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Tackling violence against women through whole system design

Posted by: Olumide Adisa, Posted on: 22 January 2026 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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London Government expert, Olumide Adisa, uses systems thinking to improve outcomes for victims.

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From systems maps to system stories

Posted by: Becky Miller, Anne Thurston and William Hallows, Posted on: 27 November 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Defra’s Policy Design Lab team show some of the design methods they use to make sense of complex evidence.

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Happy 100!

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 24 April 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Civil Service's Head of Policy Design, Andrew Knight, celebrates this blog's 100th post.

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Designing the world's most effective border

Posted by: Patrick O'Shea, Posted on: 1 February 2024 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Patrick O'Shea writes about how his team have gone about refreshing how the UK's border operates.

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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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Multidisciplinary course is a hit

Posted by: Susan Acland-Hood, Posted on: 18 May 2023 - Categories: Case study, Events, PublicPolicyDesign
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Permanent Secretary Susan Acland-Hood writes about Department for Education's succesful new multidisciplinary course.

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The value of public design

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 1 December 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
People working together on making public services.

Head of UK Policy Design Community, Andrew Knight, writes about why governments should be design-centred.

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Launching government’s first ever multidisciplinary course

Posted by: Paul Kett, Posted on: 3 November 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Paul Kett from the Department for Education introduces the UK government's transformational Policy-to-Delivery Course.

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Making better policies and services

Posted by: Jeffrey Allen, Posted on: 6 October 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
A section of a poster advocating for team members to observe 2 hours of user research every 6 weeks.

Jeffrey Allen from the Ministry of Justice shares his advice on developing policies and services that deliver long-term positive change.

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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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