Blavatnik School of Government
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2010 |
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Parent institution
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University of Oxford |
| Dean | Ngaire Woods |
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Academic staff
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Paul Collier, Simon Wren-Lewis, Stefan Dercon, Jonathan Wolff |
| Postgraduates | 120 (2015) |
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| Location | Oxford, England, U.K. |
| Website | www |
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The Blavatnik School of Government (BSG) is a global school of public policy founded in 2010 at the University of Oxford in England. The School was founded following a £75 million donation from Leonard Blavatnik, supported by £26 million from the University of Oxford.
The Blavatnik School of Government admitted its first students in 2012. The School offers a Master of Public Policy (MPP), an intensive one-year graduate degree which seeks to prepare students for a career in public service. The School also offers a DPhil in Public Policy (a three-year full-time research degree).
A range of short courses is also offered for senior professionals and practitioners on specific policy challenges.
Professor Ngaire Woods is the first Dean of the School. Members of faculty include development economists Sir Paul Collier, who is Professor of Economics and Public Policy,Stefan Dercon, who is Professor of Economic Policy, and Jonathan Wolff, who is Professor of Public Policy. Other members of faculty include political scientist Bo Rothstein, Pepper Culpepper, economist Simon Wren-Lewis and one of the 'top 30 climate thinkers' Thomas Hale.
Alumni include the youngest mayor in Germany, Marian Schreier; Rafat Al-Akhali, a former minister of youth and sports in Yemen; and Shamma Al Mazrui, the youngest Minister of Youth Affairs in the United Arab Emirates.
The Blavatnik School of Government is located in the University of Oxford's Radcliffe Observatory Quarter on , however its main entrance is on Walton Street. The building is designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron to promote open discussion, interaction and collaboration. The central forum is inspired by the idea of openness and transparency and connects all the floors together. Construction work started in autumn 2013, after some controversy, and ended in late 2015. The building is controlled by a combination of systems and technology that helps minimise its environmental impact.
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