Using personas to make better policy
...and experiencing it from their point of view. If we design services with users in mind, or ask the beneficiaries or recipients of a service what they think, we have...
Search results for World We Want
Working together for better information security in nuclear technology
Preventing terrorist groups from developing the capability to create and use weapons containing nuclear material is vital to global security. Prevention is not just about securing the physical nuclear material...
An unconventional conference on cyber security
...restricted to UK borders. The conference attracted over 160 businesses and 30 academic and civil society organisations in person. But a further 6000 people from across the world followed open...
The future policy-maker's bookshelf
...aspects of policy in practice. So far we’ve delved into policies on Europe, health and social care, schools, cities and regional development, as well as the theories of political science,...
Open these: links for open policy makers (week 25)
Welcome to Open these, a regular post dedicated to the blogs, reports and discussions from the week we think open policy practitioners will enjoy. Leave the authors a comment or...
Hunting dinosaurs in government
Following Virpi's post earlier this week about the Change Agent Network in Finland, we're delighted to welcome Elke, Nancy and Joke on how they are fostering innovation in government in...
Design in policy making
...practical tools and examples of design being used in policy making. We tend to spot design when it goes wrong: badly laid out forms, websites we can’t navigate, confusing signage,...
Start your week right: read these
Start your week right with these reads. Every Monday we'll send out blogs, reports, discussions and events to help inspire, inform and excite you for the rest of the week....
Start your week right: read these
Start your week right with these quick reads. Every Monday we'll send out blogs, reports, discussions and events to help inspire, inform and excite you for the rest of the...
Combatting problem gambling with data analytics
...problem, the Responsible Gambling Trust wanted to investigate whether it is possible to identify harmful patterns of play from gaming machines in bookmakers. Additionally, they wanted to explore whether it...