Why do policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence? And how can researchers work with them to implement interventions with better outcomes? 

Professor Philippa Webb's book The Law of State Immunity was cited four times by the UK Supreme Court in a judgment issued on 6 March 2025.

Using examples of dams in Colombia and Myanmar that could not be built without the cooperation of FARC and the KIA respectively, the authors show how geo-economic ambitions (such as regional or global influence and energy security) can depend on negotiating with violent local groups.

Professor Jo Wolff writes for the Norton Learning Blog about handling classroom discussions on controversial and emotive issues, from his experience teaching moral and political philosophy to diverse groups.

Michelle Kaffenberger, Head of Evidence Translation for the What Works Hub for Global Education, writes in the News and Views section of Nature Human Behaviour on the learning gap. Despite huge global increases in school attendance since 1950, in many places learning achievement has remained very low.

American manufacturers generally use cleaner energy sources and production methods than overseas competitors – so emissions-based tariffs would favour the USA without triggering inflation or a trade war, argues Karthik Ramanna in ProMarket.

When a society’s normal functioning disadvantages entire groups of people (for example women, or precarious workers), philosophers call it ‘structural injustice’. A new book co-edited by the Blavatnik School's Professor Jonathan Wolff explores how the law can both create and address different forms of structural injustice.