Blavatnik School alumnus Shoaib Rizvi (MPP 2018), who served as lead analyst for the Post-COVID-19 Condition Secretariat and was the founding analyst for a Public Health Network Steering Committee on mental health promotion, interviews Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer. She gives insights on leading through crisis, rebuilding public trust in science, and improving public health for citizens.

Master of Public Policy student Heleno Nunes Filho explores how digital innovation, technical skills, data-sharing and transparency can shift the fight against corruption and inefficiency – from reactive enforcement to proactive system design.

Master of Public Policy student Mohit Kukadia explores how the global rollback of transgender rights – driven by populist moral panic – reflects a deeper failure of public policy to protect marginalised communities and uphold historical truth.

Cyberspace has been full of harm, but despite predictions, the much-predicted global catastrophes have failed to materialise. Does this uneasy balance hold as AI-based technology rapidly advances?

Tinashe Nyamudeza, Master of Public Policy student and Oxford-Oak Zimbabwe scholar, explores how Zimbabwe’s swift tariff response to US tariffs reflects a reactive approach to foreign policy – and what it suggests about the country’s leadership of the Southern African Development Community.