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What Works in Promoting What Works?

Last week the PPIW presented at the What Works Global Summit. Representatives from over forty countries gathered at this major international conference to discuss the state of evidence-informed policy and practice globally, as well as future challenges and opportunities. Our presentation on putting evidence to work for politicians in Wales…
Getting Research Into Local Government Scrutiny

Following on from the popularity of Lauren Carter-Davies’ blog – Engaging with the Policy-making and Scrutiny Process in Wales: How Does Research Get into the National Assembly for Wales? we asked Dave Mckenna, from Swansea Council, to explore how research can be used in the local government scrutiny process. Compared…
Mind the Gap: Engaging Education Practitioners with Evidence

The report ‘Evidence Needs and the Welsh Education System’ released by the Public Policy Institute of Wales, focuses on understanding gaps in the evidence base and how it is used by policy makers and practitioners. It raises a number of important issues. Engaging practitioners with an evidence base One such…
Think Tank to Thank? – The Origination and Development of the Central Policy Review Staff and its relevance to the Public Policy Institute for Wales today
Evidence – Generation, Compilation, Evaluation and Dissemination in the Next Assembly Term
What will Brexit mean for Wales?
Tackling Rural Poverty – Identifying the Causes
Rethinking Food Policy as Public Policy in Wales – Now Needed More Than Ever with ‘Brexeat’?
Intergenerational Worklessness: What We Do and Don’t Know

With the national roll-out of the Universal Credit system at the start of this year, it is worth reminding ourselves of what we do and don’t know about the issue often used to justify the radical overhaul of the previous benefit system, intergenerational worklessness. Despite widespread claims, there is little…