers and senior develop insights around the challenges they face in advisors from across the globe, CEOs from major their civil services and to consider new approaches CONFERENCE multinational corporations, civil society leaders, to government reform. journalists, and outstanding applied scholars, to After the in-country workshops, the senior ofcials debate and discuss the reinvention of public policy convened in Oxford for the Challenges of and of government itself. Government Conference, where many of them The central theme of the 2016 Challenges of spoke to our audience on issues they were facing in Government Conference was Trust. their own countries on topics of delivering and implementing government reform, building The School hosts the conference as a way to cohesive and diverse societies, and the power of engage cutting edge academics with innovating digital technologies. The Chinese, Malaysian, and leaders from across the world, and engage all of UK leaders met after the conference for the first Oxford in the process. time as a whole group. We held a special session after the conference for the first time with all three The conference sessions were livestreamed delegations to discuss their government reform from the School for the first time. Over 700 eforts and seek further input and ideas from their people from across the world, in addition to global counterparts. the audience in Oxford, watched the sessions and were able to engage in the topics via THE 2017 CONFERENCE Twitter. The theme for the 2017 conference on 19–20 June was ‘Bridging the Gap’: how to renovate national COGC extended session: ‘Experiment or politics, public service, economic relations and innovation: global dialogue on civil service reform’ international cooperation so as to build more The Governments of China, Malaysia and the UK cohesive and trusting societies. This built upon participated in a series of workshops on civil service themes raised during the 2016 conference with the reform in the autumn of 2015 and the spring of 2017 plenary themes covering: 2016. Partner institutions included the Razak • The challenges facing democracies and how to School of Government (Malaysia), Tsinghua reinvigorate politics. University (China), and the Development Research • Is capitalism broken? How the global economy

Photo by: John Cairns Center of the State Council (China). Senior and national economies can respond to rising

38 inequality and what this means for social and "Governments are in the firing line. Their populations • The importance of transparency and political relations. suspect them of accelerating globalisation for the accountability of government concerned • Entrenching public sector values in an age of benefit of the few, letting trade drive away jobs, and McKinsey’s Andrew Grant and Bjarne Corydon political transformation and uncertainty. encouraging immigration so as to provide cheaper • The increased collective intelligence to be had OXFORD GOVERNMENT REVIEW labour and to fill skills-gaps without having to invest from harnessing technology motivated Geof in training. As a result the ‘anti-government’, ‘anti- The first issue of the Oxford Government Review Mulgan, CEO at Nesta. expert’, ‘anti-immigration’ movements are rapidly was issued as a direct output of the Challenges of The School’s high-level government partners also gathering support" – Dean Ngaire Woods Government Conference and the Global Dialogue provided insights, including Rupert McNeil, the on Civil Service Reform. The first issue focused on UK’s Chief People Ofcer, writing a case-study on trust (or lack of trust) in government. transforming the UK civil service for the 21st century.

A Conference synthesis was produced, which featured panel summaries from the 2016 Challenges of Government Conference, written by the School’s MPP and DPhil in Public Policy students.

Our contributors reflected on the lack of trust in public policymakers: • The ways in which behavioural science can be utilised to implement better policy was the focus for Dr Elizabeth Linos, from the Behavioural Insights Team in North America, and Professor

Photo by: John Cairns Eldar Shafir from Princeton, and Visiting Professor at the Blavatnik School.

