- Established in 2008, the school’s Institute of Water Policy aims to foster effective water management policies through new thinking and research. Get a glimpse of its work and of how the future of water is changing in the Institute’s new corporate video.

 - Routledge has published a new book by a group of LKY School professors entitled The Public Policy Primer: Managing the Policy Process. The book offers a concise overview of the policy cycle, from agenda setting and policy formulation to policy implementation and evaluation.

 - Free-market fundamentalism may be in retreat as the state’s guiding hand regains post-crisis favour, but neither extreme necessarily offers the most efficient way to manage economic resources, according to Elinor Ostrom, the Nobel prize-winning economist. Often, the neatest solution comes from a messy combination of both, she said in a lecture.

 - A noted American law professor and judge once predicted that corruption would eventually be shamed out of existence, yet it is still thriving around the world, writes Robert Klitgaard, the school’s second Li Ka Shing Professor. Corruption may be doomed, he says, but taking it down will require a concerted effort.

 - The shifting global economy and the explosion of information have made it impossible for a single individual to lead an organisation effectively, Dominic Barton, global managing director of consulting firm McKinsey & Co. told students at a career talk. In the future, leaders will need to adopt a more collaborative approach, he said.