Design|Policy Research Network

在国家、区域和地方政府的公共政策进程以及更广泛的政策生态系统，特别是公共服务设计中，越来越多地看到设计做法和方法以及专业设计师的身影。这一发展的结果、后果和影响迄今鲜有人讨论。在设计研究和政治学方面，最近的研究试图以特殊利益集团和会议小组的形式，与新生的研究社区弥合这种分歧。这个为期18个月的网络以系统的方式将这两个学术群体聚集在一起，以确定这两个领域之间的紧张和阻力，确定可以更有效地利用设计能力的潜力，并为未来的研究和知识交流制定议程。该网络通过批判性地审查设计与政治学交叉的概念和方法，以及确定在公共政策中使用设计的未开发潜力，补充了学术界和实践界的其他倡议。通过在这些研究界之间和内部建设能力，并结合实践，可以形成新的理解和新的项目。这是切合实际和及时的，因为社会和公共政策问题需要新形式的公共行政做法、机构设计的改变、与公众接触的方式和民主辩论的形式。超过31人表示有兴趣成为该网络的一部分，其中包括知名研究人员、ECR和博士生，以及在政府部门、智库、咨询公司和民间社会组织工作的从业人员。该网络将通过4个互动研讨会(两个在伦敦的UAL，两个在曼彻斯特，两者都混合在一起，以允许面对面和在线参与)组织，还将通过数字平台Slack上的线上在线讨论来存在。通过邀请主要研究人员和从业人员在三个讲习班上进行挑衅(视频和文字记录可在博客上获得)，以及创造性的参与性活动，该网络将巩固和阐明对公共政策进程中设计的潜力、后果和影响的共同理解，并了解若干领域(设计研究、人文科学、政治学和政策研究)的研究情况。第四期讲习班将使该网络能够综合对关键辩论的理解，并为今后的合作研究项目拟定设计方案。这些见解将构成由国际和平研究所、国际信息组织和指导小组共同撰写的一份公共报告的基础，并将成为公共博客的材料，向学者和从业人员传播调查结果。最后，通过两个活动，一个是与政策实验室和工作与养老金部联合举办的针对英国公务员的活动，另一个是与国王的政策研究所共同举办的公共活动，将传播未来研究和知识交流的主要结果和方向。网络组织者预计，包括指导小组在内的成员将在成果的基础上，协作制定新的跨学科研究项目(例如，为UKRI或Horizon Europe)，并通过学术社区以及Slack等论坛继续对话。

Design practices and methods, and professional designers, are increasingly visible in public policy processes in national, regional and local government as well as in broader policy ecosystems in particular public service design. The outcomes, consequences and implications of this development are as yet little discussed. In design research, and in political science, recent research has attempted to bridge this divide with nascent research communities in the form of special interest groups and conference panels. This 18-month network brings together these two academic constituencies in a systematic way to identify the tensions and resistances between the two domains, identify potential where capacities of design can be more effectively leveraged, and map out an agenda for future research and knowledge exchange. The network complements other initiatives in academia and practice by critically examining the concepts and methodologies at the intersection of design and political science, as well as identifying untapped potential for using design in public policy. By building capacity across and within these research communities, alongside practice, new understandings as well as new projects can be developed. This is relevant and timely as social and public policy issues require new forms of public administration practice, changes to institution design, ways of engaging with publics and forms of democratic debate. Over 31 people including established researchers, ECRs and PhD students, as well as practitioners working in government departments, think tanks, consultancies and civil society organisations, have expressed interest in being part of the network. Organised through 4 interactive workshops (two in London at UAL, two at Manchester, both blended to allow face to face and online participation), the network will also exist through threaded online discussion on digital platform Slack. Through invited provocations at three workshops with leading researchers and practitioners (with video and transcripts made available on a blog), alongside creative, participatory activities, the network will consolidate and articulate a shared understanding of the potential, consequences and implications for design in public policy processes, informed by research in several fields (design research, the humanities, political science and policy studies). A fourth workshop will allow the network to synthesise understanding of key debates and also to sketch out designs for future collaborative research projects. These insights will form the basis of a public report co-authored by the PI, CI and Steering Group and materials for a public blog to disseminate findings to academics and practitioners. Finally through two events, one aimed at the UK Civil Service co-organised with Policy Lab and Department of Work and Pensions, and one public event, co-organised with the Policy Institute at King's, key findings and directions for future research and knowledge exchange will be disseminated. The network organisers anticipate that members, including the steering group, will build on the outcomes to collaboratively craft new, cross-disciplinary research projects (e.g. for UKRI or Horizon Europe), as well as continuing dialogue through scholarly communities, as well as via fora such as Slack.