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Collaborative Action Research and public services – insights into methods, findings and implications for public service reform

A working paper examining the findings of four What Works Scotland researchers during a three-year programme to explore collaborative action research with four community planning partnerships.

Emma Baird December 4, 2018 Read more

Submission to Locality’s Inquiry: Keeping It Local Call for Evidence

What Works Scotland’s submission to the Locality inquiry Keeping it Local in July 2018, a call for the latest thinking and practice shaping the future of our public services

Emma Baird September 21, 2018 Read more

Blog: “Challenge current practice and assumptions! Make waves!!” – Findings from a Collaborative Action Research learning event

What Works Scotland and community planning partnerships put themselves under the spotlight at an event in July 2016 where participants shared their collaborative action research (CAR) experiences from across Scotland, and examined this way of working.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: A backstage pass – Operation Modulus and the case study approach

What Works Scotland recently published an in-depth case study focused on Operation Modulus in the Gorbals but in this blog from April 2016 Dr Richard Brunner asks what is the purpose of a case study and how can people learn from them?

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: The economics of prevention: ways of seeing

Richard Brunner reflects on the Economics of Prevention seminar (28 May 2015) jointly organised by What Works Scotland and NHS Health Scotland, which explored fresh perspectives and understandings on what works in prevention in policing, health and housing.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Digging deep and getting dirty hands! Doing collaborative action research with public services

Dr Hayley Bennett and Dr Richard Brunner share insights on the role of professional researchers in collaborative, participatory and action research approaches, and put forward recommendations for those thinking about initiating CAR processes.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: Meet the WWS staff, Research Fellows Richard Brunner and Claire Bynner

Mini-biographies of two of the research associates when they started working for What Works Scotland in the case study areas, West Dunbartonshire and Glasgow.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

Blog: What might the Capabilities approach bring to public service reform in Scotland?

Richard Brunner and Nick Watson of What Works Scotland explore the concept of ‘capabilities’ as a framework for public service reform.

Emma Baird July 11, 2018 Read more

The Operation Modulus Approach: further lessons for public service reform

Case study that examines how the approach and learning from a successful violence and anti-social behaviour intervention has spread to two other communities. The report shows how the distinct characteristics of the Operation Modulus approach support the principles and practice of public service reform, more widely and in relation to other issues.

Lucy Janes June 21, 2018 Read more

Collaborative dissertations in Thriving Places

Dissertations from University of Glasgow masters students who were enabled by What Works Scotland to conduct their fieldwork in Glasgow’s Thriving Places. This allows interested students to have research impact and for Thriving Places to receive useful evidence to inform future work.

Lucy Janes December 13, 2017 Read more
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What Works Scotland was an initiative to improve the way local areas in Scotland use evidence to make decisions about public service development and reform. It explored how public services could start to work towards the recommendations of the Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services and the Scottish Government’s priorities for reform. ...

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