Voices Opinion and insight from around the School 19 May 2023 Reflecting on the Rising Public Leaders Programme How does our Rising Public Leaders Programme prepare participants for the challenges of public-sector leadership? Kow Essuman, Legal Counsel to the President of Ghana and one of this year's participants, shares his reflections. Kow Essuman The School Featured 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. João Pedro Caleiro Anna Petherick Integrity Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford ... Brazil 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 ... Europe Blog 15 February 2023 Politics of disaster and destiny: the Turkey-Syria earthquake MPP student Ezgi Yazici on the Turkey-Syria earthquake. Ezgi Yazici Integrity Global cooperation ... Turkey Syria Focus on: Climate crisis More on climate Blog 24 January 2023 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? Thomas Hale Kennedy Mbeva Global cooperation Climate ... Africa Latest articles CategoryBusiness and capitalismCase Centre on Public LeadershipClimateConflict and stabilityCOVID-19Democracy and politicsDevelopmentEconomyEducationGlobal cooperationGovernance, cooperation and lawHealthHuman behaviourInclusionIntegrityLawPublic sectorStudentsTechnologyThe SchoolTrade Latest Blog 23 March 2023 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 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 ... 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 Blog 23 February 2023 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 ... Africa Previous page Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 … Next page Next
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. João Pedro Caleiro Anna Petherick Integrity Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford ... Brazil
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 ... Europe
Blog 15 February 2023 Politics of disaster and destiny: the Turkey-Syria earthquake MPP student Ezgi Yazici on the Turkey-Syria earthquake. Ezgi Yazici Integrity Global cooperation ... Turkey Syria
Blog 24 January 2023 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? Thomas Hale Kennedy Mbeva Global cooperation Climate ... Africa
Blog 23 March 2023 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
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 ... 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
Blog 23 February 2023 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 ... Africa