39 The Kyoto Prize at Oxford: Partnership with the 2017 Kyoto Prize at Oxford Events THE KYOTO PRIZE AT Inamori Foundation The event was opened with a talk by Dr Kazuo OXFORD In May 2017, the Blavatnik School of Government Inamori, ‘From a Society of Greed to a Society of hosted the 2016 Kyoto Prize Laureates for the Altruism’, and the Official Naming Ceremony of the inaugural Kyoto Prize at Oxford events. This is the Inamori Forum. result of a partnership between the University of The three 2016 Laureates were: Dr Tasuku Honjo, Oxford and the Inamori Foundation which will Laureate for Basic Sciences; Dr Takeo Kanade, bring the Kyoto Prize Laureates to Oxford each Laureate for Advanced Technology; and Dr Martha May to interact with global thought leaders and Nussbaum, Laureate for Arts and Philosophy. influencers in their fields from the UK and the rest Each of the laureates gave a public lecture in our of Europe. The School’s Forum space was also new building, which was attended by a large audience formally named the Inamori Forum in a ceremony comprised of academics, members of the public and conducted by Lord Patten of Barnes, the university students. The lectures were livestreamed Chancellor of the University of Oxford. to audiences at the University of Cape Town and The Inamori Foundation Australian National University, Canberra, who interacted with the discussion and asked questions Founded by Kazuo Inamori in 1984, the through the innovative use of a Q&A app, Slido. Inamori Foundation exists to promote peace and prosperity among all people on earth, Ensuring that this event was a truly university-wide through programs of public recognition and collaboration, the laureates also took part in the support of creative activities to foster seminars and departmental visits at the Philosophy science, culture and the enrichment of the Faculty, the Engineering Department and the Dunn human spirit. School of Pathology, where they were able to engage with both academics and graduate students. A partnership of shared values The Kyoto Prize Both the Inamori Foundation and University of Oxford share the values of dedication to the The Kyoto Prize is awarded each year in the pursuit of knowledge in the service of the public categories of Advanced Technology, Basic good and a commitment to the future of our global Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. The society. These values are further complimented by Laureates are individuals who have both the Blavatnik School of Government’s mission to achieved excellence in their fields and made inspire and support better leadership and good a significant contribution to the scientific, Photo by: John Cairns governance around the world. cultural and spiritual betterment of humankind. 40 SECTION 5 Visiting practitioners in 2016/17 have added value Government, is a Visiting Fellow of to the life and work of the School by sharing their Practice. He engaged with faculty VISITING specific skills and experience with faculty, students, and students in a variety of ways, PRACTITIONERS and staf. This year’s visitors have included: including mentoring a small group of students as part of the MPP Professor Attahiru Jega – sharing lessons from mentoring scheme and running a Nigeria’s electoral system skills session for students on “Leading and Professor Jega spent 6 months at managing: what strategy really means in public the School as the inaugural policy.” African Initiative for Governance (AIG) Visiting Fellow. He engaged Francisco Gaetani – teaching students about with students and faculty to share public management in Brazil. his experiences as Chairman of the Independent During his time at the School, National Electoral Commission in Nigeria, through Professor Francisco Gaetani, which he delivered a general election hailed as the President of the National School fairest in Nigeria’s history. His public lecture on 1st of Public Administration, Brazil, March was livestreamed to a global audience. led two sessions for our MPP students: one on the challenges Dame Margaret Hodge – supporting development currently facing Brazil’s political institutions, and of professional skills and careers the other on public management reform in Brazil. Dame Margaret, British labour He also continues to engage with members of our politician and former Chair of the faculty to develop closer connections between the Public Accounts Committee, led a School and Brazil. masterclass on accountability in the public sector and is also a mentor to a number of current Master of Public Policy Students. She participated in the UK Public Policy Seminar during Trinity Term.

Sir Mark Lowcock – mentoring students and teaching strategy policy. Sir Mark, Permanent Secretary for the Department for International Development, UK Photo by: John Cairns

41 CHAPTER 5 DEVELOPING THE SCHOOL

The Ofcial Opening of the Blavatnik School of Government building. Photo by: John Cairns FINANCE The Blavatnik School of Government was founded SOURCE OF RESEARCH AWARDS with a £75 million donation from Sir Len Blavatnik. The Blavatnik School continues to diversify its Blavatnik School income sources 2016–2017 research portfolio. The graphs below show the balance of funding sources supporting the School. Research portfolio by value 15% 2% 1% 12% 9% 43% 35% 12% 12% 5% 19% 13%

