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08 March 2023

Behind the Leader: Dr Eleanor Carter on being a European Young Leader

Dr Eleanor Carter, Research Director at the Government Outcomes Lab, talks to Jessica Reedy about her experience of leadership, being a woman in academia, and working with governments.

Jessica Reedy

Eleanor Carter

The School

Government Outcomes Lab

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Europe

Featured

Blog

30 January 2023

Jacinda Ardern: The legacy of a leader in New Zealand and beyond

What is next for New Zealand following the resignation of Jacinda Ardern? MPP student Anne Lim examines Ardern's influence at home and abroad and the challenges facing the country's new Prime Minister.

Anne Lim

Democracy and politics

New Zealand

Blog

15 February 2023

Politics of disaster and destiny: the Turkey-Syria earthquake

MPP student Ezgi Yazici on the Turkey-Syria earthquake.

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Blog

Cash politics: the impact of the currency redesign policy on Nigeria’s 2023 General Election

In October, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria announced that the highest denominations of Nigerian currency would be redesigned. MPP student Ayodele Awi assesses the impact this could have on Nigeria's general election given the dominance of ‘cash politics’.

Ayodele Awi

Democracy and politics

Nigeria

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Africa

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Blog

23 March 2023

Sexual corruption bill: Brazil draws a new frontier in criminal justice

As conversations around corruption and gender converge on the importance of criminalising sexual corruption, Brazil takes the lead.

Blog

During COVID-19, every government wanted information on what other countries were doing. Volunteers provided it from their bedrooms.

Thomas Hale argues that, with more pandemics ahead, nations shouldn’t rely on spontaneous volunteer efforts for mission-critical information.

Thomas Hale

Blog

20 March 2023

Can contracts facilitate trust? Exploring relational contracting at the GO Lab's Social Outcomes Conference and beyond

There is an uneasy tension between trust and contracts. GO Lab's Michael Gibson explores the formal and informal factors that influence greater trust in contractual relationships.

Michael Gibson

Public sector

Vincent Wolff stands with SPD election campaign poster

Blog

13 March 2023

Winning elections with kebabs and beer

Vincent Wolff (MPP 2015) shares how a creative poster campaign for Berlin's local elections became the success story of Germany's Social-Democratic Party (SPD).

Vincent Wolff

Germany

Blog

08 March 2023

Behind the Leader: Dr Eleanor Carter on being a European Young Leader

Dr Eleanor Carter, Research Director at the Government Outcomes Lab, talks to Jessica Reedy about her experience of leadership, being a woman in academia, and working with governments.

Jessica Reedy

Eleanor Carter

The School

Government Outcomes Lab

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Europe

Blog

06 March 2023

Where in the world do we draw our leadership lessons from?

Vibhuti Gour, Case Writer at the Case Centre on Public Leadership, shares how the case method can help us learn from thought leadership around the world.

Vibhuti Gour

Case Centre on Public Leadership

Focus on: Climate crisis

Climate and legitimacy, who is right in the Anthropocene?

Following the arrest of Greta Thunberg at a climate protest in Germany, MPP student Baudouin De Hemptinne asks if the climate crisis is forcing us to reimagine the legitimacy of actions by both state actors and protestors.

Baudouin de Hemptinne

Europe

Blog

01 July 2022

More mining cooperation, not less, would be needed in the run up to carbon neutrality

Though phasing down the role of global mining industries may seem like a logical step in the journey to carbon neutrality, MPP alumnus Yanzhu Zhang argues that more mining cooperation will be needed in the first instance to produce the technology and capacity required for the clean energy transition.

Yanzhu Zhang

Global cooperation

Blog

13 June 2022

Towards a green trade strategy for Africa

The future of trade is green, and the future of trade is African. But with the global economy increasingly shaped by geopolitical and climate imperatives, how can the continent best advance its development goals?

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