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Distress and design

Posted by: Alice Goldman, Posted on: 3 November 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Alice Whitehead from Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities writes about how to design public services that eliminate distress.

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Serious games to save the planet

Posted by: Marion Lean, Posted on: 19 October 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Marion Lean from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs write about teaching new co-design methods to civil servants.

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Future directions for design and public policy

Posted by: Liz Richardson, Posted on: 5 October 2023 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Professor Liz Richardson from University of Manchester reports on the discussion at the latest Design and Policy Network event.

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Introducing public design

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 22 September 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research, Thought leadership
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Andrew Knight, Head of UK Policy Design Community, invites designers to participate in the Public Design Review.

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Systems thinking for policymaking

Posted by: Alyx Slater, Posted on: 8 September 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Alyx Slater from Food Standards Agency reflects on why systems thinking is an essential component of policy design.

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Piloting a new model for assessing policymaking environments: our take-aways at HMRC

Posted by: Natalie Corbett, Posted on: 24 August 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Natalie Corbett updates on how HMRC have created an open and honest discussion about their policymaking environment.

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From refugee to policymaker: why representation matters

Posted by: Rabia Nasimi, Posted on: 10 August 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Rabia Nasimi from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry writes about the importance of having policymaking teams that reflect the communities they serve.

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What is user-centred design without user research?

Posted by: Bhupinder Kaur Mann, Posted on: 27 July 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Designer Bhupinder Kaur Mann writes about how HMRC Policy Lab flexed their approach to work with policymaking constraints.

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Democracy, design and public policy

Posted by: Anna Whicher and Lucy Kimbell, Posted on: 13 July 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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FCDO's Anna Whicher and Professor Lucy Kimbell report on the debate at our last university-led Design and Policy Network event.

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Empowering Islington’s vulnerable communities

Posted by: Imogen Resnick, Posted on: 29 June 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Imogen Resnick writes about how Islington Council have used innovative research methods to understand what their residents need.

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