There is an increasing awareness that policies do not succeed or fail on their own merits.
Within complex messy systems, it is unclear how best to ensure effective policy design and …

As a novel method for creatively engaging citizens and stakeholders to find solutions to
complex problems, co-design holds great promise for policymakers. It has been vaunted as …

We need new governance solutions to help us improve public policies and services, solve
complex societal problems, strengthen social communities and reinvigorate democracy. By …

Recent thinking about innovation and industrial policy emphasises purposeful related
diversification strategies or more transformative—but potentially riskier—challenge …

Background Strategies for supporting evidence-informed health policy are a recognized but
understudied area of policy dissemination and implementation science. Codesign describes …

The expansion of the scope and significance of co-creation in public policy and governance
prompts the integration of different theoretical strands that together can help us illuminating …

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

Policy studies to date have focused almost exclusively on the “good” side of policy
formulation, that is, dealing with concerns around ensuring that knowledge is marshalled …

Emergency governance, we are often told, is executive governance. Only the executive has
the information, decisiveness, and speed to respond to crises, and so the executive is not …

Background Evidence on current, national physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour
(SB) policies is limited. We, therefore, analysed availability, comprehensiveness …