Thank you to UCL Policy Lab for this feature on my work. Grateful to Marc Stears James Baggaley and proud to be part of the family UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Fantastic review lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

How can we transform public service design and delivery by focusing on the power of human relationships?

We talked to nick kimber and Osian Jones Camden Council to explore how they are changing public services for the better. ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/new…

What a privilege. Must read.

My new paper with David Eaves and Beatriz Vasconcellos applying my Common Good framing to the governance of Digital Public Infrastructure ⬇️ ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

Why do organizers and mobilizers struggle to work together?

In this piece Nina Hall and I unpack three examples of where these different forms of people power have been crafted and held together well to build a powerful ecosystem for change.

Get ready for freedom (and videos) with David Runciman and me🌹😅 LSE Past Present Future

A radical humanity: how connection and care can help renew Britain with Hilary Cottam.

For the latest edition of the Policy Lab magazine, we spoke to celebrated social entrepreneur and author Hilary Cottam about how we can transform society together.
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New UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose research by Ruth Puttick explores 54 govt capacity frameworks & indexes, identifying lessons for the forthcoming Public Sector Capabilities Index (collab w/ Bloomberg Philanthropies) to measure & build critical skills in city govts worldwide.

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Please spread in your networks for this unique role and in the area of participation and public input that is a key part of how we can ensure that data and AI work for people and society.

The podcast of my Aeon+Psyche talk is up, with Radio National ABC Australia.

Are you all liberals at heart? abc.net.au/listen/program…

Strong recommend for *Economics in America* by Angus Deaton. It’s highly informative, humane, wise and also often very funny. Deaton is remarkable among economists in welcoming serious engagement with political philosophy, and regretting the disciplines’ mutual estrangement. 1/2

In our new paper on housing Mariana Mazzucato and I work through thinking and practice around non-extractive approaches to housing: dignified, durable, beautiful and adaptable, and made available for all, as a common good. Features examples as well as frameworks councilonurbaninitiatives.com/resources/mode…

With changes in our global economy, my focus is making sure Australia stays ahead of the curve.

I caught up with the brilliant Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics at UCL, to discuss how our plan for a future made in Australia means stronger industry and better paying jobs.

From Charles Taylor's forthcoming book: 'This book is about the human need for cosmic connection. My hypothesis is that the desire for this connection is a human constant, felt by (at least some) people in all ages and phases of human history.' hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

Short, crisp, clear account of what's changed and needs to change in economics (from power and ethics to unions) from Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton imf.org/en/Publication…

Great to speak to Amanda Tattersall about relational public services and a more hopeful model for local authorities taking inspiration from brilliant Camden Council colleagues. Thanks to Marc Stears and UCL Policy Lab for matchmaking and finding new audiences this way of working

Move over Taylor Swift, Mariana Mazzucato is in town on her Mission Economy tour! What a breath of fresh air as she offered progressive insights to transform capitalism, address societal challenges, foster innovation & boost the Mental Wealth of Nations! Roy Green James Martin Institute for Public Policy

I have written an overview of some of Habermas’s main ideas at a time when our public sphere is about as far from an ideal speech situation as one could imagine. Who is Jürgen Habermas? And why is he such a major public intellectual? theconversation.com/who-is-jurgen-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand