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The Government Lab

When you'll study it
Semester 2
CATS points
15
ECTS points
7.5
Level
Level 6
Module lead
Vanessa Cheng Matsuno
Academic year
2026-27

Module overview

Governments everywhere encounter several challenges in carrying out their responsibilities and appear to be "stuck" in their delivery. Both wealthy nations and those in the ¸£Àû×ÅÆ¬ South have difficulty implementing policies and providing for their citizens. Using evidence-based academic work, the module aims to provide students with a critical framework to understand and assess the main implementation difficulties that governments are currently confronting. We shall discuss the limits of the generalisability of the results to specific situations.