James Deeley, Mariaclara Jeria, Maitreyee Shukla, Juan David Blanco Tenorio, Tori Fessenden, Will Burnfield, Ricardo Benzecry-Mancin, Bruno Chereque, Andrés Velasco, Maria Fernanda Delgado Alva, Aashna Nithianandan, Jane Huber, Trishaa Bansal, Angelo Leone, Maria Akbarally, and Sachin Iyer.
Our SPP students were able to take advantage of being a part of the prestigious GPPN network of eight of the top global policy schools, to connect and network with over 100 participants from around the globe and discuss this year’s conference theme ‘policies and innovations that foster sustainable development'
We were pleased to be represented by four student teams from across our MPA, MPP, and MPA in Data Science for Public Policy programmes, who took part in the annual conference competition to develop and present a project to address an important policy challenge. In preparation for the conference, they were tasked with first identifying a pressing policy issue and then working together to analyse and select potential solutions which they could present to an expert panel.
Our four SPP teams pursued projects which addressed a range of global policy issues, including early warning fire response systems in the Peruvian Amazon, shifts to 'green' steel in India, impacts on Bangladesh's Buriganga River, and battling gender-based violence in Haiti.
'India Green Steel Demand Strategy to Spur Innovation and Achieve Climate Targets' team presenting at the GPPN 2025.
A special congratulations to two of our SPP teams, featuring Maria Akbarally, Trishaa Bansal, Maitreyee Shukla, Aashna Nithianandan, Jane Huber and Mariaclara Jeria, who made it through to the final round of the conference!
We were also delighted to reconnect with our MPA/MGA Double Degree students representing University of Toronto (Munk School), where they are currently studying their second year of their programme (pictured below).
We look forward to further collaborations and connections with our GPPN colleagues and to inviting future students to take part in the annual conference.
Mariaclara Jeria, Maria Fernanda Delgado Alva, Eve Parry, Jane Huber, Maggie Keyworth, Nicole Harris, Claire Wilson, Bruno Chereque, Angelo Leone, Ricardo Benzecry-Mancin, and Adi Datta.