Ambassador Simona-Mirela Miculescu, President of the 42nd session of UNESCO’s General Conference and Romanian Ambassador to UNESCO, speaks with Shoaib Rizvi, MPP alumnus and Canadian social innovator. She reflects on the role of UNESCO’s “laboratory of ideas” and shares advice for aspiring public leaders.

An after-school programme in Nigeria combining AI tutoring with teacher guidance helped students achieve learning gains equal to up to two years of typical schooling. Maria Barron (MPP 2016), Education Specialist and Co-Lead of the World Bank’s EdTech Team, shares five insights for policymakers and education leaders on integrating AI into education.

We spoke to Margrethe Vestager, World Leaders Fellow, about her move out of high public office, following a distinguished career in domestic and European politics. 

After a visit to the Education World Forum, Helen Orjuela Tacha, a Master of Public Policy Student, shares her reflections, along with insights from a conversation with Isabel Segovia, Secretary of Education of Bogotá in Colombia.

Master of Public Policy student Mamiko Shimizu explores how the outcome of Japan’s latest upper house election signals a political turning point, and asks what this might mean for the future of democratic governance in one of the world’s largest economies.

Thiago Sussekind, Master of Public Policy student, examines recent US tariff threats against Brazil, exploring their political motivations, legal weaknesses and the wider implications for democracy and international trade.