Lessons in Power: Policy Innovation w/ Geoff Mulgan
Episode 8 - Sir Geoff Mulgan joins Michael and Mems to discuss strategies for addressing multidimensional and complex social issues.
Keir Starmer's new government must now walk the line between the short-termist incentives of Parliamentary politics and the imperative to tackle the medium and long-term social issues that Labour has been elected to solve. What mode of governance can effectively strike this balance?
Sir Geoff Mulgan, now Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London, was Director of the Performance and Innovation Unit, Head of the Strategy Unit and Head of Policy in No 10 (1997-2007). He joins Michael and Mems to discuss strategies for addressing multidimensional and complex social issues; how Starmer should pursue his missions; the allure and limitations of incrementalism; and the challenges of a hollowed out Whitehall.
Lessons in Power is a SPERI Presents... podcast. Professor Michael Jacobs and Mems Ayinla interview ministers and advisors from the New Labour administration (1997-2010) to tease out lessons on a range of issues for Keir Starmer’s newly formed Labour government.
Credits
- Chris Saltmarsh, Department of Politics and International Relations
- Remi Edwards, SPERI
- Frank Maracchione, Department of Politics and International Relations
- Emma Mahoney, School of Geography and Planning
- Dillon Wamsley, SPERI
- Andrew Hindmoor, Department of Politics and International Relations and SPERI
- Michael Jacobs, Department of Politics and International Relations and SPERI
- Mems Ayinla, Director of Student Influence at Sheffield Students' Union.
- David Aragón, tech support
- Andy Gambino, music and audio
- Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash