Coryn Barclay, Research Consultant at Fife Council, blogs about how research is the ‘secret weapon in public service reform’.

Author: Coryn Barclay, Fife Council 

Date: 24 May 2018

Coryn Barclay, Research Consultant at Fife Council, blogs about how research is the ‘secret weapon in public service reform’.

What Works Scotland and community planning partners in Fife have worked together on collaborative action research projects for the past three years.

Research is more than data and profiling: it is the secret weapon in public sector reform, particularly around prevention. We need to support people to move from firefighting by creating space to shift to prevention. Research gives us a way to create that space, to frame the questions that can guide our enquiry and help to develop learning and understanding of the situation.

Read the post on the What Works Scotland blog.