Kopo Mapila (MPP 2015) has written an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, a South African daily online newspaper, on South Africa's recent tobacco ban – a short-term measure implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He analyses the two main strands of opposition to the ban before using a moral approach to argue in support of the policy.
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MPP and MSc alumnus Carlos Santiago Guzmán wins the inaugural Michael Cichon Graduate Award
Carlos Santiago Guzmán Gutiérrez, an alumnus of the Master of Public Policy and the MSc in Public Policy Research, has received the inaugural Michael Cichon Graduate Award for outstanding master’s thesis in Social Protection. The award recognises his MSc thesis, “Universal Social Protection Schemes in Forced Displacement Settings: Evidence from Colombia.”