Further building our evidence and understanding on which public services, delivered at which level of government, deliver greatest public value and what we can learn from different policy approaches taken across the UK.
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
What Works Scotland will be a collaborative centre bringing together staff from the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, other academics and key non-academic partners. Its aim is to support the use of evidence to plan ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow
The project focuses on developing and supporting local public services in the UK, and aims to use evidence to plan and deliver sustained and transformative change based on agreed outcomes at all levels, with a particular focus on the local.
To develop practical tools and guides to be able to offer specialist services to, and advocacy for, councils addressing the operational challenges of reduced public spending....
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
As a small country with relatively young devolved institutions, Wales needs greater policy capacity. The Wales Centre for Public Policy will help to provide this. It will host the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW)...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
The project focuses on mobilizing evidence about what works in addressing economic and social challenges in Wales, and aims to make social science evidence available and useful to Welsh Ministers and public services. However, it does not directly address the question about developing and supporting local public services across the UK.