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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 9d

🔈 "...if the timing isn't right and/or you haven't got the right relationships and trust with the right people, your ideas are not going to go anywhere."

On the SfG podcast, Lecturer Dr Joseph Sherlock – a former behavioural researcher at HMRC – discusses his advice for new civil servants ⬇️

School for Government welcomes new staff, including Deputy Director | King's College London

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Michael Sanders @michael-sanders.bsky.social · 26d

Brilliant new colleagues have joined King’s School for Government this year!

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 26d

📣 We're delighted to announce three new staff members at the School for Government!

💡 Dr Kate Hoskins joins us as Reader in Public Policy & Deputy Director of the School; Dr Gloria Novovic, PhD is our new Lecturer in Public Policy; & Joseph Sherlock joins as Lecturer.

Find out more about them ⬇️

New appointments bring further expertise in education policy, global governance, and behavioural science

School for Government welcomes new staff, including Deputy Director | King's College London

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 23d

🔊 "They find the idea of an open society quite difficult to understand, and that pushes them to extreme positions."

🎧 On the next episode of the School for Government podcast, @gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the far-right radicalisation of young men ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-sch...

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 26d

📣 We're delighted to announce three new staff members at the School for Government!

💡 Dr Kate Hoskins joins us as Reader in Public Policy & Deputy Director of the School; Dr Gloria Novovic, PhD is our new Lecturer in Public Policy; & Joseph Sherlock joins as Lecturer.

Find out more about them ⬇️

New appointments bring further expertise in education policy, global governance, and behavioural science

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 28d

🎉 📣 The Fourth International Behavioural Public Policy Conference is underway!

💥 We've kicked off our packed programme with opening remarks from Conference Chair and Convenor @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social and our first keynote address from Prof Peter John.

Find out more ➡️ www.ibppa.org/conference

Can the public be trusted? With Yuval Feldman

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 29d

The conference follows our event last night with Yuval Feldman, @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social & Elisabeth Costa – "Can the public be trusted?" – exploring why governments rely on coercion and punishment when voluntary cooperation often produces better outcomes

YouTube video by The Policy Institute at King's College London

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · 29d

We're gearing up to host the fourth annual International Behavioural Public Policy Conference this week, featuring four excellent keynotes by Gerd Gigerenzer, Linda Steg, Peter John and Bobby Duffy.

Find out more ➡️ www.ibppa.org/conference

School for Government welcomes new Visiting Faculty members

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣 The School for Government is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Visiting Faculty members – Emma de Closset, Sir David Green KC, and Baroness Camilla Cavendish – as well as the continuation of Lord Peter Hain’s association with the School as a Visiting Professor.

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Emma de Closset, Sir David Green KC, and Baroness Camilla Cavendish will enhance the School's work

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 18

🔊 New podcast! 🔊

@michael-sanders.bsky.social speaks to Dr Olga Siemers, whose research looks at the intersection of government policy, decision-making and risk management in the context of global uncertainty and digital transformation

🎧 ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-sch...

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 12

✅ And subscribe on:

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3Y7RSs7...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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State capability, effectiveness, and policy reform

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 12

🔊 Have you listened to our new podcast yet?

In our new podcast series, we'll be unpacking what goes into good policy-making with a range of leading experts

In episode 1 we spoke to Dame Tamara Finkelstein DCB about using evidence in policy to create lasting impact

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-sch...

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 7

"There’s growing demand for Behavioural Public Policy... but now is a pivotal moment"

@sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social and Prof Peter John explore the future opportunities and challenges of Behavioural Public Policy in a new article in @policysociety.bsky.social

➡️ academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 4

"Germany shows real potential to implement scientific methods into the policy process, but it still lacks a coherent, system‑wide approach"

@michael-sanders.bsky.social & Vanessa Hirneis reflect on what Germany might learn from the UK re evidence based policy

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/state-c...

What Germany can learn from the UK’s What Works Movement

Employers can benefit from a four-day week too, a trial suggests | CNN Business

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Michael Sanders @michael-sanders.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excited to be launching our brand new podcast with an interview with policy heavyweight Tamara Finkelstein!

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎙️ New podcast alert!

In episode 1 of the School for Government Podcast, @michael-sanders.bsky.social sits down with Dame Tamara Finkelstein DCB to explore what it takes to make good evidence based policy with lasting impact.

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-sch...

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 4

✅ And subscribe on:

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3Y7RSs7...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
🎧 Amazon: music.amazon.com/podcasts/aa4...

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎙️ New podcast alert!

In episode 1 of the School for Government Podcast, @michael-sanders.bsky.social sits down with Dame Tamara Finkelstein DCB to explore what it takes to make good evidence based policy with lasting impact.

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-sch...

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to all our School for Government students who graduated yesterday! 👏 🎉

We can't wait to see how you apply the insights you've learned to the organisations and causes you choose to serve.

Well done on a fantastic achievement!

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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · Jul 29

EVENT: Can the public be trusted? With Yuval Feldman

Join us, @yuval-feldman.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social, Elisabeth Costa & @sanchayanbanerj.bsky.social to explore how trust-based approaches could help solve major challenges facing governments today

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/can-t...

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School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Jul 7

“it doesn’t tell us much about what would happen if someone else tried it”

@michael-sanders.bsky.social in @cnn.com cautioning against data from trials with self-selecting participants

Switching to a four-day work week can be good for the bottom line, according to the results of a new trial in the United Kingdom.

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Inside the scandal that rocked behavioural science – and paved the way for revolution

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Jun 30

"Data is like people. If you torture it for long enough, it’ll tell you more or less whatever you want to hear"

@michael-sanders.bsky.social speaking to @the-independent.com about the consequences of dishonesty in behavioural science

➡️ www.independent.co.uk/life-style/b...

Five years after a widely revered study was debunked as totally bogus, Helen Coffey asks the experts whether trust in the sexiest branch of science has been irrevocably eroded – and how to discern bet...

www.independent.co.uk

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Jun 23

"the rock solid scientific basis of the work just wasn't there in this case"

@michael-sanders.bsky.social on the consequences of working with major behavioural science research that has since been found to be dishonest

➡️ More in the @thetimes.com : www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Breaking silos: cross-government collaboration for fiscal resilience | Public Finance

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Jun 23

🎉 A huge congratulations to our visiting faculty member, Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang, Founder and Director of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust, who has been awarded a Medal of the Order of the British Empire in the King's Birthday Honours for services to Social Enterprise and Young People. 🎉

School for Government @schoolforgovt.bsky.social · Jun 19

"When policymakers spend enough time discussing the nature of the problem with their counterparts from across Whitehall, they pave the way to successful collaboration"

Our Associate Prof Olga Siemers in Public Finance on cross-government collaboration

➡️ www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...

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