| Notes |
Where are we now?
At present, the GO Lab are a team of thirteen academics and professionals from a range of backgrounds across the public, private and social sectors. We were established in July 2016 as a partnership between the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Since then we have seen rapid growth both in our responsibilities and achievements.
We have published academic research papers on social impact bonds and collaborative approaches to contracting services. We have developed introductory and technical guidance on outcomes-based contracting, developed a comprehensive database for UK social impact bonds, and created a range of in depth case studies. We run regular workshops, events, and webinars to disseminate our work and support national programmes such as the UK’s £80m Life Chances Fund.
Our work has been presented to the UK Prime Minister and the Head of the UK civil service, and we have worked with people at the highest levels of UK government departments, regional and local authorities to inform policy decisions. We have recruited our third cohort of Fellows of Practice who are experts across a range of sectors and who both help us keep our work relevant and help disseminate it to where it will be useful. We also co-host an annual international conference on social impact bonds which in 2018 drew together 125 researchers, policy-makers, local government and social sector representatives from over many different countries.
You can find out the latest on the GO Lab by reading our work, and our news and events section. |