ELO is pleased to announce that Lord Nigel Biggar will be an adjunct instructor in the 2025 ELO Oxford Global Leadership Program. The Summer 2025 Program will take place from August 10th - 16th.  Since it began in 2018, the ELO Oxford Global Leadership Program has developed into the world’s premiere program for Christian marketplace leaders. 

Nigel Biggar was recently named as one of the world’s top thinkers by Prospect Magazine of the UK, because “Biggar’s willingness to question prevailing ideologies and contextualise moral concerns within a historical framework make him a valuable thinker in our polarised times.” He has been described as “one of the leading living Western ethicists” (by John Gray, formerly Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics, New Statesman, 25 November 2020). He was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) “for services to higher education” in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Nigel Biggar lectures around  the world, most recently on topics related to free speech, colonialism and ethics. Last month he did presentations in Toronto and Vancouver on "Colonialism: Did the British Empire Promote Human Welfare?" His planned lecture on that topic scheduled at Regent College in Vancouver was abruptly cancelled and the ensuing fallout was covered nationally in The National Post. Despite the cancellation by Regent College, Biggar deliver successful presentations at other venues on the same topic.

Biggar is an Anglican priest, theologian and ethicist, Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Pusey House, Oxford. He holds a B.A. in Modern History from Oxford and a Ph.D. in Christian Theology & Ethics from the University of Chicago.

In the press, he has written on the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Spectator (London), colonialism in the National Post (Toronto), freedom of speech in the Times (London), the ‘Culture Wars’ and illegal migration in the Daily Telegraph (London), the Iraq War in the Financial Times (London) and the Straits Times (Singapore), and the possibility of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Northern Ireland in the Irish Times (Dublin).

Some of his books include: Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (2023), What’s Wrong with Rights? (2020), In Defence of War (2013), Between Kin and Cosmopolis: An Ethic of the Nation (2014) and Behaving in Public: How to do Christian Ethics (2011).

He has lectured at the Royal College of Defence Studies, London; the UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham; the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, Hamburg; the US Military Academy, West Point; the US Naval Academy, Annapolis; and the National Defense University, Washington, DC.

Biggar will be leading session on the topic of "Isolation or Engagement? A Christian Imperative to Fight the Good Fight at Work in the Public Square," discussing questions such as: 

The ELO Oxford Global Leadership Program is held regularly at the University of Oxford, UK. This Program is a week-long learning experience for senior executives, business leaders, and entrepreneurs from around the globe. Expert guest presenters teach throughout the week. Mealtimes are spent connecting and networking with the great cohort of peers that attend. Tours are taken together to view the sites that Oxford has to offer. You don't want to miss out on this incredible opportunity to travel, learn more about your calling, and grow in your faith! 

Interested in attending this summer?

Read more on Lord Nigel Biggar:

Nigel Biggar, Oxford, Appointed to the UK House of Lords

Nigel Biggar: National Post, Regent College Mea Culpa & Cancel Culture

Nigel Biggar: The Woke Antidote & Critical Thinking for Leaders