Co-designing an evaluation framework for design in the context of policy

作为内阁府政策实验室试点项目的一部分，该项目将把政策实验室的倡议固定在一个强有力的评估框架内，该框架由学术研究支持，并与主要利益相关者共同设计。该框架将使实验室能够评估和分析其设计方法对制定和实施政策的影响。它将以对现有文献的全面审查为基础，使实验室的评估立足于既定的研究成果和方法。政策实验室于2014年4月由内阁办公室（英国公务员部门的一部分）成立。它的目标是通过与资助该实验室的政府部门合作开展项目，尝试将设计方法引入中央政府的决策中。在经验丰富的设计师Andrea Siodmok博士的带领下，这是一个为期一年的试点项目，将利用数据分析和基于政策目标的新数字工具，围绕人们的体验设计服务。政策实验室在其他地方复制了类似的活动，特别是在丹麦，丹麦在十年前建立了一个跨部门的创新单位MindLab，以及Nesta的公共创新实验室和澳大利亚社会创新中心。大多数关于这些倡议的现有文献目前属于报告、会议和博客文章；关于在中央政府的政策制定中使用设计方法的学术著作相对较少。本计划将结合现有的政策设计文献，以及设计研究、参与式设计、政策及管理研究的相关学术研究，全面回顾这一新兴领域。在检讨后，研究员将与政策实验室及其持份者（包括政府部门）合作，共同设计、迭代和实施一个框架，以评估政策实验室试点年的成功。该框架将着眼于在政策的制定和实施中使用研究方法如何使政策得到更好、更相关、更顺利的实施。将在mappingsocialdesign.org上建立一个公共博客，以便在项目结束时通知相关利益相关者的受众，以反思其发现。最后，将发表一份针对政策背景下的实践者和管理者的报告，内容涉及框架及其将设计方法引入政策制定和交付的含义。

Part of the Cabinet Office's Policy Lab pilot, this project will anchor the Policy Lab's initiative within a strong evaluative framework supported by academic research and co-designed with its major stakeholders. This framework will enable the Lab to evaluate and analyse the impact its design approach has on developing and implementing policy. It will be underpinned by a thorough review of existing literature to ground the Lab's evaluation in established research findings and methods.The Policy Lab was set up in April 2014 by the Cabinet Office, part of the UK Civil Service. It aims to experiment with bringing design approaches to policy-making in central government by undertaking projects with government departments funding the lab. Led by experienced designer Dr Andrea Siodmok, this is a one-year pilot project that will design services around people's experiences, using data analytics and new digital tools based on policy goals. The Policy Lab replicates similar activities elsewhere notably in Denmark, which set up a cross-ministerial innovation unit MindLab a decade ago, as well as Nesta's Public Innovation Lab and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation. Most of the existing literature on these initiatives currently belong in reports, conferences, and blog posts; there is comparatively little academic writing about using design approaches in policy making in central government. This project will combine the existing literature on design in policy with related academic research in design studies, participatory design, policy and management research to provide a thorough review of this emerging field.Informed by this review, the Fellow will work with the Policy Lab and its stakeholders (including government departments) to co-design, iterate and implement a framework to evaluate the success of the Policy Lab's pilot year. The framework will look at how using research methods in the development and implementation of policy makes for better, more relevant, more smoothly implemented policy. A public blog will be set up on mappingsocialdesign.org to inform audience for relevant stakeholders towards the end of the project to reflect on its findings. Finally, a report aimed at practitioners and managers in policy contexts will be published about the framework and its implications for bringing design approaches into policy-making and delivery.