A new paper on city collaboratives - how big cities can organise their capacity to think and solve problems - showing a past model from London and a current one in Amsterdam. The case for these - real 'smart cities' - shld be obvious to any good Mayor. geoffmulgan.com/post/the-city-…

Ahead of a session I'm hosting with Nick Pearce, IPR at the British Academy next week, I've written a paper on the design of new public institutions for the UK over the next few years - from skills and productivity to AI and mental health. geoffmulgan.com/post/designing…

A prevailing narrative in run-up to June 2024 European Parliament elections is of a widespread voter-backlash against EU policies to combat #climatechange #GreenDeal
However, findings from study by Jacques Delors Centre & Hertie School of voters in key countries #France #Germany & #Poland …

V glad to be part of this discussion with ILO and many countries on how to help young people navigate a turbulent period of change in jobs and skills - with the excellent a2i & others. Lots for the UK and other countries to learn.

A smart, interesting review of my book by someone deeply involved in science, the kind of critical dialogue I most enjoy nakedcapitalism.com/2024/01/when-s…

I'm doing a session next month - 22 May - at the Science Museum on 'When Science Meets Power' along with 'Applied Science' author Robert Bud, registration through this link sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/in-…

I’m in super-efficient and clean Kigali, finding it odd, after all the cock-ups, to read a British minister call Rwanda 'one of the many tools we have at our disposal’. I can’t help wondering if the Rwandans couldn’t give some advice to the UK government on everyday competence.

[Open access] Great policy successes - 15 case studies of government successes from around the world, from Singapore's public health system to Brazil's Bolsa Familia global.oup.com/academic/produ…

It turns out you can do quite a lot in ten years.

An amazing round up of the more than 90 collaborations and the changes that are happening as a result.

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INGSA - the International Network of Government Science Advisers - has put out a fascinating compendium of short pieces ahead of its gathering in Kigali next week, including a couple from me, one on evidence systems and another on new institutions. online.fliphtml5.com/lyrwh/sufz/#p=…

Commentary on missions is often a bit vague and rhetorical - this piece on mission-driven government is, by contrast, thoughtful, wise, and helpfully grounded in practical experience.

I wish I had seen this - on a digital stack and open standards for research - before doing my recent paper on evidence ecosystems, since it fills a crucial gap. Another example of India leapfrogging over the West. fast-india.org/wp-content/upl… geoffmulgan.com/post/evidence-…

Today is creative bureaucracy day in Bristol, with a great bunch of innovators taking part. As one input, here is a piece I did after last yrs CBF on how, and how much, governments should be creative, innovative & entrepreneurial geoffmulgan.com/post/when-shou… - bristolideas.co.uk/attend/reimagi…

An in-person & online event at Nesta next Thursday early evening to explore science and power, all welcome!

Interesting study of Chinese and Russian views of national competitiveness, emphasising: national ambition & will, unified national identity, & an active state (plus unique culture). Now a more influential imaginary globally than neoliberalism etc. rand.org/pubs/research_…

Ahead of a launch event at the European Commission in Brussels tomorrow (part of ….research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/statistics/…) I've published a paper on 'Strategies, missions & the challenge of whole of government action' geoffmulgan.com/post/strategie…

The Institutional Architecture Lab - tial.org - is advertising 2 new positions: a research analyst & community coordinator. I'm obviously biased - but think these are great roles. Please share!

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I just received the Korean translation of 'When Science Meets Power' - impressively quick and professional, as with so many things from south Korea (bali-bali as they say) & a day after a fascinating, and big, election win for the Democratic Party.

Join us for a conversation with Geoff Mulgan & Paul Kissack 'How can we land the work of collective imagination in spaces of power?' 2pm, 25th April bit.ly/4ajCnuc Joseph Rowntree Foundation

A nice piece from Bloomberg Cities on tial.org and the need to create new public institutions in cities for priorities such as decarbonisation, mental health and AI bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/creating-…