Policy Lab has a 10-year history of convening diverse voices to contribute to policymaking, including those of creative practitioners. Our ongoing collaboration with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, MANIFEST, evaluates the role that artistic strategies could play in policymaking, …
We are sharing a short blog series on different methodologies that Policy Lab has experimented with in the context of action to address climate change. This, the first blog, describes a policy co-design process we ran last month at the Design Council’s Design for Planet conference coinciding with COP26.
Andrea Siodmok shares her thoughts from the back of an Uber, on how experiencing innovation is much better than just being told about it.
Can we create public services that are valuable to the public, so that they are delighted, even proud of their existence - whilst simultaneously saving money?
I was really excited that Policy Lab was able to introduce another new technique into how Government engages the people in a debate about public policy. The subject was work in an ageing population (i.e. the number of older people …
Do you remember getting your National Insurance number? The red, blue and white card with the 9 characters across the front. How did you remember it? When did you use it? And how did it make you feel to receive …
Last week the Home Secretary announced that Surrey and Sussex would trial a prototype online crime reporting service which could save around £3.7 million if it is offered nationally on police.uk. This was one of the ideas developed as part …
Yesterday we asked about how to use agile for policy making. Last week, Policy Lab experimented with doing it. It kind of makes sense that we should kick-start a piece of work about healthy outcomes with a sprint. But …
At the beginning of January we welcomed back Hannah Rutter. This is her first blog and we asked her what differences she's found on her return.
Set up in April 2014, Policy Lab brings new tools and techniques, new insights and practical experimentation to policy-making. This second demonstrator project has over the past two months resulted in learning about how policy professionals can work in a …