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It’s complex, not complicated

Posted by: Jeffrey Allen, Posted on: 11 August 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
A hand-drawn map showing the complexity of the England's prison and probation service.

Jeffrey Allen from the Ministry of Justice writes about the complex nature of public services and how to design them.

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Better services: consigning silos to the bin

Posted by: Alec Steel, Posted on: 28 July 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research, Thought leadership
A photo of a Civil Servant understanding the needs of a public service user.

Alec Steel from the UK's National Audit Office writes about how important it is to join up policy with the delivery of public services.

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Tensions and resistances in the field of design in policy

Posted by: Jocelyn Bailey, Posted on: 14 July 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
A photo of 5 paper mache models of the Earth.Created by Deborah Mason for the On Some Other World project.

Dr Jocelyn Bailey from UAL Social Design Institute reports on what happened at our first AHRC Design and Policy Network meeting.

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Better policymaking environments

Posted by: Serena Nϋsing, Posted on: 30 June 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign
A photo of a drawn diagram showing thing in a policymaking environment like inputs, processes, cutural factors, and people.

Serena Nϋsing from the UK's Policy Profession writes about how you can get involved with transforming policymaking.

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Next generation public policy design

Posted by: Andrew Knight and Lucy Kimbell, Posted on: 19 May 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Dr Lucy Kimbell and Andrew Knight write about a major new initiative to join up government and universities on championing design as key for making policy and services that drive outstanding public value.

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New strategy for policy design

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 12 May 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign
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Andrew Knight writes about the ambitious new plans of the UK Government’s Policy Design Community for building a thriving network for design experts and embedding design into government’s day-to-day way of working.

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Using doughnuts to deliver shared prosperity

Posted by: Claire Spencer, Posted on: 17 March 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Claire Spencer from West Midlands Combined Authority writes about how they have adopted a radical new way of delivering meaningful outcomes for citizens.

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The Well-Being Sweet-Spot

Posted by: Sophie Howe, Posted on: 3 March 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Future Generations Commissioner, Sophie Howe, writes about how Wales is leading the world on delivering public value to citizens.

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Making a service map ...in a policy department

Posted by: Alice Goldman, Posted on: 24 February 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Alice Whitehead writes about how the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities produced created a service map.

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Four things I’ve learnt as a Policy Designer

Posted by: Matt Nicol, Posted on: 3 February 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Matt Nicol from the Department for Education reflects on his experience of working in public policy design.

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