Global Shocks podcast series

jan eijking
global shocks

The Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders has concluded its Global Shocks podcast series, hosted by Dr. Jan Eijking. Across seven episodes, he brought together leading policymakers, scholars, and experts from international and regional organisations, including the European External Action Service, World Health Organisation, and OECD.

Each episode explored key questions on issues related to global shocks: how has each organisation adapted to recent crises? What role do they play, and how do they manage past and emerging global challenges? Dr. Eijking now plans to create an oral history archive from these interview for future research.

Jan explained: “Leading figures from intergovernmental but also nongovernmental organisations shared with us a fascinating range of lessons that these organisations draw from past experiences with crisis: how social media has changed the ICRC's relationship with the public; how a multipolar order can enable but also constrain the action capacity of the EU’s external action service; how crisis can bring practical opportunities for but also introduce new limits to institutional innovation at the OECD; and much more.”

Listen to all the podcasts at Global Shocks - Hosted by Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders or wherever you get your podcasts.

Global Shocks Episodes
1. The International Committee of the Red Cross  Yves Daccord, former Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva
2. United Nations Peacekeeping Renata Dwan, former Chief of Peacekeeping Policy at the UN headquarters in New York
3. The International Monetary Fund Maurice Obstfeld, former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
4. The World Health Organisation Professor Ilona Kickbusch, global public health expert
5. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Mari Kiviniemi, former Prime Minister of Finland
6. Greenpeace Dr Kumi Naidoo, former head of Greenpeace International (2009-2015)
7. The European Union Dr Nicholas Westcott, Professor of Practice, SOAS University and former EEAS Managing Director for Africa and the Middle East