Teaching income 22% Key financial principles: Research income Gifts and donations • Ensure long-term sustainability through EU government Non-EU charity Endowment Non-EU other Other sources building an endowment, diversifying Other income Research councils UK charity Allocation of Blavatnik gifts for current expenditure sources of income and generating new UK public sector revenue streams. Research portfolio by number of grants • Ensure value for money and exercise Blavatnik School expenditure 2016–2017 vigilance on costs in all transactions. 5% • Ensure the School’s financial plans support 15% 8% and align with the School’s mission and 29% objectives. 21% 2016/17 progress: 28% • 12% growth in teaching income to from 53% £4.3m in 2015/16 to £4.8m in 2016/17 12% 13% 10% • 37% growth in research income from 6% £1.57m in 2015/16 to £2.15m in 2016/17 EU government Non-EU charity • £23.5m endowment in place generating Salary costs Research related costs Non-EU other Other sources £940k income in 2016/17 Scholarships Operating costs Research councils UK charity UK public sector

43 THANKING OUR The Luksburg Foundation Scholars on the MPP. The scholars who in this year McKinsey & Co come from Nigeria and Ghana have demonstrated SUPPORTERS Mrs Sadako Ogata their exceptional academic and leadership skills and a Mrs Katharina Otto-Bernstein strong commitment to improving the public sector in Africa. The Oxford Thai Foundation Partnership with Start-Up Nation Central: learning Mr Stephen Peel from Israel’s innovation and technology sector. Dato' Sri N Razak This year the Blavatnik School of Government and Mr Suhail Rizvi Start-Up Nation Central (SNC) are engaged Mr Daniel Seiderer The School is deeply grateful to all of our current in their third year of partnership, awarding supporters for their generous support to Start-Up Nation Central (SNC) scholarships to nine 2016/17 Oxford Master of scholarships, research programmes, leadership Dr André Stern Public Policy (MPP) students to participate in the forums and all aspects of the life and work of the Thomas Svanikier and Amb Johanna Svanikier SNC Fellowship. Start-Up Nation Central serves as School. Zegarac-Pollock Family Foundation a gateway to Israeli innovation for global business, government, and NGO leaders and engages SNC Mr Leonard Blavatnik and the Blavatnik Family HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW SUPPORT IN 2016/17 Fellows in Israel’s world leading technology sector, Foundation Africa Initiative for Governance Inamori Foundation In June 2016, the Blavatnik School of Government and its relationship to public leadership and policy making. The Fellowship culminates in end-of-year Africa Initiative for Governance agreed a five-year partnership with AIG, based on projects which draw lessons from Israeli technology Amersi Foundation the shared purpose of building good governance and and innovation in order to inform policy-making in Beecroft Trust public leadership. Launched at an event hosted at countries around the world. For example, a 2017 Brava Foundation the School for Kofi Annan, the partnership enables exceptional West African scholars, from all SNC Fellow interning in Kenya plans to focus their Charles Koch Foundation backgrounds, to study for a Master of Public Policy summer project on applying Israeli water and AALL Foundation (MPP) degree, through full scholarships provided by agricultural technologies and policy to regions with Kofi Adjepong-Boateng AIG, and also enables us to bring outstanding senior less developed infrastructure. We are delighted that BP Plc practitioners from the region to the School as AIG Professor Niron Hashai, Vice Dean Innovation and ExxonMobil Visiting Fellows. We were honoured to have Development at the School of Business Fondation Mahmoud Shakarchi pour oeuvres et Professor Attahiru Jega, former Executive Chairman Administration of the Hebrew University of bienfaisance of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Jerusalem, has joined the Blavatnik School as the SNC Visiting Fellow in 2017/18. He will be working Foundation Rio Tinto Commission (INEC), spend 6 months at the School with the SNC Fellows throughout the year and Mo Ibrahim Foundation from September 2016 to March 2017 as the teaching an applied policy module on Lemann Foundation inaugural AIG Fellow of Practice. In September 2017 we will be joined by the first cohort of 6 AIG Entrepreneurship and innovation in Public Policy.

