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  • Changing government, changing society: what now for public innovation?

    States of Change is an independent, global non-profit organisation which focuses on supporting and promoting learning around public innovation. During June, they hosted an online festival, bringing together practitioners, academics and policymakers from around the world in conversation. The recordings ....

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  • Guest post: Economic effects of coronavirus lockdowns are staggering – but health recovery must be prioritised

    By Pushan Dutt, INSEAD In all my years as an economist, I have never seen a graph like the one below. It shows unemployment claims in the US – observe the spike for the week ending March 21. The global ....

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  • The case for universal basic services

    by Hannah Brunton and Scott Faulds There are longstanding debates around what should be included in the provision of public services, and this issue was central to the discussion at a recent Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) Seminar (series ....

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  • “We’ve updated our privacy policy”: GDPR two years on

    by Scott Faulds Almost two years ago, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force across the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), creating what many consider to be the most extensive data protection regulation in the ....

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  • Five blog posts that told the story of 2019

    As the old year makes way for the new, it’s time to reflect on some of the topics we’ve been covering on The Knowledge Exchange blog over the past twelve months. We’ve published over 70 blog posts in 2019, covering ....

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  • Diversity and precarity: a conference on Scotland’s places of creative production

    It might come as a surprise to learn that Scotland’s creative industries make up the country’s second biggest growth sector, after energy. But as well as making significant economic contributions, the creative sector is important on its own terms, with ....

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  • How well is your economy? Moving beyond GDP as an indicator of success

    by Scott Faulds Since the early 20th century, the predominant method of evaluating the success of a country has been through the metric of Gross Domestic Production (GDP). This measurement is based upon the assumption that economic growth is the ....

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  • What works now: how can we use evidence more effectively in policymaking?

    Evidence use in policymaking is nothing new. It has been talked about by policymakers, academics and professionals for the best part of ten years, and has been highlighted a lot, among other places, on this blog. Over the years various ....

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  • Plugging into the future: can electric vehicles clear the air?

    “Electric Car2Go”by mikecogh is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Science tells us that improvements to our air quality bring real health benefits – fewer heart attacks, strokes and premature births, less cancer, dementia and asthma, and lower incidences of premature ....

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  • The unusual suspects: how to make sure Citizens’ Assemblies are representative

    Citizens’ Assemblies have been in the news a lot recently. Among the ideas mooted have been a Citizens’ Assembly to sort Brexit, a Citizens’ Assembly to discuss the potential details of Scottish Independence and a Citizens’ Assembly to decide on ....

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