Christian Schuster, Professor of Management and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, has worked with governments around the world on measuring management and performance in public sector organisations. He argues that, thanks to the digitisation of records and AI, governments have never been in a better position to measure performance, though measurability does not protect governments from repeating performance measurement mistakes of the past. 

Elsie Addo Awadzi, Visiting Fellow and Former Deputy Governor at the Bank of Ghana, outlines the opportunity cost of failing to give women leaders meaningful authority in Africa’s most powerful institutions and her proposal for a forthcoming Women in Economic Governance Initiative.

Corey Blyth (MPP 2025) argues that amid rising distrust and polarisation, the Governor-General of Australia’s call for kindness and care in politics and broader society more important now than ever.

Master of Public Policy student Rahym R Augustin-Joseph explores how contemporary UK migration policy reflects evolving forms of colonial power and argues for a renewed and strengthened call for reparatory justice. 

Parth Adhikari, Master of Public Policy student, explores what the Strait of Hormuz crisis reveals about the limits of coercion and the policy choices needed to reduce vulnerability in an interconnected energy system.

The former Governor of South Carolina and Executive Director of the World Food Programme reflects on removing the Confederate flag, confronting extremism and using the Nobel Peace Prize to press world leaders to act before hunger turns to catastrophe.