Oxford Policy Pod
By Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University
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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 explores contemporary policy challenges that policymakers face all over the world, and taps into the rich diversity of policy experience and insights of the student body and faculty.
The podcast is supported by the staff of the Blavatnik School of Government.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the students, speakers and featured guests only. They do not represent the views or position of featured organisations, or the Blavatnik School of Government and the University of Oxford.
To keep up with the latest on our episodes, follow us on Instagram @OxfordPolicyPod_ and Twitter @OxfordPolicyPod.
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Moving Europe Forward | Margrethe Vestager
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May 11, 2026 |
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The Future of International Law | A Discussion with Professor Philippa Webb KC
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May 07, 2026 |
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A Children-Focused Approach to Climate Policy | A Discussion with Alan Stein
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May 03, 2026 |
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Between Giants: How Small Caribbean States Can Respond to Global Shocks | Hon. Mark Brantley
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May 01, 2026 |
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A Discussion with Renato Godihno: Can Multilateralism end Global Hunger and Poverty
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Can International Law Deliver Justice for Ukraine? with Judge Mykola Gnatovskyy (ECHR)
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Politics, Platforms and Public Engagement | A discussion with Hannah Ferguson
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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How Knowledge Drives Economic Growth | César Hidalgo
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Leading a Multilateral Development Bank in Times of Crisis | Inside EBRD with President Renaud-Basso
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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A Career in Service of the Left Behind | A Discussion with Paul Collier
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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The Future of Europe | A Discussion with Nicu Popescu
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Paraguay's Path to Stability and Reform with Minister Carlos Fernandez Valdovinos 🇵🇾
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Building Southeast Asia’s Strongest Economy with Sri Mulyani
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Gambling on Development with Stefan Dercon
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Paul Krugman on the future of Europe and American politics
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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From Safety to Impact: India’s AI Mission as a Blueprint for the Global Majority with Abhishek Singh
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Changing Education Through International Development Organisations with Emiliana Vegas
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Social Protection and Climate Change: Building Resilience and Reducing Vulnerability with Jana Bischler
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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From Classrooms to Systems: Scaling Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in India with Vinod Karate
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Climate Policy from the Ground Up: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge, Youth Leadership and Climate Justice with Archana Soreng
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Something's Brewing with Julia
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Politics of Climate Activism - A Possible Utopia
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Financing for Gender and Climate Impact
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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The Future of Care
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Between Evidence and Action: Rethinking How Education Reforms Really Happen
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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Empowering Communities Through Environmental Justice
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Intersections: Race, Ethnicity & the Global Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Shaping the AI we want: A conversation with Gabriela Ramos
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Something's Brewing with Shinnosuke and Mamiko
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Busyness, Burnout, and Boundaries in Public Service
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Leading Boldly: Education, Power and Purpose with Siviwe Gwarube, Minister of Basic Education, South Africa
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Nudging Policy: How Behavioral Science Shapes Better Decisions
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May 30, 2025 |
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Governing Education: Lessons from Leading National and Global Education Systems with Jaime Saavedra
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May 20, 2025 |
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Something's Brewing with Nami and Kenneth
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May 14, 2025 |
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What can public policy learn from literature?: A conversation with Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez
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May 06, 2025 |
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A Direct Take on Democracy’s Biggest Challenges with Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Sacrifice Zones: The Price of Progress?
