Find all the What Works Scotland publications and resources, organised by focus and date, from 2014 – 2020.
Reflections on the What Works Scotland initiative
Report that compiles reflections from the participants in What Works Scotland and shares the learning from the set-up and operation of this innovative, creative and complex research collaboration. Published October 2019
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Community engagement, capacity-building and participation
- Co-production
- Community capacity-building
- Community empowerment
- Community sector & socially-owned economy
- Participatory budgeting
- Participatory decision-making
Key issues for public services
Key Messages about Public Service Reform in Scotland
- Economic regeneration
- Educational achievement
- Education improvement
- Health and social care integration
- Housing
- Place-based approaches
- Poverty and inequality
- Third sector
- Welfare reform
Workforce development, partnership working and leadership
Outcomes and prevention
Evaluation and scrutiny
Approaches to generating and using evidence
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- Blogs
- Case studies
- Consultation responses
- Collaborative action research reports
- Event reports
- Evidence reviews and briefings
- Literature reviews
- Policy and practice briefings
- Research reports
- Resources, guides and toolkits
- Think pieces and position papers
- Working papers