Mansfield College

MANSFIELD COLLEGE SCHOLARS

from left to right:

Natalia Brigagão (Brazil, Magister Juris), Kessem Adiv (Israel, MSc Refugee and Forced Migration Studies), Soumaya Bélaïd (Tunisia, Master of Public Policy), Mirza Beg (India, Master of Public Policy), Sarani Jayawardena (Sri-Lanka, MSc in EvidenceBased Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation), Alejandro Biondi Rodriguez (Argentina, MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation)

not in the picture:

Xuan Zhu (China, MSc Social Science of the Internet)

Think new things, make new connections. The simple but powerful Ditchley Foundation motto came across clearly during the Take Back Control Conference this June. The focus was on how to recouple an effective division of political authority with an adequate representation of different identities, with “ the ultimate aim of boosting economic growth and social cohesion in the UK and beyond. In a Ditchley conference, no answers are right or wrong, assumptions are challenged and nothing is taken for granted. In the era of post-truth, fake news and identity politics, engaging deeply with other people’s thoughts, especially when they think differently, has never been more important.”

Alejandro Biondi

MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation Oxford-Hoffmann, Kofi Annan Scholarship, Mansfield College

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