In 2024, the Oxford Global Society organised several events and published a series of hight-quality articles, reports and podcasts. These activities help the global public (our targeted community) to understand better important issues such as US-China relations, the relations between democracy and development, the role of geopolitics in AI governance and cooperation, and World Bank reforms. Majoy events and publications include 2-day hybrid conference (online and at Balliol College, Oxford University): Europe-China AI Forum Can Europe and China Cooperate on AI? This Forum, co-organised with China's top university Tsinghua University, brought together Europe- and China-based academics (from Oxford University, Cambridge University, LSE and Tsinghua University), think tank researchers (such as Chatham House and Germany-based Mercator institute for China Studies), and representatives of some big and startup AI and internet companies (such as ByteDance, Alibaba and Minimax), and other stakeholders, to examine issues of importance and common interest in the areas of AI development, governance, and research. Impact: In addition to around 60 in-person attendees, we had over 200 people registered for online participation. This conference helped to promote dialogue, understanding, and mutual learning between European and Chinese researchers and AI companies. A high official from the UK's Foreign Ministry wrote to the OXGS asking for contact information of the Chinese academics and company representatives. Dialogue between Oxford Professors and George Yeo (former Singaporean Foreign Minister) Impact: After the event, the OXGS published a report on this dialogue between George Yeo (a very experienced politician with deep understanding about China and the world) and several leading Oxford professors including the Director of Oxford China Centre. It focused on a series of important issues around China-US relations and China’s outlook, including China’s vision of world order, the Taiwan issue, China’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, the inevitability of a US-China war, and the role of Southeast Asian countries in navigating US-China geopolitical tensions. Given the depth and nature of the dialogue (informative and frank), this report helps to inform the global public about China's thinking and US-China relations. Online panel discussion: Can private diplomacy help end today’s conflicts? Participants included former Under Secretary-general of UN, experts from Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) and GCSP. Impact: The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have seemingly rendered ineffective diplomatic methods for ending conflicts around the world. This points to the need for alternative tools including "private diplomacy" for preventing and resolving conflict. This event shed light on such efforts. Online panel discussion (2 panels in total): Navigating geopolitics in AI governance Implementation Participants included senior academics and researchers from the US, EU, UK, and China. Impact: An in-depth report was published after the event, which examines the differences and commonalities in regulatory approaches and the underlying values of the major AI powers (the EU, the US, and China), the role of geopolitics in shaping AI governance, and key issues regarding global AI governance. Unlike many other publications in this area, this report emphasizes the commonalities among the three major regulatory territories, and thus points to the potential for cooperation in today's geopolitical environment. A series of podcasts hosted by our Fellow Dr Brian Wong, including interviews with leading aca-demics such as Professor Keyu Jin (LSE), Professor Stefan Dercon (Oxford University), Profes-sor Yuen Yuen An (Johns Hopkins University) and Alan Doss (former Under Secretary-General of UN). These in-depth interviews help the global public to understand the complex relations be-tween democracy and development, and China's unique playbook for economic development. One episode of these podcasts now has over 37k views, showing its appeal to the global audience. "Puppet on a string?" The attempts at World Bank governance reform Impact: This article from LSE Professor Robert Wade sheds light on the reform efforts and results of World Bank and the power relations within this international organisation.

Our stakeholders include the members of our company, and the global audience of our events and publi-cations. We held regular meetings with our advisory board members, seeking their advice and suggestions on our work. We also communicated with our Fellows, research associates and assistants to keep them informed about our activities and listened to their suggestions. As for the global audience of our events and publi-cations, we gained their feedback mainly via social media platforms, such as YouTube and LinkedIn. We tried to incorporate good ideas and useful feedback in our research and outputs, aiming to provide a valu-able platform for diverse views and perspectives and inform our global public on complex and important global issues.

Professor Denis Galligan: £9150 Dr Jufang Wang (full-time): £44500

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