DCLG Policy Picnic: Charles Leadbeater - Public leadership and policymaking

In this Policy Picnic, Charles Leadbeater, Senior research associate at Demos will discuss new kinds of public leadership and policymaking.

Charles has worked extensively as a senior adviser to the governments, advising the 10 Downing St policy unit, the Department for Trade and Industry and the European Commission on the rise of the knowledge driven economy and the Internet, as well as the government of Shanghai. He is an advisor to the Department for Education’s Innovation Unit on future strategies for more networked and personalised approaches to learning and education. He is a co-founder of the public service design agency Participle.

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DCLG Economic and Social Research Seminars: Autumn 2015

September 2015

POLICY PICNIC: Public leadership and policymaking

Speaker: Richard Harries, Deputy Director, REFORM

Wednesday 02 September, 12:30 – 13:30

Book your place:http://dclg-policypicnic-02sep2015-richard-harries.eventbrite.co.uk

POLICY PICNIC: Public leadership and policymaking

Speaker: Charles Leadbeater, Senior research associate, DEMOS

Tuesday 22 September, 12:30 – 13:30

Book your place:http://dclg-policy-picnic-22september-charles-leadbeater.eventbrite.co.uk

Changes in British Society

Speaker: Anthony Heath, Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford

Wednesday 30 September, 12:30 – 13:30

Book your place:https://dclgseminar-22sept-anthony-heath.eventbrite.co.uk

October 2015

Britain’s constitutional future

Speaker: Vernon Bogdanor, Research Professor, King's College London

Tuesday 06 October, 13:00 – 14:00

Book your place:-https://dclgseminar-06oct-vernon-bogdanor.eventbrite.co.uk

November 2015

Behavioural insights

Speaker: Owain Service, Managing Director, Behavioural Insights Team

Wednesday 11 November, 12:30 – 13:30

Book your place:http://dclgseminar-11nov2015-owain-service.eventbrite.co.uk

December 2015

Prospects for the housing market and implications for policy

Speaker: John Muellbauer, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford

Tuesday 01 December, 12:30 – 13:30

Book your place:http://dclgseminar-01dec2015-john-muellbauer.eventbrite.co.uk