Report
Liberated public services: a new vision for citizens, professionals and policy makers
This paper sets out a new vision for public services in the United Kingdom, inspired by the new public services paradigm which has emerged locally in the UK in the post-financial crisis era.
Briefing paper
Generative AI and democracy: impacts and interventions
Concerns about the impacts of new and emerging technologies on democratic processes and institutions are not new. This briefing paper provides a primer on the current state of generative AI capabilities, and outlines four pressing mechanisms by which generative AI challenges the stability of democracy.
Report
Synthetic politics: preparing democracy for Generative AI
This report explores how synthetic content produced by Generative AI poses risks to the core democratic values of truth, equality, and non-violence. It proposes two action plans for what private and public decision-makers should be doing to safeguard democratic integrity immediately, and in the long run.
Report
Generating democracy: AI and the coming revolution in political communications
Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a profound influence on the way people communicate – a change which has accelerated with the advent of new forms of generative AI. This research investigates the implications of this for public discourse, trust and democracy.
Essay
Mission Reform: key reforms for a fit-for-purpose government
Mission-focused policy-making is now dominating the pre-election period in the United Kingdom. In this essay, the authors propose a series of reforms designed to change government, grow its capacities and deliver its missions.