Name: Professor Ngaire Woods
Dean, Blavatnik School of Government

Events this person is speaking at:

Wednesday 15 March 2017 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

The end of global cooperation? A debate on global governance in the emerging world order
Date: 15 March 2017, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 9th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker s: Dr Carlos Lopes (Oxford Martin School), Achim Steiner (Oxford Martin School), Professor Karthik Ramanna (Blavatnik School of Government), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 2 November 2017 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Book Launch: The Future of War: A History
Date: 2 November 2017, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker s: Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman (King's College London), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Accessible building
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 December 2017 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The art of listening
Date: 5 December 2017, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker s: John Studzinski (Blackstone), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Accessible building
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 4 June 2018 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Zeinab Badawi and Ngaire Woods in conversation
Date: 4 June 2018, 16:00 - 17:30 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker s: Zeinab Badawi (BBC), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 November 2020 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Philanthropy: Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Date: 23 November 2020, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker s: Paul Vallely, Kevin Watkins (CEO, Save the Children), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Online event
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 17 December 2020 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

People management: Building the bridge between the public and private sector
Date: 17 December 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker s: Beto Sicupira (Brava Foundation), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Online event
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 9 February 2021 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Fiscal systems and digital: how to tax for innovation
Date: 9 February 2021, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker s: Benno Ndulu (Blavatnik School of Government), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue Details: Online event
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Fiscal systems and digital: how to tax for innovation
Date: 9 February 2021, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker s: Benno Ndulu (Former Governor of the Central Bank of Tanzania), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue Details: Online event
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Yemen: What to do next about the world's worst humanitarian crisis?
Date: 26 February 2021, 18:00 - 19:00 (Friday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker s: Mark Lowcock (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue Details: Online event
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 April 2021 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

Scotland and independence referendums: short- and long-term reflections
Date: 13 April 2021, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, -1st week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker s: Ciaran Martin (Blavatnik School of Government), Tom Devine (University of Edinburgh), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue Details: Online event
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 November 2021 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

COP26 in real time
Date: 2 November 2021, 17:15 - 18:15 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Dr Thomas Hale (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), Dr Ben Abraham, Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 January 2022 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Nazir Razak in conversation with Professor Ngaire Woods
Date: 24 January 2022, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker s: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Nazir Razak
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 1 March 2022 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Ukraine: What's at stake?
Date: 1 March 2022, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker s: Professor Harold Koh (Yale Law School), Professor Dapo Akande (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), Tom Simpson (Blavatnik School of Government), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 March 2022 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Ukraine: the implications
Date: 15 March 2022, 17:15 - 18:15 (Tuesday, 9th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker s: Cathryn Costello (St Antony's College), Dr Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer (University of Oslo), Professor Dapo Akande (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford), Tom Simpson (Blavatnik School of Government), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Dr Carol Leonard (St Antony's College, Oxford)
Venue Details: Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 March 2022 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

Ukraine: the economic impact
Date: 24 March 2022, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 10th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker s: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Beata Javorcik (Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), Dan Baer (Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Professor Stefan Dercon (Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 20 April 2022 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

Will Marshall (Founder of Planet Labs) in conversation with Professor Ngaire Woods
Date: 20 April 2022, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 0th week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker s: Dr Will Marshall (Planet Labs), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 May 2022 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Laureates' panel: the Kyoto Prize Laureates in conversation with Professor Ngaire Woods
Date: 10 May 2022, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker s: Professor Andrew Yao (Tsinghua University), Prof Robert Roeder (Rockerfeller University), Professor Bruno Latour (Sciences Po Paris), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 October 2022 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

From privacy to prohibition: US abortion policy, devolved
Date: 27 October 2022, 17:30 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker s: Professor Anita L. Allen, JD., PhD (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 7 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Dystopia and crisis: How can we imagine a better world when the world is burning?
Date: 7 November 2022, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker s: Sir Geoff Mulgan (UCL), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 November 2022 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Establishment of the Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security
Date: 18 November 2022, 17:00 - 19:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker s: The Rt Hon, the Lord Patten of Barnes, CH PC Chancellor (University of Oxford), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Professor Dapo Akande (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford), Professor Ciaran Martin (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 8 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Mark Malloch Brown in conversation with Professor Ngaire Woods
Date: 8 February 2023, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker s: Mark Malloch Brown (Open Society Foundations), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Baroness Catherine Ashton in conversation with Professor Ngaire Woods
Date: 15 February 2023, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker s: Baroness Catherine Ashton, Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Bad bets, bad apples, or bad policy? Should ordeals be a policy tool of the Twenty-first Century?
Date: 20 February 2023, 18:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker s: Professor Carolyn Heinrich (George Eastman Visiting Professor, Balliol College, Oxford), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Blavatnik School of Government and Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 14 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

What the world needs to learn from India's digital transformation
Date: 14 June 2023, 17:15 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Nandan Nilekani (InfoSys), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 25 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Alfred Landecker Holocaust Memorial event - Film screening of ‘The Zone of Interest’ followed by a panel discussion
Date: 25 January 2024, 16:30 - 19:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Shirli Gilbert (University College London), Zoe Waxman (Oxford)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Phoenix Picturehouse cinema then Blavatnik School of Government
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 February 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Talk with Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Date: 1 February 2024, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Oleksandra Matviichuk (Centre for Civil Liberties), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organisers: Oxford University Ukrainian Society, Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 13 March 2024 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Blavatnik Election Briefings: Russia Votes - Examining the impact of another Putin presidency
Date: 13 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Sergei Guriev (SciencesPo), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: in-person and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2024: Laureates Panel
Date: 7 May 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Dr Elliott H Lieb (Princeton University), Nalini Malani (Artist)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: online only
Organiser: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Zeinab Badawi in conversation with Dean Ngaire Woods
Date: 13 May 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Zeinab Badawi (BBC), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: in-person and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 4 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Blavatnik Index of Public Administration launch
Date: 4 November 2024, 11:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Lord Gus O'Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: in person and online
Organisers: TBA
Host: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)

Monday 25 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Blavatnik Book Talk: The New Nature of Business
Date: 25 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:15 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: in person and online
Organisers: TBA
Host: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

In conversation with Gita Wirjawan
Date: 27 November 2024, 17:30 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: In person and online
Organisers: TBA
Host: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Blavatnik Book Talk: When innovation stifles the rule of law
Date: 4 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Marietje Schaake (Stanford University Cyber Policy Center)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: In person and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

The Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture : Escaping the Holocaust
Date: 28 January 2025, 17:30 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker s: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government), Jonathan Freedland (Columnist for The Guardian newspaper)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: In person and online
Organiser: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is hosting:

Wednesday 8 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

In Conversation with Juan Manuel Santos, Former President of Colombia
Date: 8 May 2019, 17:30 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker s: Juan Manuel Santos (Former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Laureate), Professor Sabina Alikre (Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Organiser: Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)

Thursday 21 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Corporate boards and the post-COVID-19 recovery
Date: 21 October 2021, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Dambisa Boyo, Professor Colin Mayer, CBE (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)