Oxford Policy Pod
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Oxford Policy Pod
A bi-weekly policy podcast based out of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. The Oxford Policy Pod explores pressing policy issues around the globe and is produced by students reading for a Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. The podcast explor...
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Changing Education Through International Development Organisations with Emiliana Vegas
Emiliana Vegas is one of Latin America’s leading voices in education policy. Originally from Venezuela, she studied at Harvard and went on to senior r...
Social Protection and Climate Change: Building Resilience and Reducing Vulnerability with Jana Bischler
Jana Bischler is the focal point for social protection and climate change at the International Labour Organization (ILO), where she works with governm...
From Classrooms to Systems: Scaling Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in India with Vinod Karate
Vinod Karate is Project Director for State Reform at the Central Square Foundation where he helps drive India’s landmark NIPUN Bharat Mission to ensur...
Climate Policy from the Ground Up: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge, Youth Leadership and Climate Justice with Archana Soreng
From community-led forest conservation in Odisha to negotiating at the United Nations, Archana Soreng embodies how lived experience can reshape global...
Something's Brewing with Julia
"Something's Brewing" is a laid-back podcast hosted by MPP student Wynsey, where conversations flow freely-just like the drinks. In each episode, a me...
Politics of Climate Activism - A Possible Utopia
Possible Utopia is the podcast exploring the intersection of politics, gender, and leadership to imagine a more inclusive future.
In this episod...
Financing for Gender and Climate Impact
Possible Utopia is the podcast where we explore the intersection of politics, gender, and leadership to imagine a better world. From addressing challe...
The Future of Care
In this episode, MPP students Helen Orjuela and Ana Osorio explore one of the most pressing yet often overlooked public policy issues: care
They...
Between Evidence and Action: Rethinking How Education Reforms Really Happen
Nikunj Agarwal is a public policy practitioner, an Oxford MPP alumna, and currently the Strategic Stakeholder Country Lead for the What Works Hub for...
Empowering Communities Through Environmental Justice
🌱Empowering Communities through Climate Justice🎙️
In this episode, we are joined by Alexandra Gallo, a policymaker specialised in environmental...
Intersections: Race, Ethnicity & the Global Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
In this episode, Madison Jennings, Glória Almeida da Silva and Famin Ahmed explore how race and ethnicity shape the experience of gender-based violenc...
Shaping the AI we want: A conversation with Gabriela Ramos
🎙️ Shaping the AI we want: A conversation with Gabriela Ramos
In this episode of the Oxford Policy Pod, MPP students Melissa Muñoz (Dominican Re...
Something's Brewing with Shinnosuke and Mamiko
"Something’s Brewing" is a laid-back podcast hosted by MPP student Wynsey, where conversations flow freely—just like the drinks. In each episode, a me...
Busyness, Burnout, and Boundaries in Public Service
This episode takes a step back from policy topics to dive into a pervasive phenomenon in public service work: constant busyness and burnout. Ronan Har...
Leading Boldly: Education, Power and Purpose with Siviwe Gwarube, Minister of Basic Education, South Africa
Siviwe Gwarube is South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education and one of the country’s youngest-ever Cabinet members. A fierce advocate for gender equi...
Nudging Policy: How Behavioral Science Shapes Better Decisions
Carlos Scartascini is a global leader in behavioral economics and its real-world application to public policy. As Deputy Chief Economist and head of t...
Governing Education: Lessons from Leading National and Global Education Systems with Jaime Saavedra
Jaime Saavedra is one of the world’s most influential education reformers. Former Minister of Education in Peru and now Director of Human Development...
Something's Brewing with Nami and Kenneth
"Something’s Brewing" is a laid-back podcast hosted by MPP student Wynsey, where conversations flow freely—just like the drinks. In each episode, a me...
What can public policy learn from literature?: A conversation with Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Juan Gabriel Vásquez has a central preoccupation: the past —a theme that has shaped much of his fiction. His latest novel, Los nombres de Feliza, publ...
A Direct Take on Democracy’s Biggest Challenges with Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo
Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo is one of Spain’s most prominent political voices. A historian and journalist, she is a Member of the Spanish Parliament an...
