ICS Seminar Series

Abstract This seminar will present a case for more co-productive approaches to policy, based on the forthcoming book by Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson, Designing Public Policy for Co-production, published November 2015 by The Policy Press. There are many complex public policy issues faced by modern societies, which some have called 'wicked' or 'squishy' problems. Conventional technocratic models of public policy and governance have often failed to handle these in ways that adequately manage competing interests. This has prompted many around the world to attempt to craft better ways of handling collective policy dilemmas. Drawing on twelve compelling... (see website for full abstract)