What work has already been done to bring together evidence and analysis comparing impact of policy variation in different policy areas across the UK?
Background
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.
Next steps
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.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Centre for Market and Public Organisation to Centre for Evidence-based Public Services
The Centre addresses research questions covering the provision of public services - education, healthcare and welfare provision, and public policy more broadly. It takes an interdisciplinary approach and its focus is str...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on analyzing policy reforms in the UK and provides robust quantitative evidence that is directly useful in policy design.
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Wales Centre for Public Policy
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
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on mobilizing evidence about what works in addressing economic and social challenges, which is relevant to comparing impact of policy variation.
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What Works Scotland Centre
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
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on promoting the systematic use of evidence in the design, reform, and delivery of public services, which is relevant to comparing impact of policy variation.