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ItemNo Preview AvailableWhen design meets power: design thinking, public sector innovation and the politics of policy-making(Policy Press, 2023-01-01)
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ItemInnovation labs and co-production in public problem solving(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2021-02-01)Governments are increasingly establishing innovation labs to enhance public problem solving. Despite the speed at which these new units are being established, they have only recently begun to receive attention from public management scholars. This study assesses the extent to which labs are enhancing strategic policy capacity through pursuing more collaborative and citizen-centred approaches to policy design. Drawing on original case study research of five labs in Australia and New Zealand, it examines the structure of lab’s relationships to government partners, and the extent and nature of their activities in promoting citizen-participation in public problem solving.
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ItemThe Promise of Co-Design for Public Policy(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2018)As a novel method for creatively engaging citizens and stakeholders to find solutions to complex problems, co-design holds great promise for policy-makers. It has been vaunted as a way to generate more innovative ideas, ensure policies and services match the needs of citizens, achieve economic efficiencies by improving responsiveness, foster cooperation and trust between different groups, meaningfully engage the ‘hard to reach’, and achieve support for change. This article considers how we might determine whether co-design has real potential to dramatically improve policy processes and outcomes. Drawing on relevant literature on participatory design, design thinking and public sector innovation, this review explores the meaning and potential of co-design in the context of public policy. It highlights the philosophical underpinnings and normative implications of participatory design, and questions the feasibility of achieving the promised outcomes in the challenging context of contemporary policy-making.
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ItemSystemic design practice for participatory policymaking(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022-01-02)
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ItemWhen design meets power: Design thinking, public sector innovation and the politics of policymaking(Policy Press, 2019)Responding to the need for innovation, governments have begun experimenting with ‘design thinking’ approaches to reframe policy issues and generate and test new policy solutions. This paper examines what is new about design thinking and compares this to rational and participatory approaches to policymaking, highlighting the difference between their logics, foundations and the basis on which they ‘speak truth to power’. It then examines the impact of design thinking on policymaking in practice, using the example of public sector innovation (PSI) labs. The paper concludes that design thinking, when it comes in contact with power and politics, faces significant challenges, but that there are opportunities for design thinking and policymaking to work better together.
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ItemMapping public sector innovation units in Australia and New Zealand: 2018 Survey Report(The Policy Lab, 2018)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableControl, Calculation and Collaboration in Cultural Policy Work at an Australian City Council(University of Melbourne, 2012)