Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to
generate solutions for public challenges. In particular, the reflections on the design practice …

The past decade has seen a rapid rise in the number of policy innovation labs (PILs). PILs
that are found both inside and outside of government address a wide range of social issues …

Digital technologies have a recognised potential to build more efficient, credible, and
innovative public institutions in Latin America. Despite progress, digital transformation in …

Introducing a special issue of Policy Design and Practice on designing future governments,
this article draws on growing interest in the concepts and practices of anticipation, foresight …

Abstract Design is increasingly deployed by governments and cities to address social and
policy-related problems and to develop public services and organizations towards more …

Urban laboratories are gaining popularity in Latin America as spaces of experimentation
within urban planning. Based on semi-structured interviews across Mexico, Colombia, and …

Governments across the globe are searching for new methods to apply to policy work. New
Public Governance (NPG) suggests the state's policy process has become more accessible …

This research explores the role of trendy urbanists in best practice uptake within an
innovation laboratory in Latin America. Trendy urbanists are the privileged professionals …

The article explores the related concepts of best practice agencies (BPAs) and fast-track
institutionalization. We define BPAs as agencies that have been inspired by international …

Governments around the world are increasingly launching policy labs to break the alleged
inertia of public bureaucracies. Operating on the fringes of their parent organizations …