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Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)

Events this person is organising:

Monday 3 March 2025

17:00 - Multilateralism in the age of populism: what future for the Bretton Woods Institutions?
Lord Malloch Brown ((Former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN)), Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean, Blavatnik School of Government)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 10 March 2025

17:00 - Communication in the age of populism.
Alison Phillips ((Editor-in-Chief for the Daily Mirror, 2018 – 2024)), Tim Montgomerie ((Co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice)), Professor Helen Margetts (University of Oxford)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 28 April 2025

17:00 - The NHS in the age of populism: How do we fix the NHS and its productivity?
Lord Markham, Matthew Taylor (Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation), Nicholas Mays (Professor of Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 12 May 2025

17:00 - Financial growth and regulation in the age of populism: the Financial Conduct Authority’s challenge in getting regulation right.
Nikhil Rathi (CEO of the FCA), Miles Celic (CEO City UK), Professor John Armour (University of Oxford)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 19 May 2025

17:00 - Political risk in an age of populism: How does business view politics and how do boardrooms find reliable ways of understanding political movements/risk?
Malcolm Gooderham (Founder of Elgin Advisory, former Conservative Party Adviser), Sir John Sawer (former Head of MI6 and Founder and Executive Chairman of Newbridge Advisory), László Varró (Vice President Strategy Insights & Scenarios, Shell International)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 19 January 2026

17:00 - What is the role of international institutions in contemporary domestic politics?
Sir William Cash (Lincoln College), Prof Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford), Rashmina Sagoo (Former Director, Chatham House International Law Programme; consultant))
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 26 January 2026

17:00 - How will the AI Revolution impact on the ways that MPs work?
Jamie Bartlett, Dr Ekaterina Hertog (University of Oxford), Rosie Beacon (Helfie.AI)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 2 February 2026

17:00 - What isn’t working in contemporary politics - and why: is the problem the civil service, the press, the public, the courts or politicians themselves?
Sam Freedman, Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Ailbhe Rea (The New Statesman (Political Editor))
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 9 February 2026

17:00 - What can MPs learn from what has already worked in transforming their institutions for the 21st Century
Lord Freud, Thomas Elston (Blavatnik School of Government), Dame Meg Hillier
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 16 February 2026

17:00 - A well-informed democracy?
Jonathan Hall KC, Marianne Spring, Mitali Mukherjee (Reuters Institute, Oxford)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 23 February 2026

17:00 - How will AI affect defence, foreign and security policy?
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG, Dr Patricia Lewis, Associate Professor Lucas Kello
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 2 March 2026

17:00 - How are governments going to pay to make 19th century institutions fit to deal with 21st century problems?
Professor Paul Johnson (University of Oxford), The Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court, Michael McMahon (University of Oxford)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship

Monday 9 March 2026

17:00 - Is the changed relationship between voters and legislators due to the development of the Internet a boon for good decision-making - or a challenge?
Nusrat Ghani, Professor Ignacio Cofone (University of Oxford)
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship