Our group of 12 MSc student studying the elective module Policy, Planning and Development as part of their advanced course offerings have been discussing key research articles this week. In a first session Alban  Cararis ran a role play around the article by Sane Ito on the Giant freshwater Prawn system in Bangladesh, Julien Stevens facilitated a discussion on pangasius governance (Bush et al  )  and Oboratare Inije challenged the other students on their views regarding a Food Policy article on the the global water crisis (Hanjra and Queresh, 2010).