Oxford Online Summer School

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university, the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Oxford has educated a wide range of notable alumni, including 28 prime ministers of the United Kingdom and many heads of state and government around the world. 72 Nobel Prize laureates, 3 Fields Medalists, and 6 Turing Award winners have studied, worked, or held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford.

Programme Introduction

The University of Oxford is a global leader in the field of Economics, International Relations, International Law, Computer Science and Mathematics. 2023 QS World University Rankings: by Subject evaluates over 1,500 institutions across 54 different subjects, grouped into five faculty (broad subject) areas, and the University of Oxford dominated four of the top 15 subject tables including ‘Anatomy and Physiology’, ‘Anthropology’ and ‘English language and Literature’

Oxford Summer School are officially hosted by Mansfield of Oxford University and taught by Oxford professors and instructors, culminating in the awarding of an official certificate of completion to the student. Within two weeks, students can acquire good knowledge and understanding of their chosen subject. At the end of the programme, all the students need tofinish a thesis and present to the instructors. The best performing students will receive a recommendation letter.

Dr. George Bitsakakis

Director of Studies in Economics (2015 - ), Dean of Degrees MA (Oxon) MA (Michigan-Ann Arbor), MSc, PhD (LSE)

George Bitsakakis currently works at University of Oxford and teach Micro-foundations of Macro, Growth Theory & Innovation, Asset Pricing, Stochastic Calculus, Mathematical Economics, Public Economics, History of Economic Thought. Philosophy of Economics, Philosophy of Mathematics, Causality & Scientic Explanation; Dynamical Systems, Computation Theory, Meta-mathematics.

Dr. Eileen Tipoe

Graduate Advisor in Economics at University of Oxford; MPhil, DPhil (Oxford); Staff Economist at CORE Economics Education

Eileen Tipoe is the designer of the Inclusive Economics course at the University of Oxford. Dr.Tipoe has been teaching undergraduate Economics since 2017, after 2019, she began to teach post-graduate students, and was once awarded the Oxford Social Sciences Divisional Teaching Excellence Award. Dr.Tipoe has published "Doing Economics," "Economy, Society, and Public Policy" on the CORE Econ platform. Her broad research area is applied microeconomics, focusing on revealed preference and welfare analysis.
Dr. Peter Bergamin

Lecturer in Oriental Studies

Peter specialises on British Mandate for Palestine, with a particular interest in Maximalist Revisionist Zionism. In addition to his teaching, he co-convenes, with Yaacov Yadgar, the Reconsidering Early Jewish Nationalist Ideologies Seminar. His first monograph focused on the ideological and political genesis of one of the major leaders of pro-Fascist, Far-Right Zionism.

Yang Han

Tutor, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Oxford

Yang holds an MSc degree in International Relations Research (Distinction) from LSE and a BA in International Politics (First Class; with a double major in Psychology) from Peking University. Yang is a third-year DPhil candidate in International Relations and Swire Scholar at St Antony's College. She worked for UNIDO as a gender expert providing gender and socio-economic analysis in Chinese contexts and offered policy recommendations for gender mainstreaming of environmental policies in China. Yang also works as a research assistant for the Climate South project at the Blavatnik School of Government.
Natalia Brigagão

Research Fellow, University of Oxford

Natalia Brigagão holds an LLB from the Federal University of Uberlândia. She is the Founder of the Initiative for Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights of the Human Rights Lab (LabDH). She is currently developing a report with recommendations for the protection of informal workers for the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. Internationally, Natalia previously acted as an Adviser to the Mission of Brazil to the UN in New York.

Dr. Mark Klamberg

Professor and the head of subject for public international law at Stockholm University

Dr. Mark Klamberg (Jur. Dr. Stockholm University, LL.M. Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Jur. Kand. Lund University) is Professor and the head of subject for public international law at Stockholm University. Klamberg has also contributed to Government commissioned inquiries, drafting of consultation responses and expert testimony and consultancy in relation to trials in Sweden and at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

International Relations

Day	Day1	Day2	Day3	Day4	Day5
Week 1	Classical approaches to the study of International Relations	International Society and Law	Power Politics	Postcolonialism and Empire	International Cooperation
Week 2	Globalization and International Financial Institutions	Global War and Security	International Organisations and International Security	Culture and Conflict	Final Presentation

Beijing Time	Contents
9:00-10:30	Bilingual TA lead students in discussing and completing projects assigned & extracurricular activity
10:30-16:00	Teamwork and assignment
18:00-20:00/19:00-21:00	Live Course from Oxford instructors
21:15-22:15	Office Hour