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What might public design look like in 2030?

Posted by: David Singer, Lucy Kimbell and Jeffrey Allen, Posted on: 21 May 2026 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Public design leaders David Singer, Lucy Kimbell and Jeff Allen report on how designers envision the future.

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Latvian and British designers connect on public policy innovation

Posted by: Uga Kalendris, Posted on: 13 February 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Uga Kalendris from Latvia's Innovation Laboratory reports on their visit to the UK

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An innovator’s guide to navigating bureaucracy

Posted by: Malcolm Beattie, Posted on: 7 November 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Northern Ireland's former Head of Innovation Lab, Malcolm Beattie, writes about why the ability to navigate bureaucratic machine of government is so important for transforming public services.

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You: the aspiring innovator

Posted by: Malcolm Beattie, Posted on: 29 February 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Malcolm Beattie, former head of Northern Ireland's Innovation Lab, writes about how you are the single most important part the innovation process.

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Joining-up Whitehall with local places

Posted by: Ben Greener, Posted on: 15 February 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Senior Civil Servant Ben Greener from Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities writes about how working with citizens in local places has strengthened his policymaking practice.

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The ecosystem for public entrepreneurship

Posted by: Malcolm Beattie, Posted on: 18 January 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Malcolm Beatie reflects on the past 10 years of leading Northern Ireland's Innovation Lab.

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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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The value of public design

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 1 December 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Head of UK Policy Design Community, Andrew Knight, writes about why governments should be design-centred.

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Untapped potential from design research for public policy

Posted by: Ramia Mazé, Posted on: 17 November 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Professor Ramia Mazé from London College of Communications reports the latest thinking from our policy design university network.

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Making policy inclusive

Posted by: Selvin Brown, Posted on: 22 September 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Selvin Brown, Deputy Race Champion for the Civil Service, writes about how good policymakers clearly understand the impact of their work on the citizens they serve.

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