Producing the next UK White Paper on Welfare Benefits: the Commission on Social Security, led by Experts by Experience By Rosa Morris (Independent Researcher), Michael Orton (University of Warwick), and and Kate Summers (London School of Economics). Kate Summers (L) and Michael Orton (R) pictured. This blog introduces a new project … Continue reading
The ‘Administrative Justice’ of Government Data Sharing for Research: a Primer By Stergios Aidinlis In April, at the annual SLSA conference in Leeds, I presented a paper based on my doctoral research on administrative data sharing decision-making in the UK. This post first presents the background of this research and then discusses … Continue reading
Big Data in Public Administration: Rewards, Risk and Responses By Paul Daly (University of Cambridge) In April 2019, I was at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference at the University of Leeds, presenting a work in progress, “Artificial Administration: Administrative Justice in the Age of Machines”. In this post, I explain my interest … Continue reading
Young people’s voice and the ‘chicken soup’ effect A new report explores the issue of young people’s participation in resolving disputes and complaints about their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The report is the result of A Place at the Table, a knowledge exchange project carried out between November 2017 and March 2019 … Continue reading
APPG on Consumer Protection – Report from the Ombudsman Inquiry. By Gavin McBurnie The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Consumer Protection (the Group) published the report of its inquiry into ombuds on Wednesday 30 January 2019. The inquiry was the result of ‘long-standing concerns about the wide variation in the standards of complaints handling and … Continue reading