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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The challenges of freedom of expression in times of democratic crisis with Martin Baron
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Possible Utopia - Gendered View of Politics
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Something's Brewing with Juan Pablo
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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From Science to Government: Leading Climate Action with Minister Maisa Rojas
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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What are the threats to Democracy? Global Report on Democracy
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Something's Brewing with Binka
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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The Human Side of Policy-Making with Marcos Peña and Francisco Sánchez Moreno
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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The Mexican Judicial Overhaul: resisting democratic backsliding
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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John Roome on Global Development, Leadership, Climate Action, and Public Service
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Navigating Djibouti’s Future: Youth Empowerment, Diplomacy, and Development with Haibado Abdoulkader Yacin
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Gargi Sharma Goel on Economic Policy, India, and her Journey at Oxford
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Christian Meyer on Economics, Behavioural Science, and Technology as tools for Positive Impacts on Livelihoods and the Labour Market
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Tony Abbott on Service, Politics, Democracy, and Australia
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Adenike Adeyemi on the interplay between Entrepreneurship, Policymaking, Nonprofits, and Artificial intelligence in driving Economic Development
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Jupneet Singh on Public Service, Healthcare, Leadership, and Kindness
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Anushka Jadhav and Rafaela Viana on the 2024 Education World Forum and Education Policy
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Navigating the Unthinkable: Manal Fouani on UNDP's Mission in Ukraine During the Russian Invasion
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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A Life in International Law: a Conversation with Dapo Akande
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Anindita Sita Dewi shares her MPP journey and welcomes the 2024/25 Class
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Policy Matters: Getting results for Edo State with His Excellency Governor Obaseki
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Lord Christopher Patten on Oxford and Higher Education, Hong Kong and China, and the Future of Conservatism
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Building State Capacity: Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention
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May 16, 2024 |
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Damien Shannon on Universities, Education, and Equity
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The Morality of Capitalism
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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George Brandis on Liberalism, Australia, Security, and Geopolitics
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Bob Carr on Politics, Foreign Affairs, Love, and Grief
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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What it's like to be a woman in politics
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Oleksandra Matviichuk: Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights defender
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Lord Michael Heseltine on a Century of British Politics, Leadership, Foreign Affairs, and Gardening
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Kaya Axelsson on net-zero policy
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Women Saving Women: How to Keep Up the Fight Against Gender Violence in Mexico
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Mychailo Wynnyckyj on higher education reform in Ukraine, and overcoming resistance and implementing changes
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Kostiantyn Koshelenko on digital transformation in social policy, Ukraine’s achievements in e-governance, and his new book on management in times of war
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Mriya Aid: a trailblazing NGO helping Ukraine demine its land
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Grace Fox on the Seminole Nation and Indigeneity, American History, and Finding Purpose and Happiness
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Dr. Paul Monk on Democracy, the Classical World, Geopolitics, and Finding One's Purpose
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Ema Grajcarová on Slovakia, mental wellbeing, gender policy, and reflections on the MPP
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Shuab Gamote: An Unconventional Educational Journey
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Unlocking the social value of employment through Social Employment
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The Government Outcomes Lab: Researching new models of collaboration for better social outcomes
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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How to employ 300,000 youth - the story of South Africa's Presidential Employment Stimulus
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Policy in Action: A Conversation with UK Council Members
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Policy in Action: The UAE civil service
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Driving Change in Governance: A Conversation with Dean Ngaire Woods
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Unleashing the power of AI: governments as consumers and regulators
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Exploring Liberia's Upcoming Election
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Making change: lessons from post-apartheid South Africa
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May 27, 2023 |
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Financing nature conservation
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Successful development—for real—from practitioner's eye
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Vatican’s policy work in thinking and on the ground
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Ukraine 1 year: Memory, forgetting and social media in modern warfare
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Colombian President Ivan Duque - Would you have done anything differently?
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Getting real about measuring environmental impact
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Reaching your citizens as a minister
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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What happened at COP27? Part I
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Health, climate and COPs - Debrief COP27 Part II
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Season 5 Trailer
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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How China Exercises Soft Power
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Education in the Post-COVID world
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Ten Months On: Afghanistan in the Aftermath
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Latin American Elections 2022
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May 28, 2022 |
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A Just Energy Transition for Africa
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May 09, 2022 |
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Earth Month Series: Responding to Climate Displacement
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Earth Month Series: Climate Change and National Security
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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International Women's Month: Closing the Economic Gender Gap
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Why are cities facing a housing affordability crisis?
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Russia’s War on Ukraine: Perspectives from a War Historian
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Season 4 Trailer
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Unpacking the Crisis in Syria: the Role of the International Community and Humanitarian Organizations
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Africa Rising from the Pandemic: Building Forward Better
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May 26, 2021 |
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Regulating Big Tech: Policies for the Digital Age
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Gender inequalities and COVID-19: an International Women's Day special
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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What is happening in Myanmar?
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Who decides? Free speech in the age of social media
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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The Paris Climate Agreement under the Biden era
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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The ethics of vaccine distribution
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Season 3
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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A new chapter in Venezuela’s agony
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Prison reform, what is it good for?
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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What happened in Lebanon?
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Crisis in Education
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Make America Vote Again!
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Season 2
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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South Africa's Covid Response, What went wrong?
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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The politics of policymaking with Dame Helen Ghosh
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Government in a time of Coronavirus
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May 08, 2020 |
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Constitutionally speaking with Kate O’Regan
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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Holding Governments Accountable
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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A counter to populism
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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A post-Brexit future
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Feb 27, 2020 |