Public-private partnerships and contracted delivery arrangements for public services are ubiquitous across developed economies and yet their performance and value are increasingly questioned. High-profile failures, inefficiencies, and scandals - from the collapse of Carillion to the recent Post Office horror - highlight the need for new public contracting practices. Traditional contracting methods, focused on simple, adversarial transactions and short-term goals, are ill-equipped to address the complex, interconnected challenges faced by society, and thus fail service users, commissioners and taxpayers. This Future Leaders Fellowship Renewal advances a new form of public-private partnership that is accountable to citizens, adaptive to volatile conditions and social challenges, and purposeful in the way partners overcome barriers together. The Fellowship and Renewal pursue three objectives: 1. Advance pioneering scholarship that responds to the limited availability of cross-disciplinary studies to offer insights on alternative public contracting models. This is evidenced by high impact journal publications and a forthcoming monograph with Oxford University Press. The Fellow seeks to overcome limitations in comparative analysis by nurturing a data collaborative and pioneering open shared datasets. 2. Build bridges to impact with policymakers in central government, and practice-leads in local government by improving public service stewardship and complex contracting practice. The Fellow is recognised as one of Apolitical's 100 Most Influential Academics in Government and has presented work at Number 10 Downing Street to the Prime Minister's Policy Team. The Renewal seeks to overcome technical and cultural barriers to new forms of public contracting by advancing an executive education programme: 'Leading Cross-Sector Partnerships'. This is being piloted with 15 senior civil servants in 2024. This executive programme has the potential to sensitise officials to contracting approaches that move beyond the status quo and cultivate communities of practice. 3. Champion bold, problem-focused and discipline-spanning scholarly leadership at the intersection of complex market stewardship, contracting and frontline practice. The Fellow serves as co-Director of the Government Outcomes Lab and aims to influence both academic and policy realms bringing about outstanding research but also ensuring that this supports innovation in complex public service arrangements. The Renewal brings the opportunity to extend the Fellow's already vibrant publication record and emergent scholarly leadership. The Fellow has secured additional research grants yet these are narrow and fragmented. The Renewal brings the longevity and flexibility needed to braid together intellectual developments and invest in developing skills to manage a larger research centre. The host institution - the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford - offers strong and substantive endorsement of the Fellowship. Here Dr Carter and her current team at the Government Outcomes Lab are expected to be vital to the School's hub of expertise in public service excellence.