Latest Outputs
Doing Gig Work – Illustrated Material Published
Incomes, Work & Poverty,Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
7 June 2023
Publication aims to raise awareness about the platform-based gig economy
A Difficult Balance: Challenges and Possibilities for Local Protocols to Reduce Unnecessary Criminalisation of Children in Care and Care Leavers
Criminal Justice,Surveys & Longitudinal Data
20 March 2023
This article explores the challenges and possibilities of using local agreements to divert children in care and care leavers away from formal justice systems contact.
TASO ‘Impact Evaluation With Small Cohorts: Methodology Guidance’ published online
23 September 2022
We have been working with TASO to develop guidance on evaluation with small cohorts and it is now available on their website. TASO’s focus is widening participation and improving student outcomes in higher education but the guidance can be applied to many areas of social policy evaluation.
Are Social Impact Bonds an Innovation in Finance or Do They Help Finance Social Innovation?
Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
7 July 2022
Using data from the Social Finance UK Database and focusing on SIBs in the US and UK, Olson et al. evaluate whether the SIB approach aligns with the theoretical predictions of social innovation.
Public Service Motivation? Rethinking What Motivates Public Actors
Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
30 June 2022
Chris O’Leary looks afresh at the reasons for prosocial work choices in the first substantive critique of Public Service Motivation (PSM).