Event 3 October: Untapped potential for public policy from design research

Join the our next event bringing together university academics and government practitioners to talk about policy design.
Join the our next event bringing together university academics and government practitioners to talk about policy design.
Dr Jocelyn Bailey from UAL Social Design Institute reports on what happened at our first AHRC Design and Policy Network meeting.
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.
Alice Whitehead writes about how the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities produced created a service map.
Jonathan Mills from the Department for Work and Pensions writes about how the focus of policymakers is becoming more multidisciplinary.
Jonny Mallinson from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham writes about the science behind policy design and how it makes a difference to citizens' lives.
Kate Lloyd from the Home Office writes about how the UK’s government might have acted differently in the case of the Windrush scandal.
Gareth Davies, Director General at Department for Transport, reveals what policymakers do in their jobs day-to-day and his ambition for the profession to better reflect the diversity of UK citizens.
Kate Bruckshaw and Chris Beardsell from DWP write about the challenges of making policy design teams work well.
Principal Policy Designer, Andrew Knight, reports what policymakers and the evidence base says about inclusive citizen centred design.