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Data and design-driven diplomacy

Posted by: Anna Whicher, Posted on: 20 January 2022 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Anna Whicher from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office writes about how the UK's diplomatic policy is being made in innovative new ways.

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Making multidisciplinary teams work better

Posted by: Kate Bruckshaw and Chris Beardsell, Posted on: 16 September 2021 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Kate Bruckshaw and Chris Beardsell from DWP write about the challenges of making policy design teams work well.

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How we mapped the policymaking process

Posted by: Ben Tate and Heather Madden, Posted on: 8 July 2021 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Government service designers, Ben Tate and Heather Madden, write about mapping the way that policy is made in the UK.

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How to set up a multidisciplinary policy design team

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 17 June 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Principal Policy Designer, Andrew Knight, writes about how teams across government are making multidisciplinary policy design teams work.

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What does it mean to transform policy making?

Posted by: Simon Parker, Posted on: 27 May 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Policymakers are keen to modernise their practice. Simon Parker, the UK government's leader for transformation and policy capability, writes about how policymaking may change in the future.

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