Andrew Graham (economist)

Andrew Graham (born 20 June 1942)[1] is a British political economist. From 2001 to 2011 he was master of Balliol College, Oxford. As of 2024 he is chair of trustees of the Europaeum (2024),[2] a member of the Advisory Board of Ethics in Technology, Hamburg University of Technology (2023–),[3] and senior fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) (2011–).[4]

He is an honorary fellow of Balliol College and of St Edmund Hall, and an honorary doctor of Civil Law, awarded by the University of Oxford in 2003.[5]

Early life and education

Graham was born in Perranporth, Cornwall. He is the son of the novelist Winston Graham. He was educated at Truro Cathedral School and Charterhouse School before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.

Career

On graduation, Graham joined the National Economic Development Office (1964) followed by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) (1964–1966). From the DEA, he moved to No. 10 as economic assistant to Thomas Balogh (1966–1967), then economic adviser to the Cabinet, but de facto adviser to the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. From 1968 to 1969, Graham was economic advisor to the Prime Minister.

Graham was appointed fellow and tutor in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford (1969–1997). In 1974–1976, on leave of absence from Balliol, he was a member of the No. 10 Policy Unit as economic advisor to the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.[6] In 1988 he became economic advisor to John Smith MP (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Leader of the Labour Party), until Smith's death in 1994. During this time Graham was also consultant to the BBC (1989–1992), putting forward the case for public service broadcasting (PSB). Working initially with Gavyn Davies, he has continued to publish on this subject.

In 1997 Graham was appointed Acting Master of Balliol. He was subsequently elected Master of Balliol (2001–2011). He was an elected member of the University of Oxford Council (2006–2011). In 2001, Graham raised £15 million and founded the Oxford Internet Institute (OII),[4] the first multidisciplinary research centre at a major university examining the effects of the internet on society.[7] He was OII acting director (2001–2002) and chair of its advisory board (2002–2012). During his tenure as master, Balliol extended its fundraising (being the first college to raise £1 million from its annual fund), lowered its costs, improved its overall finances,[8] and in 2010 set up the Balliol Interdisciplinary Institute. In 2008 Balliol obtained the most first class degrees in finals while the men's and, later, the women's rowers became Head of the River (men in 2008, women in 2010 and 2011). In 2011 the establishment of the Balliol Historic Collections Centre in the fully renovated St Cross Church was completed, aided by a donation of £1 million from the Shirley Foundation. He was acting warden of Rhodes House (2012–2013) and a Rhodes Foundation Scholarship Trust, trustee (2013–2016).[9]

As of 20 December 2024 Graham was appointed Chair of Trustees at the Europaeum (2024–),[10] having previously served as its Chair of the Academic Council (2009–2020), Executive Chair (2017–2020), and Trustee (2020–2024). As part of restructuring, Graham created the Europaeum Scholars' Programme,[11][12] securing agreement and raising external funding. Europaeum university membership rose from eleven in 2016 to seventeen by 2024. The regeneration of the Europaeum has been recognised by the award of the Scaliger medal by Leiden University (2021),[13] and by the award of a gold medal by Charles University, Prague (2021).[14]

Other activities and appointments

Published works

  • Graham, Andrew; Davies, Gavyn (1997). Broadcasting, society and policy in the multimedia age (1 ed.). Luton: University of Luton Press. ISBN 9781860205507. OCLC 39075932.
  • Graham, Andrew (November 1998). "3. Broadcasting Policy and the Digital Revolution". In Seaton, Jean (ed.). Politics and the Media: Harlots and Prerogatives at the Turn of the Millennium. Political Quarterly Monograph (1 ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 978-0-631-20941-6. OCLC 645907475. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  • Graham, Andrew (1999). "1. Broadcasting Policy in the Multimedia Age". Public Purposes in Broadcasting: Funding the BBC (1 ed.). Luton: University of Luton Press. pp. 17–46. ISBN 9781860205613. OCLC 42202304.
  • Graham, Andrew (2000). "6. The Regulatory Challenge". e-brittania: the communications revolution. Luton: University of Luton Press. pp. 93–108. ISBN 9781860205767. OCLC 44561749.
  • Graham, Andrew (1 September 2003). "The BBC is under siege - and with it democracy itself". Politics. The Guardian. London. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  • Graham, Andrew (2005). "5. 'It's the ecology, stupid'". In Helm, Dieter (ed.). Can the Market Deliver?: Funding Public Service Television in the Digital Age. Eastleigh, Hampshire: John Libbey. pp. 78–100. ISBN 9780861966622. OCLC 58053369. OL 22717894M.
  • Graham, Andrew (September 2013). "6. Is Broadcasting Just Another Good or Service?" (PDF). In Picard, Robert G; Siciliani, Paolo (eds.). Is there Still a Place for Public Service Television? Effects of the Changing Economics of Broadcasting (PDF) (Report) (1 ed.). Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism & BBC Trust. pp. 43–50. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  • Graham, Andrew (2020). "With fake news increasing why kill a truth-teller?". In Mair, John; Bradshaw, Tom (eds.). " Is the BBC in peril? : does it deserve to be? (1 ed.). London: Bite-Sized Books. ISBN 9798617963573. OCLC 1301247269. " Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

Personal

Andrew is married to Peggotty Graham former Dean & Director of Social Sciences at the Open University, UK.

References

  1. ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2014. Mr Andrew Graham, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, 2001–11, 71
  2. ^ "New Appointments at the Europaeum". Europaeum. Oxford. 15 June 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Advisory Board". Institute for Ethics in Technology. Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH) [Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)]. Hamburg. Archived from the original on 22 April 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Dr Andrew Graham". Oxford Internet Institute (OII). Oxford: University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Honorary Fellows". Balliol College, University of Oxford. Oxford. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  6. ^ Donoughue, Bernard (2005). Sulkin, Will (ed.). Downing Street diary: with Harold Wilson in No. 10 (1 ed.). London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 9780224040228. OCLC 254212697.
  7. ^ "Our History". Oxford Internet Institute (OII). Oxford: University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 6 July 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  8. ^ Collier, Richard (2014). "From the Finance Bursar" (PDF). Balliol College Annual Report 2012–2013 (PDF) (Report). Oxford: Balliol College. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2025. p. 8: Balliol is in a much better position than it has been for many years
  9. ^ "Trustees & Governance - Rhodes House". Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships.
  10. ^ "Appointment of New Chair and Trustee to its Board and Creation of New International Advisory Council". Europaeum. Oxford. 20 December 2024. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Scholars' Programme". Europaeum. Oxford. Archived from the original on 29 July 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  12. ^ Gasser, Brian, ed. (October 2018). "Section 2: reports on the year, News from the Senior Common Room" (PDF). St Edmund Hall Magazine. Vol. XVIII, no. 9. Oxford. p. 27. OCLC 1274769145. Retrieved 10 February 2025. Dr Andrew Graham, Honorary Fellow, has spent much of the last two years substantially reforming and reinvigorating the Europaeum.
  13. ^ Hendriks, Corine (24 September 2021). "Leiden University presents Scaliger medal to the Europaeum academic community". Universiteit Leiden [Leiden University]. Leiden. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Europeaum's Graham awarded medal from Rector Tomáš Zima". Universita Karlova [Charles University]. Prague. 30 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
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