Big data is revolutionising operations within the private sector. But could it also be harnessed to improve efficiency in fields such as diplomacy that have traditionally depended on human intelligence? MPP alumna Fatima Al Fahim explores this potential.

How long will China continue to pursue suppression of COVID-19 transmission? The team who collect and analyse China's data for our COVID-19 Government Response Tracker argue that a change of strategy is not likely.

The latest case from our Case Centre on Public Leadership encourages students to explore the steps taken to build and maintain a coalition in a complex political landscape.

Creating and empowering electoral institutions helped to restore public trust in Honduras' election results in 2021. 

Uganda's most influential economist, according to The Economist, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile died on 23 January. Paul Collier remembers him as a man of courage and leadership, and as a friend. 

Chris Stone crunches the data on violent crime in four major US cities to find that 'new-style prosecutors' – who are challenging the maximum-incarceration strategy of their predecessors – have been doing better on public safety.