44 OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE BLAVATNIK panel of experts discussed the political, economic, EVENTS SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT and social issues at stake. On Wednesday 11 May 2016, the Blavatnik School In June 2016, we were honoured to host the of Government welcomed HRH The Duke of former Secretary General of the United Nations, Cambridge to ofcially open our new building and Kofi Annan, for a conversation on the theme of meet with students and staf. 250 guests attended What the UN should be doing in the 21st Century. this prestigious event. During his visit the Mr Annan talked about his experience at the Duke toured the building and met with some of our United Nations and how to improve governance MPP and DPhil students to find out about their through three pillars: peace and security, backgrounds, current studies and ambitions for the sustainable development, and rule of law. future, and spoke to alumni and faculty members ‘Is Regional Integration the Way Forward? Talking about their work and research. about Latin America’s Pacific Alliance’ was the topic The Duke’s visit was marked by the announcement for a discussion on 9 June 2016 including of a new, permanent scholarship scheme to Ambassadors to the UK from Mexico, Columbia, encourage talented students from the UK to study Chile, and Peru. at Blavatnik School of Government and University In June 2016, we co-hosted an event with Oxford College, regardless of financial means. The Latin American Society and Oxford Uruguayan new at the Duke of Cambridge Scholarship Society to welcome the former President of University of Oxford will fully fund a UK student to Uruguay, Jose ‘Pepe’ Mujica who gave a frank and study for the MPP and share experiences with honest talk on his life experiences to a packed other students from across the world. lecture theatre. PUBLIC EVENTS September 2016 saw the School hosting US Over the past 12 months we have welcomed over Defence Secretary General, Ashton Carter, for a 9,000 people to our school events. The majority of special address to a university-wide audience. our events are now live-streamed enabling us to Over a mid-September weekend, as part of Oxford connect with an even wider and global audience. Open Doors, we were delighted to welcome over Listed below are just a few highlights from the last 3,000 visitors to the building to listen to talks and year (in chronological order): conduct tours. The School was the newest addition In early May 2016, ahead of the EU Referendum, to the list of venues taking part in the annual event and was the most visited attraction over the the school hosted Britain IN or OUT of Europe? A weekend. Photo by: John Cairns

45 In October, we were honoured to host our first leading a panel discussion on the topic Insuring amongst others, His Excellency Amr Al-Dabbagh, University Inaugural Lecture at the School with against Humanitarian Disasters: will it work? Dame Shirley Williams, Gail Kelly and Dame Cathy Professor Bo Rothstein who spoke about Social Ashton. Dato’ Sri Idris Jala visited us in February and Justice, Ethnic Diversity, Trust and the Quality of shared his Six Secrets of Transformational Our convening power: The School building Government. Leadership which he has developed over his years as itself supports the School’s mission to create November and December saw an array of talks and a turnaround specialist, Minister in the Malaysian the conditions for a global dialogue about good discussions, from debates on the US Election Prime Minister’s Department and CEO of governance. It both provides us with the space Results to Sean Hagan (IMF) discussing Pemandu. to host events such as those listed here that corruption, to Michael Chertof sharing his In February 2017, Our DPhil student Jiuen Baek, reach a wide audience – in-person and virtually. thoughts on A Global Internet in a World of Nation spoke about her new book, North Korea’s Hidden , and our very own Professor Stefan Dercon States Revolution, giving insights into the country’s ‘information underground’. March saw senior faculty members hosting events around their new publications; Professor Sir Paul Collier and Professor Alexander Betts discussed ‘Refuge’; and Professor Bo Rothstein spoke on ‘Making Sense of Corruption’. Amongst April events we hosted the Vatican’s Auditor General, Rene Bruelhart, who gave an insightful talk about the Vatican’s finances. May saw us holding the prestigious Kyoto Prize events, as detailed earlier. We were also delighted to host Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar, an associated faculty member of the School, to talk about their recent publication, ‘Governing Global Health’ to a packed Inamori Forum audience. DEAN’S FORUMS For these highly interactive sessions with leading practitioners, targeted for our MPP and DPhil students only, we have had the pleasure of hosting, Photo by: John Cairns Photo by: Fisher Studios

