New research on public sector innovation labs

Innovation units, labs and teams are becoming increasingly important within the public sector, as demonstrated by the number of new units that have been established in recent years. To better understand the key characteristics of public and social…

The Rise of Public Sector Innovation Labs

A new research note from The Policy Lab

Let’s talk about evaluation at the Co-Design Symposium in Melbourne

How can we tell if we’re making a difference? The thorny questions around understanding and communicating impact, results or outcomes (whatever you want to call the positive change from what you’re doing) plague…

In search of a “policy cycle” in Indonesia

A research note from The Policy Lab.

About The Policy Lab

The Policy Lab at the University of Melbourne explores big questions about public policy decision making, policy design…

‘Public Policy Innovation’ Workshops

The Policy Lab ran a series of workshops in Australia in 2017 on ‘Public Policy Innovation’…

Design-led Approaches to Public Value Creation in Public Administration and Public Management

The Policy Lab is contributing to a panel at the upcoming International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) conference in Edinburgh in 2018. If you are…

New research projects for The Policy Lab

2017 has been an exciting year for The Policy Lab. We have turned one year old, begun several new research projects and landed some prestigious competitive grants.

Why do researchers find it so hard to connect with policymakers?

by Tamas Wells

I am relatively new to the world of academia, but am starting to understand why it is so hard to build connections between researchers and practitioners.