As regular readers will know, the Open Innovation Team works with academics and other experts to help generate analysis and ideas for policy. We recently refreshed the slides we use to introduce ourselves to public sector policy customers, so we …
People often ask for more information on the kind of work we do so we like to share a bit more detail here on the blog when we’re able to. One interesting set of projects we delivered recently looked at …
It’s hard to influence policy. A huge number of people and organisations are involved, debates are complicated and fast moving, the language is often difficult to understand and responsibilities can seem unclear. It’s extremely challenging even for officials working as …
Beth Francis, one of our recent PHD interns, shares her experience of joining the OIT remotely during the pandemic. I applied to do a placement with the Open Innovation Team at the end of 2019, in my third year of …
One fantastic and unusual feature of the Open Innovation Team is that lots of PhD students come to work with us on placements of 3-6 months. Our first PhD student joined us back in 2016, and now, four years later, …
Some advice for prospective applicants to the Civil Service.
Historian Sheilagh Ogilvie explains what lessons policymakers should take from the UK's past economic development.
How we approach projects and what we deliver for policy-makers.
Chris Webber reflects on some key points from recent conferences in Birmingham and Seoul.
Michael Carpenter, former innovation lead at UK Export Finance, explains why they developed a blockchain prototype with the University of Southampton.
How are biases in algorithmic systems affecting people today, and what can we do about this? Professor Michael Rovatsos introduces his CDEI-commissioned review of the evidence related to algorithmic bias, produced in collaboration with OIT.