46 PRESS AND MEDIA Together, Ngaire and Emily wrote about “Brexit MOOC negotiations: Four ways to get a good deal” on The launch of “Understanding Development”, the BBC News Online (June 2016). first ever Massive Online Open Course of the University of Oxford, gained widespread coverage Additionally, senior research fellow Eric on BBC News, Times Higher Education (THE), The Beinhocker was quoted in the New York Times after writing about the voting trends in The Atlantic, and Times and the World Economic Forum’s website among others. Bo Rothstein justified a second referendum in the New Statesman (September 2016). Stewart Wood, Leadership and globalisation Fellow of Practice at the School, wrote in The Daily The lack of trust in our political leaders and the Telegraph about Brexit negotiations after Theresa threat of populist movements is a strand that our May’s speech on 17 January (February 2017). faculty have explored in the media, starting with Professor Bo Rothstein A SELECTION OF HIGHLIGHTS Ngaire Woods’ opinion pieces on leadership and wrote about the crisis of globalisation in Project Syndicate (June, July and Brexit and the future of Europe the left in Europe in Social December 2016), “post-truth” politics in the New The months preceding and following the UK’s Europe (February 2017). Statesman (December 2016) and International referendum on European Union membership Refugees, immigration and conflict Institutions (October 2016), as well as radio provided an opportunity for the School to establish interviews for BBC Radio 4 Today itself as the go-to place for expert comment, from Paul Collier’s work on solutions to the refugee (October 2016) and The World Tonight providing a forum to facilitate public debates to crisis has come out throughout the year with (October 2016). Emily Jones also placing opinion pieces. Some opinion pieces in the Financial Times wrote for Reaction about why globalisation highlights were Ngaire Woods on (September 2016), as well as a cover needs a rethink (July 2016). Newsnight (May 2016) and BBC article in the Spectator (March 2017) and World Service (June 2016 and Radio 4 Start the Week (March 2017) The election of Donald Trump was a chance for our February 2017) discussing the consequences of following the publication of Refuge. academics to reflect on the new world order, Brexit, as well as Bloomberg and Gulf Times (January A long read about why controlling immigration is including climate change (Thomas Hale – Climate Home, November 2016), trade ( – New 2017). good for democracy by Tom Simpson was Emily Jones Statesman, January 2017), TransAtlantic Emily Jones wrote about trade negotiations with published on Standpoint (September 2016). Partnership (Ngaire Woods – BBC Radio 4, the EU for New The conflict in Yemen was the topic of op-eds by January 2017) and Trump’s populism (Jonathan Statesman (July 2016) Rafat Al Akhali for New Statesman (October Wolf – New Statesman, January 2017). and CapX (January 2017) 2016), The Daily Telegraph (October 2016), and and she was quoted in The Economist and Oxford World Politics Review (September 2016). He was Ngaire Woods’ appearances in Davos (in January Mail (both July 2016) and Vice (October 2016). also quoted in Yemen News (September 2016). 2017) gained widespread coverage from Arab News,

