Rosa Hodgkin | Institute for Government

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Rosa is a senior researcher, working on policy making. She recently completed a PhD in economic history looking at how attitudes to tax changed in Britain between 1945 and 1992. During that time, Rosa spent six months on secondment in the Cabinet Office Open Innovation Team.

She also has an MPhil in economic and social history, and a degree in history. She has previously worked as an analyst for the climate think tank InfluenceMap.

22 MAY 2026 Comment

The Climate Change Committee analysis is clear: government must start taking adaptation seriously

22 MAY 2026 Insight paper

Crisis response checklist: How well is the government managing the Iran crisis?

19 MAY 2026 Explainer

Jackdaw and Rosebank

13 DEC 2021 Comment

The government needs to set out its case for Covid passports

The government must do more to explain the risks and benefits of Covid passports if it is to address MPs’ concerns

15 OCT 2021 Report

Net zero and the tax system

Failing to set out a clear and consistent approach to reaching net zero will raise the costs of the transition.

02 JUL 2021 Report

Building a green recovery

The 'green recovery' policies announced so far has been modest compared with other countries, and some have been poorly designed and implemented.

20 MAY 2021 Explainer

Covid international travel rules

Testing and quarantine requirements have been progressively removed since the start of 2022.

13 APR 2021 Report

Covid passports

The government must address concerns over how, where and when Covid passports would be used.

24 MAR 2021 Explainer

Covid passports

Covid passports are a way of proving that a person has been vaccinated against (or in some cases recovered from or tested negative for) Covid-19.

13 JAN 2021 Explainer

Coronavirus vaccine rollout

The vaccine rollout is the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).