Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Norms
Scholars across the humanities and social sciences identify social norms and the dynamics
Economic evidence improves attitudes towards EU immigrants, new research shows
China’s role in restructuring debt in Africa
The 10-year-old daughter of Kim Jong-un being primed to take charge of North Korea
Sub-State Nations’ Struggle for Recognition in the 21st Century: the Case of Québec
Book launch. Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Diplomatic Relations between Germany, Austria, and Israel.
Book launches of Collective Memory in International Relations by Dr Kathrin Bachleitner, University of Oxford, and Israelpolitik: German-Israeli Relations, 1949-1969 by Dr Lorena De Vita
Moderated by Prof. Todd Hall Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and the Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Prof. Stephen Blyth.
Moderated by Prof. Todd Hall Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and the Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Prof. Stephen Blyth.
Even Xi may have lost control of the muddled Beijing bureaucracy
Evidence on ‘boosting UK-China capabilities’ published by UK Foreign Affairs Committee
Bad bets, bad apples, or bad policy? Should ordeals be a policy tool of the Twenty-first Century?
Professor Carolyn Heinrich gives the George Eastman Lecture, introduced by Professor Ngaire Woods.
“Ordeals” are a tool of public policy that have been used in public programmes to screen out potential programme beneficiaries who are considered “bad bets”—those who benefit too little to warrant the public expenditures—and “bad apples,” those who are viewed as undeserving for reasons of irresponsible, immoral, or illegal behaviour.
“Ordeals” are a tool of public policy that have been used in public programmes to screen out potential programme beneficiaries who are considered “bad bets”—those who benefit too little to warrant the public expenditures—and “bad apples,” those who are viewed as undeserving for reasons of irresponsible, immoral, or illegal behaviour.
Baroness Catherine Ashton in conversation with Professor Ngaire Woods
Intrigued by modern-day diplomacy? Join us to hear insights and behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the most tense diplomatic negotiations in recent history from Baroness Catherine Ashton, the first woman British European Commissioner and the European Union’s first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Baroness Ashton will be talking about her recent book: And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st Century Diplomacy.