47 Gulf News to Daily Telegraph, Daily Current students and alumni Various Express, Wall Street Journal and CNN. Noam Angrist (current DPhil) was Anandi Mani wrote about group incentives and included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 social change in the New York Times (June 2016). Our building social entrepreneurs (February 2017). Thomas Elston co-authored an article about The ofcial opening with HRH the Duke of sharing services in Public Finance (June 2016). Cambridge (May 2016) provided press visibility in Jieun Baek (current DPhil) published an acclaimed Bo Rothstein wrote about teaching ethics at national and international outlets including BBC book about information in North Korea and university to restore public trust in Prospect (television and radio), ITV, Daily Mail, and Daily coverage/opinion pieces appeared in Foreign Afairs (November 2016); he also wrote about Express. The announcements for the RIBA Awards (November 2016), The New York Times understanding corruption for CapX on occasion of and the Stirling Prize shortlist also generated (December 2016), Wall Street Journal the publication of his co-authored book (March widespread interest in national and international (November 2016), and BBC World 2017). press, with highlights including BBC Service (November 2017). News, Financial Times, The An opinion piece by former Prime Minister David Juan David Gutierrez wrote for BBC News about Guardian, The Times, Newsweek, Cameron appeared in The the no vote in the referendum Architects’ Journal and many more. Guardian (March 2017) for and on the peace deal the launch of the Events between the government and Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Events at the School gained coverage principally on the FARC in Colombia (October 2016). Development, which he is chairing local media – the Oxford Times, Oxford Mail and Alumna Shamma Al Mazrui (MPP 2014), who is Bagehot’s regular column in The BBC Oxford – with pre- and post-Brexit, future of currently serving as a minister in the United Arab Economist (June 2016) focused Labour, US election debates, and Oxford Open Emirates, was interviewed by CNN about youth on the UK’s public services Doors on top. However they also featured in US and politics. Leonardo Quattrucci (MPP 2013) was booming “brand” with quotes press such as the Washington Examiner on occasion part of panels in Davos and gained coverage in from an interview with Ngaire Woods. of a visit by the (now former) US Secretary of Italy’s Il Sole 24 Ore (January 2017). Rafiullah Paul Collier’s piece “How to save capitalism from Defense Ashton Carter, and the launch of the Kakar (MPP 2013) co-authored a piece about the itself” was on the cover of the Times Literary Kyoto Prize at Oxford in the Japan Times. Global Youth Development Index in The Guardian Supplement (TLS) (January 2017) Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) partnership (February 2017). The launch of the Africa Initiative for Governance Current students’ opinion pieces were also partnership – linked to scholarships and fellowship published including: Maciej Kuziemski (Atlantic at the School – gained widespread coverage in Council, October 2016); Toby Phillips (Sydney West Africa, including Modern Ghana, African Morning Herald, February 2017) and Edward Herald Express, This Day, Business Day, The Guardian Ndopu’s fundraising campaign appeared on Al (Nigeria) amongst others. Jazeera English and BBC.

48 WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK • Facebook likes: growth from 11k to 13k with big peaks around the ofcial opening and MOOC launch. • Top 5 countries for likes: Indonesia, UK, Bangladesh, Egypt, USA. • Reach of over 200K. • Top 5 countries reached: UK, USA, India, WEBSITE, BLOG AND VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Australia, South Africa. • Excellent website year-on-year growth ranging • Most popular posts: Facebook Live – broadcast of from 9–56% increase in visits per month. debate about the new world order after Trump • An extremely wide global reach with website (January 2017); Admissions Q&A reminders; visits from 218 countries and territories. MOOC videos. • Out of the top 50 countries visiting the website TWITTER there has been an over 50% increase in visits • Followers: growth from 3,269 to 6,529 - gaining from Brazil, Nigeria, Thailand, Ghana, Peru, around 7 new followers per day. Ukraine, Georgia, and Mongolia. • 60%M 40%F. • With the new video capability available in the new building, we have been able to livestream and • 1.2 % engagement rate. record all public lectures, this has led to views of • 8 RTs per day average. our videos increasing by 500% and the watch • Top tweets about: Oxford Open time has increased by almost 3,000%. Doors (17k impressions); studying in • Admissions related blog posts Oxford with family (15k impressions); MOOC by the student recruitment (15k Impressions). team have proven to be the LINKEDIN most popular Blavatnik School of The School’s linked-in page went through an Government blog content and provide valuable overhaul over the past year and now combines both additional information for potential students. the University page and the organisation page. We • We now run live online Q&A sessions to engage have 1,154 followers. the online audience at major events.

49 All images: John Cairns, Fisher Studios, and Blavatnik School of Government, unless otherwise noted.

50