This year's Social Outcomes Conference explores how government could collaborate with the voluntary, social and private sectors to develop, manage and evaluate shared social outcomes.

The PeopleGov Lab brings together policymakers, academics, and practitioners, from the public and private sectors for its first international conference to discuss the future of public service in the twenty-first century.

For this lecture, neuroscientist Dr Christof Koch will discuss progress achieved in locating the footprints of such conscious experiences to the posterior part of the cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, introducing a general theory of consciousness, Integrated Information Theory.

This talk will examine the developing role of polarisation through the lenses of different political/economic interests and two types of conceptual frameworks: worldviews regarding government and class interests, and a contrast between class-oriented as opposed to ethnic/racial identities.

Mark Lowcock joins Calum Miller to discuss his new book Relief Chief, a behind-the-scenes account of his experience as the world’s most senior humanitarian official – the UN Relief Chief.

This roundtable discussion challenges conventional thinking around the global war on drugs to understand the local impacts of the war. 

Professor Rebecca Henderson discusses the findings of her new book, which attempts to reimagine capitalism so that it is not only an engine of prosperity but also a system that is in harmony with environmental realities, striving for social justice, and the demands of truly democratic institutions. 

For this special online event, the current President of Colombia joins Dean Ngaire Woods to discuss his new book Camino a Cero (The Road to Zero) on Colombia's journey toward carbon neutrality.