Geoff MulganMay 616 minNudges, behaviour change and complex systems20 years ago I co-wrote a survey of behavioural policy options, that was then published by the UK Cabinet Office. It's now disappeared...
Geoff MulganApr 291 minThe Boomerang Law of WarThe invasion of Ukraine may be another example of what could be called the ‘Boomerang Law of War’ which states that most aggressive wars...
Geoff MulganApr 221 minMissing intelligenceHere is a link to a blog I've just done for global brief: https://globalbrief.ca/2022/04/missing-intelligence/ Sometimes we understand...
Geoff MulganApr 221 minImaginationHere, trailing my new book out in June, is a blog for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on the role of imagination in social change:...
Geoff MulganMar 258 minR&D BLINDSPOTSThis piece looks at the blindspots that have marked recent UK reviews of R&D and innovation The UK government is, once again, reviewing...
Geoff MulganMar 244 minCOVID: five things the UK must prioritise in its pandemic recovery planOn the second anniversary of Britain first going into lockdown, and with the country now opening up, this is a good opportunity to make...
Geoff MulganMar 245 minThe case for humble activism: how wicked social problems are solved and outgrownCan social problems be solved? Are they like problems in maths or engineering that just need to be analysed in the right way in order to...
Geoff MulganMar 96 minThe Contribution Reward Fund: an answer to pay inequality and the neglect of essential workThe gap between the social value of people’s work and their monetary reward is wide and widening. In the US, for example, nearly half of...
Geoff MulganFeb 177 minThe Decline of Transparency. Is the World Becoming More Opaque?Have we passed peak transparency? Are we moving into an era when more of the things that shape our lives will be opaque? And if so, how...
Geoff MulganFeb 42 minALGOV - a matrix for algorithmic governanceI had a go in late 2020 at creating a matrix for thinking about algorithmic governance (to feed into discusions at UCL led by my...
Geoff MulganFeb 39 minDoes 'levelling up' match up - or why we should think of this as Version 1It’s easy to be dismissive of the government’s long-awaited plans for levelling up, published this week. Earlier statements were feeble....
Geoff MulganDec 1, 202125 minThe Synthesis Gap: reducing the imbalance between advice and absorption in handling big challengesGood synthesis results in higher-value options and actions. This paper focuses on how governments should synthesise inputs from many...
Geoff MulganNov 16, 20214 minBlair, Brown and the judgements of history – some thoughts on the recent TV seriesI’ve just finished watching the fascinating TV series on Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, screened on BBC. I’m one of the handful of people...
Geoff MulganNov 10, 20211 minSocial capital and civil society through the pandemicI've done a blog with Rachel France looking at the role of social capital and civil society through the pandemic - to kick off a...
Geoff MulganNov 5, 20213 minFIGHTING BUREAUCRATIC INFLATION AND THE CURSE OF WEEDSI’ve spent a fair bit of my life as a bureaucrat. This may be why I have a deepening antipathy to unnecessary bureaucracy. I keep seeing...
Geoff MulganOct 20, 20211 minAI and climate changeI did a piece for Project Syndicate on how AI could contribute to action on climate change ahead of the COP gathering in Glasgow. I'm...
Geoff MulganOct 20, 20211 minExploratory social scienceThe New Institute has just published my paper on exploratory social science - how social science could play a more central role in...
Geoff MulganSep 16, 202114 minCOVID-19 inquiries: how should they be run?Boris Johnson has announced a UK inquiry into COVID-19 to start in 2022, a parallel one is being planned in Scotland, and many more will...
Geoff MulganSep 14, 20215 minRiskyThis is a piece run by the Conversation - looking at how we think of risk, before, during and after the pandemic Life is risky and tends...
Geoff MulganSep 7, 20213 minBullshit and intellectual fogWhen I was younger I was often impressed with people who could speak confidently, in sweeping, quite abstract terms about big questions....