Sacrifice Zones: The Price of Progress?
🎙️🌎 Sacrifice Zones: The Price of Progress?
In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, we sit down with legal scholar Iza Linazasoro to unc...
The challenges of freedom of expression in times of democratic crisis with Martin Baron
Martin Baron led two of the world's most important newsrooms, those of The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. He was at the former when the newspap...
Possible Utopia - Gendered View of Politics
Releasing Possible Utopia – the podcast where we explore the intersection of politics, gender, and leadership to imagine a better world. From navigati...
Something's Brewing with Juan Pablo
"Something's Brewing" is a relaxed podcast series hosted by MPP student Wynsey. Each episode features a guest from the Blavatnik School of Government,...
From Science to Government: Leading Climate Action with Minister Maisa Rojas
🌍🎙️ How does a world-renowned climate scientist become a leading environmental policymaker? In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, we sit down...
What are the threats to Democracy? Global Report on Democracy
What are the threats to Democracy?
In this episode, Helen Orjuela and Marie Vanolli are joined by Dr. Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General of t...
Something's Brewing with Binka
"Something's Brewing" is a relaxed podcast series hosted by MPP student Wynsey. Each episode features a guest from the Blavatnik School of Government,...
The Human Side of Policy-Making with Marcos Peña and Francisco Sánchez Moreno
What does it mean to lead in the field of public policy? How do leaders navigate uncertainty and social pressures when making key decisions
In t...
The Mexican Judicial Overhaul: resisting democratic backsliding
Mexico is undergoing a constitutional and institutional crisis that is eroding its already fragile democracy. This is due to a recently approved const...
John Roome on Global Development, Leadership, Climate Action, and Public Service
In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, MPP student and Australian Rhodes Scholar Tahlia Smith sits down with John Roome, who recently retired a...
Navigating Djibouti’s Future: Youth Empowerment, Diplomacy, and Development with Haibado Abdoulkader Yacin
In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, host Nick Fabbri sits down with Haibado Abdoulkader Yacin, a Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholar and Mast...
Gargi Sharma Goel on Economic Policy, India, and her Journey at Oxford
In this episode, Nick Fabbri speaks with Gargi Sharma Goel about her life and career in New Delhi, India, her work in the Ministry of Finance and Indi...
Christian Meyer on Economics, Behavioural Science, and Technology as tools for Positive Impacts on Livelihoods and the Labour Market
In this episode, Oluwatamilore Oni speaks with Dr Christian Johannes Meyer, the Director of the Future of Development programme at the Oxford Martin S...
Tony Abbott on Service, Politics, Democracy, and Australia
In this episode, Nick Fabbri speaks with The Hon. Tony Abbott AC, Former Prime Minister of Australia. They discuss:
Adenike Adeyemi on the interplay between Entrepreneurship, Policymaking, Nonprofits, and Artificial intelligence in driving Economic Development
In this episode, Oluwatamilore Oni speaks with Adenike Adeyemi, CEO of FATE Foundation – Nigeria’s foremost business incubator and accelerator program...
Jupneet Singh on Public Service, Healthcare, Leadership, and Kindness
This episode features Jupneet Singh, an MPP student, Rhodes Scholar, and 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force. It covers:
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Anushka Jadhav and Rafaela Viana on the 2024 Education World Forum and Education Policy
In this episode, Nick Fabbri speaks with fellow MPP students Anushka Jadhav and Rafaela Viana about the 2024 Education World Forum, their personal ed...
Navigating the Unthinkable: Manal Fouani on UNDP's Mission in Ukraine During the Russian Invasion
In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, Mykhailo Kiktenko speaks with Manal Fouani, the UNDP Chief of Country Support and Oversight for the Regi...
Anindita Sita Dewi shares her MPP journey and welcomes the 2024/25 Class
Anindita (Dita) is a member of the 2023/24 MPP Cohort . In this episode, host Oluwatamilore Oni and Dita discuss:
Dita really wanted to focus on...
A Life in International Law: a Conversation with Dapo Akande
In this episode, Erik Kucherenko speaks with Professor Dapo Akande, Oxford Chichele Professor of Public International Law, Co-Director of the Oxford I...