Mobilising global knowledge to address the social impacts of COVID-19
On the first anniversary of the International Observatory’s launch, we present our latest thinking on the key challenges we must tackle to make real policy impact
The day after the UK Government published its new White Paper on adult social care reform, The Conversation and the International Public Policy Observatory held a webinar to discuss the pros and cons of...
Governments are committing more resources to mental health, yet we don’t know which interventions could be scaled up in the face of widespread experiences of anxiety and depression
How have unpaid family carers been affected during the pandemic – in terms of their finances, work prospects and mental wellbeing? Interviews by Lisa Smyth
The first in a series of IPPO blogs on the optimal design of COVID-related public inquiries discusses how to limit the risks of distorted memories, failure to contextualise, and over-reliance on certain experts. By Christoph Meyer
Lauren Aird, a member of Youth Futures Foundation’s Future Voices Group, offers her perspectives on the employment challenges facing young people today
In London, some conversations with our communities about inequality, systemic injustice and racism have made for uncomfortable listening
The pandemic has highlighted the UK’s different economy types as well as its diverse levels of socioeconomic deprivation. But how should these insights inform the UK Government’s ‘levelling up’ strategy? By George Dibb
Drawing on IPPO’s new global review of remote education initiatives, the report’s co-author Faye Bolan assesses which online learning tools and techniques will remain a fixture of school learning for the long term
Early in the first lockdown, a playworker asked on social media: ‘Could playwork be considered as key working?’ This question has developed into a two-year study at Swansea University
