Kyna Gourley

Launching a new film: 10 years of ethnography in government

Kyna Gourley and vanessalefton, 16 July 2024 - Policy Lab

Policy Lab is celebrating 10 years of bringing new methods into government. An important part of our story is our pioneering use of ethnography in policymaking. We have brought our ethnographic approach to independent reviews, the creation of strategies, the …

Launching MANIFEST, our new initiative to evaluate the role of art in policy

Stephen Bennett, Kyna Gourley and Emily Riddle, 18 January 2023 - Policy Lab

Policy Lab has an eight year history of testing innovative approaches to policymaking. Central to this story is collaboration between different disciplines, whether they be from the social sciences, sciences, humanities or arts. Some of the methods, such as design …

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